90q20v rear sway bar

["Bertenyi, Tamas" <Tamas.Bertenyi@nrc.ca>]

>When a car rolls a lot, there are several things to check first, 
before you go mucking with the basic suspension geometry.
>1)	How old/soft are your shocks? Worn shocks will make your car 
handle like a beached whale. Replace or stiffen them (if adjustable).

The rear are 3 yrs old (the front 4 yrs old I think) but only 20k 
miles (Previous owner cared for her car very well. Then one day she 
bought a new A4 and parked her 90 (now mine) for almost a year). 
That's not very old for shocks, is it? Plus the car had a very 
thorough check-up a year ago.

>2)	How old are your suspension bushings? See #1. Is the front sway 
bar tight to the frame?

Same. A year ago the car checked out in top notch condition.

>3)	Tires? Are they too soft, too old, too crummy, too low on air?

Relatively new Michellin XGT H4s. Not the best tire on the market but 
in good condition.

These are fine points but to get back to the original question, what 
is the genealogy of the 90q20v sedans' rear sway bars and has anyone 
retrofitted their car? I guess I should clarify: the car handles very 
well, but in typical German sedan-style, it is accompanied by large 
amounts of body roll (I have also experienced this on a Mercedes 280E 
and in the late BMW 7 series). By comparison, my mother's A4 doesn't 
roll and...well ok... I guess I should stop making comparisons between 
the new A4 and the old 90. I guess another question would be: what can 
be done to tighten up the 90's handling? Andrew Duane suggested 
replacing the shocks. Is this cheaper/better/both than going at the 
rear sway bars?
	
	Tamas '90 90q20v
		-no matter how hard I squint, it don't look like no A4. Dammit.