After searching the forum for information on panhard bars I have a couple of questions about them still.

It seems that BMR is a prefered manufacter to go with. I know a local shop here uses Steeda... are all PHBs going to be pretty much the same or not so much? Which bars are the most recommended?

PHB support braces...required or recocommended?

Lastly, it sounds like install is pretty easy... how easy? I bet taco bill has a walk through...forgot to check that.

edit: I'm installing Steeda Sports soon.

 

I got the UMI adj. on car panhard bar. It has poly bushings on both ends.
I love it. Which ever one you go with, make sure you get one that has the adjustment nuts about 8" from the end of the bar. It makes it easier the get to once its installed.

 

PHB adjustability without having to disconnect one end is mostly a convenience for the one time that you'll tinker with it to center your axle with the new springs. After that you'll almost certainly never touch it again unless you change springs again. The ones that you have to disconnect one end in order to adjust are generally a better arrangement from a structural standpoint, just less convenient to set up.


The stock one that's there will be fine, and it's not like very many people are ever going to see it anyway. Save your $.


Norm

 

Ok, thanks! Ill be spending a lot of time autocrossing this year and I'm going to try to log some hours at local track day events...does an aftermarket brace offer any performance advantage?

 

Performance advantage? No.

It'll be stronger against sliding sideways into curbs, which means that something more difficult/expensive to fix will be what bends/cracks/breaks instead.


Norm

 

Here's how I installed mine. If you have the rear wheels lifted too high off the ground and center the axle the weight transfer might be enough to skew the centering once you have all four wheels back on the ground. The make-shift ramps I used raised the rear wheels less than 5 inches ... just enough to work under there, but not enough to skew the adjustment.

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...nhard-bar.html

 

Perfect, that write up is well done. I'll follow it when I do the installation.

 

The best panhard bar is a Watt's link.

Sorry I couldn't resist.

 

Ha, actually, I had thought about that but (and this where I'll really show how novice I am) I don't know exactly what the watts link does... I know where it goes, but not where it bolts on. Does it replace a panhard?

 

It does the same thing - locate the axle laterally.

Here is a link to how it works

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt's_linkage

Here is a link to the FAYS2 web site

http://www.fays2.net/