Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
#1
Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
Well,
Got up early this morning and started the Hotchkis sway bar install. Not a tough mod....it took about 2 hours. I wish I had the bars here, when I installed the Eibach Pro-Street-S's.......I had to drop the rear suspension again to install the rear bar.
I took the car for a cruise ....to some of my favorite corners and off ramps. The car handles much better than I had hopes for!! It'll hang in the corners as well as my track ready Lexus Is300 (Running Hotchkis Bars, JIC Coilovers, UPR/LWR Strut braces, Camber/Caster Kit). The hard corning under stear is totally gone and its perfect for a little pedal stearing during autocrossing.
I'll know more October 4th. The PCA has an Autocross at Bremerton Raceway....If all goes well and its dry.......I'll get to really test the car!
TOTALLY HAPPY HERE IN OLYMPIA!
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2001 Lexus Is300(Track ready Daily Driver)
2002 Ford Excursion Custom (The Monster)
2003 Harley Fatboy (Custom Show Bike)
2008 Challenger STR8 #4501 Silver (The Works)
-Window Tint, Mopar Brite Pedals, Mopar Doorsill Guards, Posi-Quiet Pads, LWR '70 R/T Stripe
-8000K Headlamp and Foglight HID's
-Eibach Pro-Street-S's, Hotchkis Bars
-180 Tstat, Diablo Sport, Mopar CAI, Zoomers Cat Back, Still Working the list
Home Page: www.gtorfin.spaces.live.com
Got up early this morning and started the Hotchkis sway bar install. Not a tough mod....it took about 2 hours. I wish I had the bars here, when I installed the Eibach Pro-Street-S's.......I had to drop the rear suspension again to install the rear bar.
I took the car for a cruise ....to some of my favorite corners and off ramps. The car handles much better than I had hopes for!! It'll hang in the corners as well as my track ready Lexus Is300 (Running Hotchkis Bars, JIC Coilovers, UPR/LWR Strut braces, Camber/Caster Kit). The hard corning under stear is totally gone and its perfect for a little pedal stearing during autocrossing.
I'll know more October 4th. The PCA has an Autocross at Bremerton Raceway....If all goes well and its dry.......I'll get to really test the car!
TOTALLY HAPPY HERE IN OLYMPIA!
__________________
2001 Lexus Is300(Track ready Daily Driver)
2002 Ford Excursion Custom (The Monster)
2003 Harley Fatboy (Custom Show Bike)
2008 Challenger STR8 #4501 Silver (The Works)
-Window Tint, Mopar Brite Pedals, Mopar Doorsill Guards, Posi-Quiet Pads, LWR '70 R/T Stripe
-8000K Headlamp and Foglight HID's
-Eibach Pro-Street-S's, Hotchkis Bars
-180 Tstat, Diablo Sport, Mopar CAI, Zoomers Cat Back, Still Working the list
Home Page: www.gtorfin.spaces.live.com
#4
RE: Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
Hey nice work!
Got some questions for you...
Which part #s did you use, and where did you order from?
I'm assuming you did front/rear bars - how much diameter difference did you notice between the stock and Hotchkis bars?
Got some questions for you...
Which part #s did you use, and where did you order from?
I'm assuming you did front/rear bars - how much diameter difference did you notice between the stock and Hotchkis bars?
#5
RE: Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
ORIGINAL: mopar2ya
Wish I had your time, energy and money... [:@]
Wish I had your time, energy and money... [:@]
2001 Lexus Is300(Track ready Daily Driver)
2002 Ford Excursion Custom (The Monster)
2003 Harley Fatboy (Custom Show Bike)
2008 Challenger STR8 #4501 Silver (The Works)
-Window Tint, Mopar Brite Pedals, Mopar Doorsill Guards, Posi-Quiet Pads, LWR '70 R/T Stripe
-8000K Headlamp and Foglight HID's
-Eibach Pro-Street-S's, Hotchkis Bars
-180 Tstat, Diablo Sport, Mopar CAI, Zoomers Cat Back, Still Working the list
Home Page: www.gtorfin.spaces.live.com
#6
RE: Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
ORIGINAL: 03HDFB
Well you're right....I do have some time now (On Strike) But....I don't have any $. Everything listed under the 2008 Challenger in my note....have been completed! I need to mowe a few more lawns......and I can try to get some more mods done! (Ha, HA)
ORIGINAL: mopar2ya
Wish I had your time, energy and money... [:@]
Wish I had your time, energy and money... [:@]
#7
RE: Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
ORIGINAL: LordFoul
Hey nice work!
