Aspire sway bar direct swap to festiva?

[festivafeva]

title says it all thanks guys

[drumnerd33]

Basically yes, you will need to lower the trans mount some to get it in, and you will need to shorten the lower radiator hose and it will always rub on it. Also will need the aspire sway bar to frame mount bushings, or you can buy the polys and grind them to fit the festiva mount.

[Bert]

Basically yes, you will need to lower the trans mount some to get it in, and you will need to shorten the lower radiator hose and it will always rub on it. Also will need the aspire sway bar to frame mount bushings, or you can buy the polys and grind them to fit the festiva mount.

Some of the forum folks have mounted the Aspire bar upside down in order to avoid having to go above the tranny cross member and also having to shorten the lower rad hose. I haven't attempted this version myself, yet. When disassembling the Aspire there is no need to remove the sway bar frame brackets because they don't fit on a Festy anyway. But do hang on to the cover plates and the bushings. You will be impressed by the rigidity of a 1 1/16 inch diameter bar as opposed to a 7/8 in OEM Festy bar.

[Grey Vw]

Don't do it. The Festiva already understeers and the sway bar will only make it worse.

[Bert]

Don't do it. The Festiva already understeers and the sway bar will only make it worse.

I'll tell you I sure do like mine (Aspire sway bar) and would never consider going back. Where I'm going to back off, in the scheme of things, is on the aftermarket springs which are too low and too stiff.

[drumnerd33]

Re: Aspire sway bar direct swap to festiva?

I love mine. Handles way better now, way less body role, and I think it steers a ton better.

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[Huli]

Re: Aspire sway bar direct swap to festiva?

Does the Rio bar work?

[nitrofarm]

Does the Rio bar work?

No,not even close.

[shadetree]

aspire bar works good if you have alignment done . It will move the tires back if you dont use the aspire front mount brackets ...Compare one bracket to the other the difference is clear . But nothing a good alignment wont take care off as long as yodont mind losing tire clearance

[nitrofarm]

aspire bar works good if you have alignment done . It will move the tires back if you dont use the aspire front mount brackets ...Compare one bracket to the other the difference is clear . But nothing a good alignment wont take care off as long as yodont mind losing tire clearance

"Back" as in "Caster"?

[shadetree]

Sure is nitro ! With the angle of the lower control it also pulls the alignment . First visible notice is that the wheels are back farther .

[nitrofarm]

Sure is nitro ! With the angle of the lower control it also pulls the alignment . First visible notice is that the wheels are back farther .

Wow so much to learn and so little time.Thanks for pointing that out,that might explain why people like the "Feel" of the swap so much. I just did the poly bushing on my Aspire sway bar & was wondering how difficult it would be to transfer over ALL the Aspire brackets for the swap.

[shadetree]

The mount brackets are not hard to mod , a couple bushings and drill one hole and they will bolt up.
When i built ironstiva back to a stock bp , cody wanted the aspire sway bar installed . i did so and the tires almost touching the inner fenders , i measured and they were pulled back 1/4 of an inch . I got to checking things and if you compare the brackets you can see the difference between festive and aspire .
I installede aspire brackets and alignment and caster came back to spec .

[Powerstiva]

so will mounting the aspire sway bar on stock festy mounts move the wheels or is that only if you use the aspire mounts?

[nitrofarm]

so will mounting the aspire sway bar on stock festy mounts move the wheels or is that only if you use the aspire mounts?

Yes thats what he's saying. It will move your tire backwards taking away Caster. And it probably makes the steering "feel" quicker.You could stand both bars next to each other and measure with a tape how tall they are.And it sounds like the Aspire will measure 1/4 taller.The width should be the same because the Aspire's wheel base in the front is made wider with the LCA.