Flyin' Miata sway bar set (ND chassis)
Flyin' Miata sway bar set (ND chassis)
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If you're only going to do one thing to your ND, this is what it should be. Tame that body roll! Speed up transitions! Fine-tune your handling balance to your preference!
Sway bars are used to make your car corner flatter and react faster by keeping the body (and all the weight) under control. Ours are set up for neutral handling and are adjustable so you can tailor the handling of your Miata to your own driving style.
Our swaybars are hot formed from 4140 CrMo spring steel. This means they're stronger than the cold-formed bars found elsewhere. We've designed them to keep the same handling balance as your stock sways, but they have three settings in the front and three in the rear for fine-tuning.
The front bar is a tubular design with 1.125" diameter and 0.188" wall thickness, while the rear is a solid 0.625". Both have three adjustment holes and include polyurethane bushings, brackets and grease. The front bar also includes stoppers to keep it from sliding side to side.
Also available as individual front and rear bars if necessary.
Be aware that in specific situations - stock (i.e., soft) springs, very sticky tires, and very aggressive driving - the front sway bar mounts can rip off. This isn't likely with stiffer springs (like our FM springs) or more gentle driving, but our reinforcement brackets (available above) are an easy install and a cheap insurance.
There are some kits on the market that reinforce the rear sway bar mounting brackets. We haven't figured out why, as they're a decently strong part that has shown no weakness either in our testing or during the MX5 Global Cup development. Our sway bar manufacturer and design partner can't come up with a reason to reinforce them either. While it may be possible to show on a test bench that these parts deform under hard use, what really matters is how the bars perform in testing. And in our testing, they perform very nicely.
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What does it fit?
Fits: 2016, 2017, 2017 Fiat, 2017 RF, 2018, 2018 Fiat, 2018 RF, 2019, 2019 Fiat, 2019 RF, 2020, 2020 Fiat, 2020 RF, 2021, 2021 RF, 2022, 2022 RF
Emissions
Emissions do not apply.
Warranty
lifetime
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Front installation is laborious (5 hrs and 2 people) . Can be cut in half if you cut the OEM bar. Significant handling improvemt with no noticeable change in ride comfort.
Great product, great customer service! FM tech support answered a couple of installation questions before I ordered them. The order was processed quickly and shipped directly to my installer. Since installation, the difference in cornering is nothing short of amazing. Feels better planted at higher speeds with less body-roll, without sacrificing ride quality. Handles more like my Boxster S now!
If you are reading this, then you too have decided that you'll no longer tolerate the excessive body roll of stock sway bars! LOL.
I do all my own maintenance so I'm somewhat mechanically incline but I was still little intimidated based on all the reviews I've read. So I gave myself 8 hours to complete the install but I got it done in less than 4 hours on jack stands by myself. A friend offered to help but this is one man job. I think having an extra person working on it would made it more cumbersome.
I've watched several install videos on YouTube but by far, Flyin' Miata has the best instructions. After watching it several times, I felt comfortable.
For the most part, the install went without any issues. There are 2 things I would STRONGLY suggest that'll make the overall process much easier: 1) When removing the radiator hose nut (the one in front of sway bar), loosen the end links and brackets first so that you can move the sway bar around to give yourself more room to access the nut. I don't know why they didn't do it this way but it's much easier than removing the belly pan. 2) When removing the top nut on the sway bar bracket, don't use a box wrench! There's very little clearance between the top bolt and subframe so your wrench will get stuck. I almost couldn't get it out and this took me over half an hour of sweating and swearing! LOL
Other than that, follow everything else as is and you'll be just fine. Easy-peasy.
The final result... now it feels like a proper sports car! This is how it should have been came from the factory. I didn't like the suggested middle setting so I went with full stiff front and full soft rear. It feels very dialed in.
My advise, don't hesitate on this and just do it! You'll be so very happy you did.
It took a while to slide thess on, but the rear bar is easy enough a legless dog could do it. Contrary to the advise I saw online, I'd really recommend sliding the front on alone. It helps to be directly under the car. I wish the instructions placed more emphasis on the orientation of the bar, though, as I accidentally installed the front upside down and had to redo it.
The corners are flat, very limited body roll. Doesn't "transform" handling, but is the best upgrade for the ND to start with, alongside a short throw shifter.
Night and day difference in how the car handles after the sway bars, and the grille gets a lot of compliments