Type 44 quattro rear anti-swaybar?

[Brett Dikeman]

At 4:26 PM -0800 11/12/01, William Ng wrote:
>Has anyone on the list tried to install a rear anti-swaybar to their 5ktq,
>200q? A search didn't turn up any aftermarket sources.

Actually, there was an intense thread on the subject about 2 years
ago.  Phil Payne actually faxed me(from the UK, I was impressed!) a
copy of the fiche page showing the euro rear sway bar assembly and
P/N's; apparently many euro type 44's came so equipped.  I'd love to
know why no US models did(stupid americans that can't drive?)

I don't remember very clearly, but I think it was simply a matter of
getting the parts and installing them(if someone knows different,
please correct me.)  I'm not sure about how wide a range of type 44's
the setup would work on.  I think someone during the discussion
offered the opinion that it would be far more valuable than a front
strut tower brace as a suspension upgrade, but alas the memory fades.

If someone was willing to do the legwork, this would probably make a
fantastic group purchase, I think.  There are a ton of type 44's
running around the US, they're easily shipped(the bars, not the cars
:-), since they're practically indestructible(although they're
probably pretty heavy; I dunno how cross-atlantic shipping works.)
You'd have to run a bulldozer over the crate to break one of those
bars.  We're not talking super-fragile, crappy-packaging eurolights
here.

   I think Metrix told me, when we did the eurolight group purchase,
that about 50% of the lights that came from Germany were broken.  One
didn't survive the journey to my house, despite double-boxing...

B
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