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Posted: September 25th, 2005, 1:02 am
by jschrauwen
papa roached wrote:damn, its out, i have been keeping this under wraps waiting on mine untill i post, i have had mine on preorder for the last 3-4 months
Ahhhhh, not nice .... Jeremy, can we spell "SHARING" ... LOL
DavidOS wrote:bookmarked
DITTO!!, ....... oh ya, also ordered. 8)

Posted: September 25th, 2005, 12:23 pm
by babyblueMX3
2 things.

about Pat's comment : I think teh rear swaybar diameter changed in 94. 92-93 are smaller IIRC

A guy in the mx-3quebec forum did some research.
Happened that the 86 Rx7 (FC3S) rear swaybar is a direct bolt on on our mx3's and so are the coils and struts. Weird huh

now I am not sure myself, but if everything is the same then other possibilties are open to us 8)

Posted: September 26th, 2005, 8:37 pm
by jschrauwen
papa roached wrote:the expected delivery date is this month, they were also $139 when you preordered them
Jeremy, were you given a quote as to shipping fees. The reason I ask is I just got a rather second hand email in response to a query I sent requesting my order number since it wasn't listed in the paypal transaction. In a round about way it was mentioned that there was going to be an additional fee of 45.80usd for shipping to Canada. Extremely high for something that isn't that big or heavy. Anyone else been given this notice too?? Smells like good old ebay rip-off shipping fees. Kinda nice to spring that on me after they've already got the $179.99usd to begin with. Is this normal businees dealings with this ZX2 Racing Firm?? Guess I'll have to wait for the official notification or insight from you guys. Thanks.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Green [mailto:zxtuner@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:37 PM
To: webmaster@zx2racing.com
Subject: RE: FW: Missing Order Number

hi bill,

i am just starting on emails (newest to oldest). his order is 10075, and we
recieved 179.99 for the bar - there will be a request sent to him for the
Canada ship charge as well ($45.80), and i'll be shipping out bars by
10/3/05.

rob

From: "ZX2 Racing" <webmaster@zx2racing.com>
Reply-To: <webmaster@zx2racing.com>
To: "Rob" <zxtuner@hotmail.com>
Subject: FW: Missing Order Number
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:36:21 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: John Schrauwen [mailto:jschrauwen@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 1:00 AM
To: webmaster@ZX2RACING.com
Subject: Missing Order Number

The "Your Order Number Is:" part was blank at the end of my PayPal purchase for;
ZXtuner Adjustable 22mm Competition Rear Sway Bar - Escort / ZX2 / MX3 /Protege Part No: Z-10008 $179.99
Please confirm my order number and that you in fact did recieve a PayPal
payment from me for subject item. Thanks and cheers,

John Schrauwen

Posted: September 27th, 2005, 9:57 am
by Spinkx79
FYI....the 96 GS came with a 23mm sway bar.

Posted: September 28th, 2005, 1:27 pm
by Legato626
My brother siad that the sway bar should be out for shipping soon. (or it is already.....)

Posted: September 28th, 2005, 4:43 pm
by Yoda
fieromx3 wrote:so it says it will fit the protege/escort and zx2. so if that 1 bar will fit all of these can u use a front swaybar for the protege and escort to fit on an mx-3 i asked this question b4 but no one gave me a straight up answer
You can swap the (BG) 323/ Protege front anti roll bar into a MX-3 and vis versa. The attachment point on the firewall and distance from the firewall to Control arms are identical. The only thing I've even had to fabricate swapping the anti roll bars back and forth is if you install a (BG) 323 in a MX-3 is the end links with a rod end for the A-arm and bushing for the bar. Or the reverse if you were to use a MX-3 front bar in a 323. For handling there is not much point is increase the diameter of the front anti roll bar unless you are trying to increase understeer in which case you would be better of balancing out the handling by playing with the rear bar set up instead.

Posted: September 28th, 2005, 11:47 pm
by tatsu
The stock anti-roll bars are 22mm front and 20mm rear, according to the online manual...

A 22mm rear bar is not visually much larger than the stock 20mm (for you non-metric guys, the 2mm difference is a little more than 1/16"), but it does make a significant difference in handling balance.

