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Old 06-20-2009, 05:49 PM
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My Mustang is a 2005 V6 Mustang. I know it doesn't have a rear sway bar on my car and the front sway bar is smaller compared to the GT counterpart. Would it be worth it to upgrade to the Takeoff GT front and rear sway bar? Thanks.
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Old 06-21-2009, 08:17 AM
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I kept the stock front sway bar on our 2005 vert, and installed a rear sway bar from a 2006 PP coupe. The part was cheap, and worth the effort.
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Old 06-21-2009, 11:26 PM
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I can't say that the gt sway bar is that big a difference over the v6 up front. But adding the rear one really helped, IMO. At least slap a rear one on there.
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I have both installed in my car with the poly bushings. It made a world of a difference, believe me.
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Old 06-22-2009, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Avalanch3
I have both installed in my car with the poly bushings. It made a world of a difference, believe me.
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GT 34mm front sway and 20mm back with polys.
Polys on the panhard bar as well ForTheWin!

World of difference.
Its like a fricken go-cart 1 inch off of the ground.
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Old 06-22-2009, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 157db
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GT 34mm front sway and 20mm back with polys.
Polys on the panhard bar as well ForTheWin!

World of difference.
Its like a fricken go-cart 1 inch off of the ground.
I need to get a new panhard bar. Looks like you got aftermarket endlinks, right? Is there any other good chassis mods worth mentioning?
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Old 06-23-2009, 09:54 AM
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No aftermarket anything besides the springs,
shocks and polys everywhere I could put them.
The poly bushings for the stock shifter are also a plus.
Along with a Saleen ShortShift kit, of course.
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Old 06-23-2009, 06:14 PM
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Suspension is next on the list, I want to get either coilovers or the Roush/Steeda shocks/springs.
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Hey if anyone is interested, I have a GT rear sway bar I just took off my 2006 I am looking to move out

I think I also have a front sway bar if anyone is interested in that too

drop me a line if you are in the market
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Originally Posted by Avalanch3
I have both installed in my car with the poly bushings. It made a world of a difference, believe me.
BIG +1... i got the exact same setup.

i have experience with just the rear GT added with stock bushings and the diff was nicely noticeable. then i added the front GT with poly bushings and also upgraded to poly bushings in the rear and it was another nicely noticeable difference.

2 "nicely noticeable" differences = 1 significant improvement.... lol
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