Currently I have both Shelby Terlingua front and rear sway bars, but literally every bushing needs to be replaced.

To cut a long story short, because the rear bar uses a proprietary bushing that I cannot source, I'm about to have to shell out for a totally new rear bar. The Front bar has an easy to source bushing, and so does the rear two end bushings. The one on the linkage on the other hand is seemingly impossible to find, and both Shelby and the company that originally made the bar (Drake Automotive) have pretty much told me to kick rocks. It was so bad the guys at Drake were giving me wrong phone and extension numbers because I guess they were tired of hearing from me.


But anyways does it matter what I replace it with? I'm assuming the whiteline bar is my only option since it's adjustable, so that maybe I could balance out the front and rear.

 

Whiteline is not the only source of adjustable rear bars.

Sam Strano at www.stranoparts.com has a separately available adjustable rear bar, and may be able to offer a suggestion which of the three adjustments most closely approximates the Terlingua rear bar stiffness. Use the phone.


Norm

 

Which bar would be better for longevity and street use? I like taking the car up to the twisties occasionally but it's still my daily driver. I really don't want to get screwed over again by replacement parts that don't exist either. In all honesty, I don't know anything about Strano either, is this something I could source bushings for 5 or 10 years from now in case the company is no longer there?

I'm looking at the 3way adjustable rear bar on the website.

 

Sam is a site sponsor here for about six and a half years, and had been in business at least five years before that, and that's just how much I know of directly.

Any wear part, even if it's OE, has the potential for going out of production at some point. But push come to shove it's probably possible to DIY-fabricate something like a sta-bar bushing close enough to work.


Norm

 

That's reassuring but I'm probably just going to go whiteline I think. There are just too many options there on his site, and I'm not sure what is good for what. I have to order this tonight and I doubt Mr. Strano wants to talk to me at 2am this morning when I get off work before I make my purchase.

 

What ever you buy, pick up a few extra bushings at the same time. They're not all that expensive and you won't have to worry about finding replacements in the future. Just throw 'em the trunk 'till you need 'em.

 

good idea, that's one reason I'm looking at the whiteline in particular. Because it Looks like only one kind of bushing.

 

Buy Prothane Polys for a GT and drill them out for the Shelby Terlingua
rear sway bar. Problem solved...

 

Are you referring to what's on the ends of the bar or the links? AFAIK the GT links wont slide onto this bar because of the right angles at the beginnings. A set like the Steeda HD links is in the ballpark of $100 alone, I'd honestly rather just get rid of the bar altogether at that point and get something quality.

But if you're talking about what's on the end of the bar, that's an easy one it's just Energy suspension part# 9.5158