I bought a 84 fiero front swaybar used from a salvage yard 35.00 used Energy suspension Frame bushings/brackets 9.00 ES sway bar endlink bushings kit 10.00 and 3 dollars worth of grade 8 bolts and 2 cut spacers off a old swaybar. Flipped it and put it under the rear. drilled the lower arms and cradle . So for under 60 bucks you have a rear set up . Cannot believe how much it tightened up the car. Uploaded with ImageShack.com

Right you are. the 84 bar is excellent, and cheap.

I did the same thing and it works like a charm.

Arn

I have done that mod to two of mine so far, makes for much better handling.

That sure is pretty! Nice setup.

Thanks, it tied the suspension together really good too. Only have to worry about over performing the tires now. getting ready to replace all the front bushings i noticed my steering Stabilizer/dampener is blown (gotta replace that now) im also guessing that when taking off the front end rise (reminds me of my dragcar 90/10 frt shocks) that the front shocks also need attention. all in due time

I took my steering stabilizer off. It gives much truer road feel in your steering.

Arn

Is the 84 bar different than the 85-87 bars?

I dont know. all the Ppl ive talked to say the 84 is a perfect bar for the rear on any of the fieros. and they made a believer out of me! I cant be more pleased!!!!

All front sway bars for 84-87 are the same I believe. Don't know about 88 for sure though.

Does anyone else know if there are any other cars that use the same sway bar as the fiero front?

quote Originally posted by Shonyman32: All front sway bars for 84-87 are the same I believe.

No, there's a slight difference in diameter. If I remember correctly, the '84 bar is a bit thicker.

The '84 bar is slightly thinner.

I had a standard 85-87 bar on the rear of my '87, with 11" end links to connect to '88 end link brackets on the camber bolts.

When I upgraded to Koni coil overs and 325# springs along with 245 rear tires, the rear bar was too much, so I took it off.

quote Originally posted by Will: The '84 bar is slightly thinner.

I thought it was thicker. Anyway, suffice to say, they aren't all the same.

I think there was two different sway bars in 84 and for 85-87 they reduced it down to one that was between the two in stiffness.

quote Originally posted by Jefrysuko: I think there was two different sway bars in 84 and for 85-87 they reduced it down to one that was between the two in stiffness.

Ah, that might explain why Will and I seem to have a different recollection on this. Thanks for the info!

Interesting, had to run downstairs and check as I just pulled a front sway bar off my scrap 84SE and it measures 23mm. The front sway bar on my 85GT is 24mm hummm

If you do this mod, you may have to use a drill on the lower control arm for mounting. I you do, put some kind of stopping device on the drill bit. There is not a lot of clearance from the top of the lower control arm to the rear axle CV boot. I did the mod on my '87 and thought I was good enough to not drill too far. I was wrong and punctured a hole in the boot. Had to take a whole bunch of stuff apart that I hadn't planned on to fix my screw up. It is a good mod and one of the cheapest. Try the $100 brake booster mod next. It's awesome.

quote Originally posted by fffttt1: . Try the $100 brake booster mod next. It's awesome.

Ok , Talk details!!! im listening!

Do a search on this forum. You'll find all you need and more.

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Does anyone know if there are any other sway bars that are the same as the fiero's front bar?

Heard the Pontiac 6000 was a exact match to the fiero swaybar. But been years and years since ive seen a 6000. sorry cant help other than that