I finally did it! Bajaron's sway bar!

[Orange Spyder Man]

Bajaron : would it feasible/possible to change to the aluminum Heim joint links & keep the OEM sway bar... ??

OSM

It is possible that the Aircraft Grade, Billet Aluminum Heim Joint Links will enhance the effect of my custom sway bar kit. Early on I did some testing to see how strong the Billet Aluminum links were in comparison to the OEM plastic links. We know how strong the BA links are. We just didn't know how strong the plastic links were.

I was surprised at how much the plastic links stretched under heavy loading. It was visible to they eye. Of course the BA links don't stretch at all.

Any stretch by the links will nullify, to some degree, the effect of the sway bar. It's hard to quantify without a lot of geometry. And my feeling is that under normal conditions the effect is probably minimal. But in hard cornering or heafy crosswinds, especially gusts, the effect of stretch in the OEM links may be noticeable.

I don't market the BA links with this information for the reasons given above. But it is interesting that you, and others, have mentioned it.

 

[900Dave]

Bajaron : would it feasible/possible to change to the aluminum Heim joint links & keep the OEM sway bar... ??

OSM

I will answer that for Ron. YES!

But why keep the stock sway bar? In my opinion that is the best improvement you can do for handling, mostly cornering and it also really helps with cross winds.

 

[GunDoctor]

Two weekends ago I crawled under my girlfriends ramped RSS and installed BajaRon's sway bar. She was thrilled with the improvement. Now I am a believer in the saying, "no stronger that the weakest link". Soon after the installation, and seeing plastic links as factory equipment, I would hate for them to fail with the new sway bar while taking a sharp canyon turn on a two way highway. So I ordered the current fancy red links and installed tonight. Simple to replace even after installing the sway bar if you contemplating it but concerned you would have to start over. Took all of 15 minutes. Now I can relax about the plastic ones failing.

 

[Orange Spyder Man]

I will answer that for Ron. YES!

But why keep the stock sway bar? In my opinion that is the best improvement you can do for handling, mostly cornering and it also really helps with cross winds.

I don't have the equipment to lift my Spyder 22" for the install... I prolly will get the BahaRon sway bar next spring at one of the rallys.. but mean time I would like to get rid of the plastic suspension parts..

OSM