Sway Bars, Bushings and collar ADVICE!

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Old May 26, 2020 | 09:10 PM
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Sway Bars, Bushings and collar ADVICE!

Whats up y'all? I am looking to start making some mods to my suspension ASAP! I am currently stock on a 13 g37x Sedan, she is my daily. I know that I want to get the Hotchiks sway bar set (front n rear) but am debating if I should do bushings and subframe collars at the same time? My only concerns are that I don't want to increase NVH or ride harshness too the point where it can be annoying for me or others in the car. As I do live in Boston (Roads aren't the smoothest) and I do put clients in my car a lot. IF it weren't for the fact that I have a lot of clients in my car I wouldn't care about the harshness of the ride. Below I have listed the parts I am contemplating and some questions / concerns. Thank you in advance for any input, it's greatly appreciated!!!

Please dont tell me to search as I have searched all through the forms and online / youtube for this topic, but I'm still uncertain with the info thats out there. Would love to hear from people that have experience with these upgrades or others similar.

https://www.z1motorsports.com/suspen...it-p-3382.html
https://www.z1motorsports.com/z1-pro...t-p-10356.html
https://www.z1motorsports.com/z1-pro...s-p-12015.html

Some of my questions are:
- Is it worth to upgrade to poly bushings even though mine seem fine at the moment?
- I think the NVH will be fine (especially since I just ordered a FI CBE) but really curious as to ride quality with poly bushings vs stock????
- Ride quality stock vs subframe collar?
- I can't find a bushings upgrade kit for the front, do they not make them? do we not need them?
- I wonder how the sway bars will act with the different settings / what is best? (The rear sway bar is 3 way adjustable)


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Old Jun 1, 2020 | 08:58 PM
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I just dropped my car off to an auto body shop to get my bumper repainted and picked up a new camaro v6 for a rental. And let me say that the camaro handle soooo much better than my car. If sway bars n bushings can make my G feel even close to the camaro, I'm all over it!

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Old Jun 11, 2020 | 06:56 PM
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poly will last longer but are more harsh than rubber. 30% more if that doesn't bother you then you'll love the car feel and feedback.
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