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Old 12-06-2018, 10:09 AM   #4
steved0x
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I'm running the Tarett GT bars, got them to try and reduce the body roll I got on the M030 OEM suspension (to try and help with tire edge wear) and I kept them on when I replaced the M030 with PSS9. I've only had 1 event on the PSS9 and it was at a brand new track so I don't have any comparison, but I'm going to Sebring this weekend so I will have some data after that.

Other combos are the Eibach matched set with adjustable rear bar, and H&R has a set of matched bars.

I got into trouble a while back by "upgrading" to the rear Eibach bar (because it had adjustability) without installing the matching front, because I didn't know it mattered. They Eibachs are stiffer, and going to just that stiff of a rear bar made the back end very twitchy. I learned quickly

The Tarett's give a range of not much stiffer than M030 up to about twice as stiff in back and a touch over twice as stiff in the front

http://986forum.com/forums/511625-post9.html

I have heard that some spec Boxster folks that run square use the GT3 bar in front combined with the OEM bar in back, or else set the front GT bar very stiff, and the back very soft.

I also know two people (myself and another person) that ran into the following issue when running our aftermarket bars at full soft.

The Eibach bar at full soft, when combined with thicker drop links, can rub the axle and carve a groove into your drop link... (I think because the bar is a little longer on the end, see the pic below)
http://986forum.com/forums/497687-post1.html

Edit: here is a successful report of running the eibach rear at full soft, so it was probably my user error, possibly combined with the very thick after market rear drop links I was running at the time: http://986forum.com/forums/558163-post3.html

My fried tried to run his Tarett rear bar at full soft, and somehow tore up a CV Boot. I'm not sure how that happened, but that was his report. So just be aware of the geometry and check when the suspension is loaded.

So I don't have a "We all use XXXX" but I will say, make sure to get a matched set!

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