Got some questions for you...
Which part #s did you use, and where did you order from?
I'm assuming you did front/rear bars - how much diameter difference did you notice between the stock and Hotchkis bars?
Hey nice work!
Got some questions for you...
Which part #s did you use, and where did you order from?
I'm assuming you did front/rear bars - how much diameter difference did you notice between the stock and Hotchkis bars?
2001 Lexus Is300(Track ready Daily Driver)
2002 Ford Excursion Custom (The Monster)
2003 Harley Fatboy (Custom Show Bike)
2008 Challenger STR8 #4501 Silver (The Works)
-Window Tint, Mopar Brite Pedals, Mopar Doorsill Guards, Posi-Quiet Pads, LWR '70 R/T Stripe
-8000K Headlamp and Foglight HID's
-Eibach Pro-Street-S's, Hotchkis Bars
-180 Tstat, Diablo Sport, Mopar CAI, Zoomers Cat Back, Still Working the list
Home Page: www.gtorfin.spaces.live.com
#8
RE: Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
Excellent. That's what I needed to know - if the Charger/LX ones were going to work.
A couple more questions, I see that includes new polyurethane bushings, were the stock ones rubber?
Are the stock sway bar end links rubber, and are you going to replace those?
Thanks much for the answers!
A couple more questions, I see that includes new polyurethane bushings, were the stock ones rubber?
Are the stock sway bar end links rubber, and are you going to replace those?
Thanks much for the answers!
#9
RE: Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
ORIGINAL: LordFoul
Excellent. That's what I needed to know - if the Charger/LX ones were going to work.
A couple more questions, I see that includes new polyurethane bushings, were the stock ones rubber?
Are the stock sway bar end links rubber, and are you going to replace those?
Thanks much for the answers!
Excellent. That's what I needed to know - if the Charger/LX ones were going to work.
A couple more questions, I see that includes new polyurethane bushings, were the stock ones rubber?
Are the stock sway bar end links rubber, and are you going to replace those?
Thanks much for the answers!
I'll have to do some autocrossing next....to see what the week link and next mod will be. I'll keep you posted! As for now......the car works wonderfully.....you wont be dissaticfied with these (2) mods. I would Rank them a 9 out of 10 for the Bang for the buck
2001 Lexus Is300(Track ready Daily Driver)
2002 Ford Excursion Custom (The Monster)
2003 Harley Fatboy (Custom Show Bike)
2008 Challenger STR8 #4501 Silver (The Works)
-Window Tint, Mopar Brite Pedals, Mopar Doorsill Guards, Posi-Quiet Pads, LWR '70 R/T Stripe
-8000K Headlamp and Foglight HID's
-Eibach Pro-Street-S's, Hotchkis Bars
-180 Tstat, Diablo Sport, Mopar CAI, Zoomers Cat Back, Still Working the list
Home Page: www.gtorfin.spaces.live.com
#10
RE: Car #4501 Hotchkis Bar's Installed
I saw these on the same site as the strut tower brace, so thought I'd mention them. Seem pricey, hard to judge if they are worth the value or not - yet!
http://razorsedgemotorsports.com/raedchadswen1.html
http://razorsedgemotorsports.com/raedchadswen.html
http://razorsedgemotorsports.com/raedchadswen1.html
http://razorsedgemotorsports.com/raedchadswen.html