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new sway bar for the mx-3!!!

Posted: September 23rd, 2005, 10:04 pm
by Legato626
I am not sure if this is a repost or not but my brother is a member of the zxtuner club and he has one hell of a zx2. But he told me that they are making a adjustable 22mm Competition Rear Sway Bar - Escort / ZX2 / MX3 / Protege. So i went and looked at it and this is a deal for only $180 that beats the other one we can get... So if you want more info here is the link for it.

http://www.zx2racing.com/store/closeup. ... 9&offset=0

Posted: September 23rd, 2005, 11:06 pm
by mitmaks
what is stock mx3 size, looks like nice deal

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 12:22 am
by Legato626
i think 19 or 20 i am not sure

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 12:24 am
by Sam Baker
holy crapman! lol
ADJUSTABLE sway bar for undder $200?? and look at that quality! i got my whiteline and it looked the exact same width as stock, and i feel no difference. this one looks like it comes with new bushings and mounts as well! :shock: i'd buy it if i had the dough

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 1:13 am
by DavidOS
bookmarked

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 1:32 am
by PATDIESEL
Just a lightweight note, but the hemispherical bearing that attaches the sway bar to the suspension will replace the ball joint that the stock sway bar uses. This would make it a better deal for those who need new ball joints back there anyway. I'd bet that would go for most of us who are running on 12 year old ball joints... :lol:
Last time I checked Mazda wanted about 40 USD each per ball joint. That makes the real cost only about 100.00 :D 8)
also bookmarked.. for X-Mas
Thanks a TON :2thumbsup:

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 1:48 am
by papa roached
damn, its out, i have been keeping this under wraps waiting on mine untill i post, i have had mine on preorder for the last 3-4 months

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 2:06 am
by PATDIESEL
Ps, the Mazda manual sais both RS and GS have a 22mm rear stabalizer, but we know this isn't true, the GS has a 22mm solid and the RS I'm not sure the diameter, but I know it is hollow. I wish my parts catalog worked so I could check.

Anyone know the real numbers?

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 5:10 am
by nope-mx3
For those who dont feel any difference with the Whiteline, I call that bulls---.
I noticed a HUGE improvement on my GS.


What would be nice now, would be if someone made a front adjustable (or even fixed) one. Thats what I need.

nope-mx3

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 11:30 am
by Legato626
Yes if you purchase this it comes with all new mountings and everything.... I also seen a big improvement when i fixed one of my mountings.... i wish i will never do that again because i couldn't get that damn thing off... Took alot of cuting disks and a dremal.

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 11:36 am
by Legato626
I beleave that if you have one preordered i think they come out this month my brother said something about Sept. being the month they come out. I will give my brother a call and find out when they come out.

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 2:15 pm
by Mazda_Power
PATDIESEL wrote:Ps, the Mazda manual sais both RS and GS have a 22mm rear stabalizer, but we know this isn't true, the GS has a 22mm solid and the RS I'm not sure the diameter, but I know it is hollow. I wish my parts catalog worked so I could check.

Anyone know the real numbers?
I just swapped in GS rear subframe and I really am not happy with it. It's not a huge improvement over what it is. I think the body roll with the weak RS springs is putting a damper on it!

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 2:56 pm
by fieromx3
so it says it will fit the protege/escort and zx2. so if that 1 bar will fit all of these can u use a front swaybar for the protege and escort to fit on an mx-3 i asked this question b4 but no one gave me a straight up answer

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 8:38 pm
by papa roached
they wont, the front suspension setup on the MX-3 is setuop different than those cars

the expected delivery date is this month, they were also $139 when you preordered them

Posted: September 24th, 2005, 11:09 pm
by fieromx3
papa roached wrote:they wont, the front suspension setup on the MX-3 is setuop different than those cars
well that sux but thx papa