Don
Darth Camaro 12/27/15
I upgraded my rear suspension by adding a sway bar from a 1988 Z-24 to my 2002 (the 1988 uses a "standard" type, and my '02 is more of the "wimpy" variety...even though it is the 2002 version of a Z-24)
The end bushings are the stock ones from the 2nd gen and the swaybar is from a 1988 (give or take...hard to tell when they're the middle car in a pile at the scrap yard
). I'm friends with a guy who runs a towing company/scrap yard so I got the bar & bushings free, but I'm sure it would only be a few bucks at any other yard.
If I had the 'extra' cash, I would have just bought some new universal urethane bushings from AUTOZONE.
Here are a few pics...be gentle (PS: I COULD feel a BIG difference on my short test-drive...the rear end feels flat and I can see/feel the front end roll more...the same amount really, it just seems like it's rolling more)
The red 'X's show where the end bushings mounted on the 2nd gen...the way the 3rd gen rear axle is, I was able to mount the end bushings closer in to the center, in effect making the bar stiffer on my car than it was on the '88 Z-24
(the red circle in the one pic shows my "custom" urethane bushings...thery're only temporary until I get the cash for "real" ones
The end bushings are the stock ones from the 2nd gen and the swaybar is from a 1988 (give or take...hard to tell when they're the middle car in a pile at the scrap yard
). I'm friends with a guy who runs a towing company/scrap yard so I got the bar & bushings free, but I'm sure it would only be a few bucks at any other yard.If I had the 'extra' cash, I would have just bought some new universal urethane bushings from AUTOZONE.
Here are a few pics...be gentle (PS: I COULD feel a BIG difference on my short test-drive...the rear end feels flat and I can see/feel the front end roll more...the same amount really, it just seems like it's rolling more)
The red 'X's show where the end bushings mounted on the 2nd gen...the way the 3rd gen rear axle is, I was able to mount the end bushings closer in to the center, in effect making the bar stiffer on my car than it was on the '88 Z-24
(the red circle in the one pic shows my "custom" urethane bushings...thery're only temporary until I get the cash for "real" ones