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blade7 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 2:18 am
Tom wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 10:22 am

So, I'm spending time changing the bushings on the 968 30mm sway bar and feel the need to clean up the brackets and drop links. They are dirty, but also a combination of black paint, red powder coating, and yellow zinc. Since they are all small enough to powder coat, and I can do it while waiting, I'm mulling whether to powder coat them all in red or maybe yellow, or just do them in satin black? I'm thinking black might be the least boy racer-ish, but open to thoughts. :) The nuts and bolts will be new yellow zinc, since I have those, so it's really all the other parts with arrows in the picture below. They were all yellow-zinc as made, but it doesn't seem worth waiting for a plater to redo them -- my car won't be confused for an all-original time capsule any time soon either way... :angel:


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Some people say those red drop link reinforcements actually stop the anti roll bars working properly. I took mine off, and I think there was an improvement.
I've never heard that. I have big 968 sway bars so figured I could use all the reinforcement I could get. Between those sway bars and the KW coilovers, I'm happy with how it handles -- certainly more capable than its owner :lol:

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Ditto, but I did wonder why Porsche hung the ARB from those relatively weak hangers. And people that probably know plenty about how anti roll bars work, have expressed doubts about the effectiveness of those extra brackets. That I spent 2 or 3 hours making and fitting. :?

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