First Time Hawk Owner w/ quests....

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red70judge
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Re: First Time Hawk Owner w/ quests....

Post by red70judge » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:33 am

OK here we go. Purchased a digital electronic caliper from Lowes. It is a 6" Kobalt at $29.95 minus
my 10% veteran discount. Comes ready to use with 2 button batteries. Can be used several ways, OD, ID,
depth, and comparision readings. Both cars are low mile unmodified factory stock.
DRUM ROLL!!!
Here are the sway bar readings. '99 Hawk with FE2 and Bilstein 19mm rear and 32mm front
'01 WS-6 with FE4 19mm rear and 32mm front

Only difference between FE2 and FE4 I believe is the spring rates and shock applications.
Hopefully documented factory info is available somewhere. Only other difference in my 2 cars
is approximately 2 1/2 years between assembly dates. Maybe we can start a year and option
chart for originally equipped front/rear sway bar measurements. Just a thought. Nice to know
when an owner wants to order new bushings to replace the old dried up squeaky ones. Hope this helps.

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