GreekTTCharlie

i see people selling the sway bars from their sport model A4's on Ebay. My 1996 is non-sport but i have upgraded to Bilstein Sport and Eibach Pro Kit.

Would it benefit me to purchase the sport swaybars for my car, will they fit?!?!

They're on Ebay for like a hundred bucks! Is this a good deal?! Thanks a lot.

CraigB

It's a DEFINITE improvement, even with aftermarket springs/shocks. $100 for both bars with bushings is a steal (as long as they are in good shape). I paid ~$330 for new ones from Clair.

GreekTTCharlie

sweet. do non-sport A4's have ANY kind of sway bars at all?!?!

CraigB

Yep...front & rear, but wimpier.

AudiduA

the front one is hollow though. the rear one is solid, but it is only like 12.5 mm thick

Andy Hedin

...taken when I upgraded my '97 1.8T swaybars from "standard" to "sport":

<b>STANDARD SWAY BARS:
Front:</b> 29mm hollow
<b>Rear:</b> 12.5 mm solid

<b>SPORT SWAY BARS:
Front:</b> 29mm solid
<b>Rear:</b> 15 mm solid

xr4tic

at the track was the FWD front swaybar (same as non-sport I think) with a larger rear swaybar (22mm) This would lessen the understeer effect, maybe even make it oversteer a little.
It was in a magazine on an article (S4 I think) and they talked a little about the Motorola cup cars, and said they shaved almost 2 seconds off their laptimes with that setup.
Not sure how it would handle on the street, though.

Doug K

How hard was the swap?

Andy Hedin

Very easy....I used the FAQ that Steve S. wrote-up.