Sway bar choices.

[89911]

We are shopping around for swaybars and are trying to make a decision. Unfortunately, SmartRacing is backordered because of a shortage of 27mm bars and have no ship date in sight. It is ironic since the apparent reason for coming up with these was due to the inherent shortage of Charlie bars. I currently have a set of F and R SmartRacing 27 bars and am happy with them, price notwithstanding, on my 89 911. Foregoing them, the other choices are:

Weltmeister "Improved" brand. Basically a Charlie bar copy with a 22mm chomemoly bar. Supposedly stiffer then a mild steel. No data to support this.

TRG bars, another Charlie bar copy, in varing degree's of stiffness in the range of 24mm.

Kokelyn brand? I have no information on these.

Original Charlie bars?

We are looking for something with a high amount of stiffness and durable components. I have had bad luck with Weltmeister and AJUSA brands prior. These are going on an 87 Clubracing car with 23/31mm bars and revalved shocks along with all suspension components upgraded. Suggestions, experience appreciated.

[addictionMS]

for a 89, whay not consider the 31 for the rear, I believe that there is an overlap, and the rear of a 89 is heavy enough for the 31. If you don't like it, get the 27 later and sell the 31,

I have the SmartRacing bars and think they are the best I have seen, I had TRG and did not like them.

just thinking out loud.

[Tyson Schmidt]

I agree. Go with the 31mm Smart Racing. I know it sounds outrageous, but the larger diameter S/R bars have thinner walls so that the difference isn't as large as it sounds. They do overlap quite nicely. I'd run 31's front and rear if you can't get the 27mm.

[hobieboy]

A slight OT question - has anyone considered running a smaller diameter front bar than rears? Seems that most people are running same size bars...

[89911]

We ordered the 31mm bars. Thanks for the suggestion. They do have quite a bit of overlap with the other bars as far as stiffness.