[RaceComp Engineering]

Originally Posted by mEnTaL

How about painting them yellow to match your popular springs.

I dont think so. Some guy threatened me for painting the springs yellow before !! lol.

Myles

[tyler_sti]

Sounds good about the pricing. Can't wait to hear reviews.

[jordanretro1223]

Great addition to the RCE line IMO....

These were about a week late Myles, haha, I just bought the Whitelines (I know they might not be available to the public yet but I might have waited).

I say paint them white!!!

[05_GD7]

Looks awsome!

[stretch]

Whoa, chromoly. There's a curveball I didn't expect- so these are going to be pretty stiff compared to regular spring steel bars. I'm not sure what the translation here is relative to mild steel, but I bet these will feel at least as stiff as Whiteline 27mm's front and rear, without the weight.

I like that you put tabs on 'em and I really like that you went with an equal size front and rear.

Myles, you'll be hearing from me if you don't contact me first!

[red5001]

^^ Chromoly and mild steel have the same "stiffness” as Does spring steel. Other properties are different like the tensile strength or yield strength. The Modulus of Elasticity is the same for all 3 materials.

[Szumita]

i like mild swaybars, i drive my car alot, and even mild ones work great. 22's.

and yeah, endlinks are so freakin much.

[stretch]

Originally Posted by red5001

^^ Chromoly and mild steel have the same "stiffness” as Does spring steel. Other properties are different like the tensile strength or yield strength. The Modulus of Elasticity is the same for all 3 materials.

You sure? I can't find any hard numbers on that, but I do see some anecdotal stuff that is contradictory. Not that I'd take their word for it, but Tanabe, for example, makes chromoly bars and advertises them as much stiffer than other bars of equal diameter. But then again, what manufacturers don't know could fill many books.

Wikipedia says the advantage is tensile strength, which is more of a durability strength than a rigidity strength. This surely supports what you say. Plus, they all seem to have 95-97% iron, so perhaps I'm naive, but how much could they possibly differ in torsional stiffness?

[Urban07STI]

What are (or is there) any weight savings? Very interested......I also suggest yellow for color.

[Boxer]

Update on page 4 n00b settings!

[RaceComp Engineering]

I am excited that YOU guys are excited. I have mentioned these to a few over the last month and most will tell you, I have wanted to do it for a long time, but wanted to make sure we brought something to market that the community would like, use and benefit from.

As for color, I dont want to do a "poll" but I fear that yellow bars would be too much for under the car. I mean STI makes pink bars and its like..."WOW" to anyone not "into" the Subaru "thing" per say. Black is low key and conservertive.

We joked yesterday about them being chrome or polished or nickel plated for the BLING factor and we laughed for hours on that one, only because right now they are uncoated and look sooo good under the car.

I will post more pics today.

Myles ( breathing again)

[stretch]

Clear coat!

(Honestly, who cares what color they are- you can't see them once installed.)

[red5001]

Originally Posted by stretch

You sure? I can't find any hard numbers on that, but I do see some anecdotal stuff that is contradictory. Not that I'd take their word for it, but Tanabe, for example, makes chromoly bars and advertises them as much stiffer than other bars of equal diameter. But then again, what manufacturers don't know could fill many books.

Wikipedia says the advantage is tensile strength, which is more of a durability strength than a rigidity strength. This surely supports what you say. Plus, they all seem to have 95-97% iron, so perhaps I'm naive, but how much could they possibly differ in torsional stiffness?

I am pretty sure but it has been a while since I opened a text book on this stuff. I will get some numbers tonight to make sure. But If I remember correctly stiffness has to do more with young's modulus which would be the same for any steel.

[BoostJunkie]

I figure I'll chime in here since the prototypes are on my car right now. I switched directly from the Whiteline 27-29mm front (set on soft) and 24mm rear (set in the middle) to these bars, set on stiff in the front and middle in the rear.

My initial reactions are very positive. I think the big Whiteline front bar is a very good solution, but with higher spring rates and my quick rack things were a little too lively at the front end. The slightly smaller front bar takes the edge off, but still allows for sharp turn-in feel.

It's difficult to really develop a strong opinion as of yet, since my alignment and tires are both shot but once I get that taken care of I'll have a much better idea. I'll also be at the track in less than 2 weeks so they will have their first track outing (results to follow).

Obviously I may be a bit biased as a contributor to the development process but I honestly think that most will like them. As Myles mentioned, there is one minor revision that we feel needs to be made to the front bar but other than that I have no complaints. I'll update this as I gather more info.

[ConradSTI]

They look good. I love the fact that you put in the anti-walking tab. Inovation FTW!