Sway bars and NVH?

[M3RACER]

I was expecting an increase in NVH with the addition of sways. To my surprise the ride quality seems to have improved. I'm running 500frt and 650rear springs. Does this make snese? or is my mind playing tricks on me?

[///Mr. Three]

M3 Racer............is that your street setup? Thats pretty wild as far as spring rates, what setup do you have? Thats good to know about the swaybars as I am getting some soon!

[SI///M3]

I didn't notice any change at all in general ride after I put my UUC sways on, so I don't think its just you. Car corners much flatter now, sways rock.

[jedinite]

Originally posted by M3RACER
I was expecting an increase in NVH with the addition of sways. To my surprise the ride quality seems to have improved. I'm running 500frt and 650rear springs. Does this make snese? or is my mind playing tricks on me?

Ride quality can improve with the addition of sways. Most certainly you shouldn't notice it to have decreased.

Think of sway bars (technically, "anti roll bars") as springs that only compress when the car rolls (i.e. tilts from side to side). The sways don't come into play at all when the car exerts force longitudally (front and back), only side to side. So you don't sacrifice anything in normal driving, and your car rolls less in the turns. Win - win situation

Sways are one of the best mods you can do to a street car, in my opinion. Was the first thing I did to my (former) e46 328i, and they made a huge difference...

UUC has some more details on what a set of sways does on their website, for anyone who might be interested in further reading. See "what's a sway bar" on this page: http://www.uucmotorwerks.com/html_pr...way_barbarian/

[M3RACER]

///Mr. Three
yea, its my daily driver.
GC Track/school kit
x-brace
power flex frcab, Rtab
UUc sways

jedinite

Aslong as both wheels are at the same height sways have effect. Which is fine for theoretical driving, but I live in a city where pot holes are neither small or uncommon. When one wheel hits a bump it essentially has the same effect as the car rolling, as in one side is more compressed than the other. Atleast that was my understanding.......