Thanks, that's cleared up a lot of my questions.
-Josh
""Gary Pinkley"" <gpinkley@hotchkis.net> wrote in message
news:PPEEKHJJMFJLNLJACCDHGECHCBAA.gpinkley@hotchkis.net...
>
> Josh, the Hotchkis kit comes assuming you do not have the rear bar on the
> vehicle, so it has all the brackets you need. Also, the bars are now
> hollow, both front and rear, so we the weight has been removed from the
kit,
> but still has the same stiffness that we are going for. The front is
about
> 75% stiffer than the original stock R/T ( 1 1/4"od solid) front bar. The
> common misconception is that a hollow bar doesn't react as quickly as a
> hollow one. This is partially true IF you don't increase the outer
> diameter. When we go up in diameter, we gain back the stiffness. Think
of
> it this way: Watch a tire that is spinning. The center is rotating
slower
> than the outside, so by removing the inside, and increasing the diameter,
> it's just as stiff.
> -Gary Pinkley
> 97 Dak RC
>
>
> Original Message:
> I've destroyed another set of swaybar bushings and this time when I
> replace
> them I'd like to get a new (stiffer) swaybar as well... I've got a 2000
> CC
> with a V6, but it's a base model so it doesn't have the rear swaybar. I
> don't want to get the hotchkis kit unless there's a way to install the
> rear
> bar as well as the front, so I was looking at the addco front bar
> instead.
> Has anyone used this bar and liked it? Does anyone know how I could
> install
> the hotchkis rear bar for my truck (since I don't already have one)?? I
> was
> thinking of just doing a front swaybar and then putting on the kenny
> brown
> x-brace to stabilize out the rear because that's easier than
> fabrication.
> Would that work just as well? If installing the rear bar would be best,
> fabrication would not be a problem.
>
> Confused in swaybarland.....
> - -Josh
>
>
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