Swaybar thicknesses

[TominMO]

I went out and compared the swaybar thickness on my 4 Festys and the Aspire, along with some other Aspires I recently checked. Basically I used an adjustable wrench to get the diameter and then measured the gap with a tape measure. Here are the results:

Festiva manual cars have a 7/8" thick swaybar. (Need input on auto swaybars still; I suspect they are the same.)
Aspire ATX, MTX and MTX SE all have 1" thick swaybars.
To my surprise, Casper has the 7/8" bar, even though he has the Aspire swap.

[JPT]

...To my surprise, Casper has the 7/8" bar, even though he has the Aspire swap.

It's probably a Festy bar.

The Festiva bar will still fit with the Aspire swap. It's not necessary to use the Aspire bar.

The Aspire ATX bar you measured, was it off of a 2 door or a 4 door?

I've heard the 4 door ATX Aspire has a bigger bar.

[Safety Guy]

Hey, I'm not too lazy to check!

All three of mine were 7/8" stablizer bar diameters: '89L MTX, '92L MTX and '93GL ATX.

Karl

[TominMO]

It's probably a Festy bar.

The Festiva bar will still fit with the Aspire swap. It's not necessary to use the Aspire bar.

The Aspire ATX bar you measured, was it off of a 2 door or a 4 door?

I've heard the 4 door ATX Aspire has a bigger bar.

Right, I figured it's a Festy bar on Casper.

All 3 Aspires were 2 doors.

[blkfordsedan]

What is the diameter of the rear bar on the Aspire rear axle?

[TominMO]

FWIW, I just pulled a front swaybar off a 1994? 4-door manual trans Aspire. Its diameter is 1" like all the rest. I'll look for the ATX 4-door, but I doubt it would be any different. If all the others are 1", why would they spend the money on an entry-level car to make a larger bar? They didn't even do it for the SE, which is "sportier", but obviously only in appearance.