This is a serious upgrade from the puny stock bars, both measuring less than one inch. I chose Addco’s “Hot” offering: a pair of bars measuring a stout 1 ¼” in diameter. Moderation and parts matching is paramount. So I had a dilemma not unlike a trip to the hot sauce counter at Taco Bell: will it be “Mild”, “Hot” or “Fire”? Obviously this Lincoln is not the logical choice, but as a cousin of the Ford Thunderbird, Addco’s engineers worked with the road racing T-bird faithful (who knew?) to create three options for my wannabe GT. So TTAC’s test vehicle for Addco’s bars is my daily driver: a Lincoln Mark VIII LSC with a fully refreshed air suspension. So Addco Manufacturing, one of the few suspension suppliers with the flexibility and knowledge to create sway bar upgrades for most any ride, feeds the need for flat cornering.ĭisclaimer: while some vehicles have sway bar alternatives from their high(er) performance counterparts (a la Ford SVT or BMW M-series), buying used sway bars may not give the desired bang-for-the-buck when you consider metal fatigue, worn bushings and unrealistic pricing due to a limited supply. Even worse, many rear bars are deleted entirely to please the merciless will of corporate beancounters. Most cars come with a Pistonhead-averse, lawsuit-friendly pair of bars. With this in mind, start with better tires, and then take a look at your sway bars. For the rest of us, there are after market alternatives that allow loyalists to keep their current rides (and monthly payment) and let the inner Pistonhead shine in all its glory. Unless you own the well engineered underpinnings of a Porsche, Corvette, BMW or a handful of less obvious winners sporting a bona fide performance suspension from the factory, that is. There’s nothing like matching wits with the sweepers in a car that normally fears a bend in the road.
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