On Thu, 25 Sep 1997 18:21:46 -0700 Sergio Dimarmo <wanderer(at)sure.net>
writes:
>I bought my sway bars from VB (before I knew about their bad service)
>and the name of the company that makes them is calld ADDCO. The front
>7/8 DIA came with two plastic bushings to replace the rubber ones
>that
>fit in the little metal brackets. The rear 5/8 DIA took a liitle more
>work to install but it was pretty easy. I haven't had the car running
>long enough to try it out on a good windy road but it sure seems to
>respond a lot quicker to any movement from the steering wheel. I also
>bought some Spax shock but haven't tried to adjust them yet, any
>suggestions on how to do that?
I called ADDCO to try to bypass VB.
ADDCO seemed to think that all alpines used the same bar, which we now
know definately to be false "having developed one that really fits SI to
SIII".
You cant get a better deal through ADDCO, but S.S. has bars for half
the cost, and they DO fit.
On the SPAX, set them soft "say 4 turns from full anti-clockwize".
Try to bounce the suspension, if it bounces "it wont" drive the car
for a bit to knock the air out of the oil.
Adjust to your driving tastes, the harder the setting, the lower
the bump sway will be, but the less comfortable the ride.
There is no magic, and the settings are subject to your
evaluation, and will be a compromise between control and
comfort.
If the car bounces for more than one cycle after a bump, go more
clockwise, even if the car feels too stiff.
Good luck!
Jarrid Gross
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