Posted: September 29th, 2005, 7:22 am
by neutral
Thanks Legato626 for the info and link to the upgraded rear bar. Looks very nice esp for the price and that it includes the drop/endlinks is outstanding. I must have one 8) Order going in today.

Posted: September 29th, 2005, 11:34 am
by bigtime
how is it adjustable ?

Posted: September 29th, 2005, 5:17 pm
by neutral
bigtime wrote:how is it adjustable ?
Didja ck the link on previous page of this thread? If not, pic shows it. End link top-end can be adjusted for either of 2 positions.
Image

Posted: September 29th, 2005, 11:55 pm
by bigtime
that's what I thought but wasn't 100%...
I figure I setting is stiffer than the other ?

Posted: September 30th, 2005, 12:26 am
by jschrauwen
neutral wrote:
bigtime wrote:how is it adjustable ?
Didja ck the link on previous page of this thread? If not, pic shows it. End link top-end can be adjusted for either of 2 positions.
I thought I saw 3 positions (holes) there Jim?

Posted: September 30th, 2005, 1:37 am
by papa roached
jschrauwen wrote:
papa roached wrote:the expected delivery date is this month, they were also $139 when you preordered them
Jeremy, were you given a quote as to shipping fees. The reason I ask is I just got a rather second hand email in response to a query I sent requesting my order number since it wasn't listed in the paypal transaction. In a round about way it was mentioned that there was going to be an additional fee of 45.80usd for shipping to Canada. Extremely high for something that isn't that big or heavy. Anyone else been given this notice too?? Smells like good old ebay rip-off shipping fees. Kinda nice to spring that on me after they've already got the $179.99usd to begin with. Is this normal businees dealings with this ZX2 Racing Firm?? Guess I'll have to wait for the official notification or insight from you guys. Thanks.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Green [mailto:zxtuner@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:37 PM
To: webmaster@zx2racing.com
Subject: RE: FW: Missing Order Number

hi bill,

i am just starting on emails (newest to oldest). his order is 10075, and we
recieved 179.99 for the bar - there will be a request sent to him for the
Canada ship charge as well ($45.80), and i'll be shipping out bars by
10/3/05.

rob

From: "ZX2 Racing" <webmaster@zx2racing.com>
Reply-To: <webmaster@zx2racing.com>
To: "Rob" <zxtuner@hotmail.com>
Subject: FW: Missing Order Number
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:36:21 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: John Schrauwen [mailto:jschrauwen@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 1:00 AM
To: webmaster@ZX2RACING.com
Subject: Missing Order Number

The "Your Order Number Is:" part was blank at the end of my PayPal purchase for;
ZXtuner Adjustable 22mm Competition Rear Sway Bar - Escort / ZX2 / MX3 /Protege Part No: Z-10008 $179.99
Please confirm my order number and that you in fact did recieve a PayPal
payment from me for subject item. Thanks and cheers,

John Schrauwen
ill have to see if i can dig my stuff out but i paid the shipping and everything when i got my struts from them too

Posted: September 30th, 2005, 1:38 am
by Legato626
ya he is right it has 3 not 2

Posted: September 30th, 2005, 4:18 am
by neutral
jschrauwen wrote:
neutral wrote:
bigtime wrote:how is it adjustable ?
Didja ck the link on previous page of this thread? If not, pic shows it. End link top-end can be adjusted for either of 2 positions.
I thought I saw 3 positions (holes) there Jim?
Oops. Yup. :oops:

Haven't ordered this sway bar yet cuz something was bothering me & I finally remembered what it was. I recall reading something by Vaughn Nishimura a few years back where he swapped in a significantly beefed up rear sway bar and bushings on his MX-3 (SOHC RS model I think). Anyway, I remember seeing something about the additional collateral stresses on the rear suspension causing Vaughn to have to reinforce "something" via additional bracing and welding.

I've searched my bookmarks and files but can't locate Vaughn's write-up. Could have been on his old Webpage under the title of "Suspension" or similar heading or might have been on his MX-3 yahoo discussion group. Anyone else recall any of Vaughn's info on this or maybe I'm just losing it?????

Yoda, maybe you can set me straight if ya see this.