Swaybar Listing

[ahmadr]

BTW, didn't one Focus (S2? ZTS?) come with a stock 22mm front?

[cornercarverzx5]

I agree disrupter, rain+too stiff suspension=scary, but that makes me even more interested on auto-x's, so I can leave it in "low" setting for everyday, then on track days change it to "high".
I have to lift my car up to take off my street rims/tires anyway

[DisrupTer911]

a factory 22mm front sway bar came on the ZTW Street Edition Wagons. They cost about $50 or about there IIRC from Steve

[ahmadr]

Maybe someone (mod or jptech2004) should update the list with the 08 and ZTW Street Edition specs

[BradNBerkeley]

Does anyone have the stock SVT part numbers for rear swaybar bushings, clamps, and endlinks? I have searched everywhere and can't find that info. This is for a 2005 ZX5 SE with biscuitninja's rear sway bar clamps. Thanks! Brad

[DisrupTer911]

I think your best bet would be to give Steve @ Tousley ford a call.
1.800.328.9552 he's a member of the 'Jet under FORDSVTPARTS and he offers prices of 10% over his cost.

he's also a wiz with focus parts and their associated numbers and finding you the right thing

[syzygy_szd]

i'm currrently running the sportline springs/dampers on 215-35-18 on a 2005 zx3-s Will putting a rear sway bar in limit the rear travel when I hit bumps? I get rub in the rear when going over moderate bumps, sometimes on the freeway. I know a rear sway will limit body roll when cornering (i also encounter rub when being moderately agressive), but like I said, my main concern is avoiding the rub when I hit bumps head-on. I am trying to work-around rolling the fenders if possible.

Thanks

[whyme]

the sway bar should have little affect on strait line driving w/ the exception that if the left wheel hits a bump some of the force will travle to the right side causing bolth to compress a little.

[syzygy_szd]

by that logic, some of the energy is transferred to the other side which should help with those pesky bumps

[ahmadr]

Originally Posted by syzygy_szd

by that logic, some of the energy is transferred to the other side which should help with those pesky bumps

the bump side will compress LESS and the other side will compress MORE. but this is the opposite of what you want on a bump. If it made the other side uncompress, it would have been good (for a bump)

In general, a swaybar:
for unequal bumps between two sides (or roll) => higher spring rates
for equal bumps between two sides => nothing

[super6]

Whiteline out of Australia has some nice F&R swaybars with some high quality endlinks available. I don't know if I can give you the vendor here or not. If not, then try a search on google or ebay.

[burford]

i just crawled under my car
and i dont think it even has a front sway bar
did i just overlook it
or does my car not even have a front one
its a 2000 LX Sedan

[DisrupTer911]

there should be an 18mm one up front.
take a look again, you'll have to look either at the strut ends or on top of the subframe to see it.

[burford]

yeah
ill go look later
but from the angles that i was at (front looking back and behind front right tire looking foreward) i didnt see anything even closely resembling a sway bar

[phaley]

Originally Posted by fbmx24

Here are the ford part numbers for the swaybars if this helps anyone.

2000-2004 ZX3/ZX5/SE Zetec/ZTS + 2005-06 SES:
F: 21mm (3s4z 5482-aa)
R: 20mm (ys4z 5a772-aa)

2000-2004 SPI + 2005-05 ZX3/ZX4/ZX5 S, SE:
F: 18mm (3s4z 5482-ba)
R: None

SVT + S2 + Street Edition(Sedan) + 05-06 ZX4 ST:
F: 21mm (1s4z 5482-ca)
R: 21mm (1s4z 5a772-ba)

If you want the bushing and endlink numbers to let me know.

If you have the bushing and endlink numbers, please publish them. I am trying to up grade the bushings and endlinks of my 04 SVTF.

I am confused about what the sway bar sizes are on the 04 SVTF. I have a page printed out from the SVT Archive that states that the 03 and 04 SVTFs have a 22mm stablizer bar on the front and a 21mm stablizer bar on the rear. So I am going to try to find the part #s on my bars and compare them to the above #s. Thank you in advance. Does anyone have a link to a reliable company for buying good suspension and swaybar bushings?

[DisrupTer911]

it was a typo. all SVTs have 21mm front/rear sway bars.

AFAIK only street edition wagons have 22mm front swaybars.

www.newedgeperformance.com carries Prothane suspension bushings individually and the total kits.
Tony D is the man and runs a very reputable FJ sponsoring business.

[J_Train]

what happen to marcy motorsports do they not sell anything anymore? i know they had some wicked sway bars.

[sleeperlove]

They didn't have anything "wicked" The only bar that may qualify as "wicked" would be the steeda race bar which is 28.5mm and should really only be on a race car

[J_Train]

I didn't mean wicked as in good i meant the size. now that i had time to read this whole thread i see that i was right they did have a pretty big swaybar.

[sleeperlove]

They had planned those bars I don't think they ever actually made them.

[lax3cats]

Is there a prothane bushing kit for the front SVT bar? I know there is one for the back..if replacing the bushings on the SVT bar(s) would it make the car handle just a little better...one more question does the Torque bar for inside the trunk help any roll off on the butt end of the chasis?

[jetrinka]

2000-2004 ZX3/ZX5/SE Zetec/ZTS + 2005-07 SES & ST + 2008 SES?:
F: 21mm
R: 20mm

2000-2004 SPI + 2005-07 ZX3/ZX4/ZX5 S, SE + 2008 S/SE?:
F: 18mm
R: None

SVT + S2 + Street Edition(Sedan) + 05-06 ZX4 ST:
F: 21mm
R: 21mm

Your stats on the first page as far as the ST rear sway diameter conflict. Is the rear sway of the ST 20mm or 21mm?

[Qwik1]

I have repeatedly been told that the ST rear bar is 21mm, but when I miked mine it was 20mm.