Hey man great content, I just wanted to let everyone know that adding a sway bar to the torsion bar does stiffen it for sure, but it also decreases the flexing nature of the torsion bar and in turn actually decrease the overall force your suspension can provide to your tires for grip. the torsion bar needs to flex to allow the tires to stay planted. This will make the rear end very tail happy under loads. Rear rotation can be useful in a track setting but on the streets where road quality is unpredictable, not to mention varying crowns of roads. id recommend you stay away from this mod, unless you are a very confident and good driver, no disrespect intended.
I've always had BMs but slowly moding my Mazda 6, more for looks as I'm not working ATM . so basically, new steering wheel cover, actually looks cold ,carbon fibre top and bottom with the M logo on top and inbosed Mazda rubber on the side £8 , bargain , Red chrome start button adds 5hp 😮, chrome delete with plastic dip spray, added front side skirts and rear defuser, mirror rain deflectors branded, Inside door sill stick on protection strips also branded to my car ,M3 stick on badges I already had but for 2nd gen so can use the boot badge , will spray dip the front along with chrome strips ,and use the smaller badge on the VTEC, annoying Mazda engine pop on cover sprayed cherry red which looks pretty good, it's a dig a how stupid these are I'm not trying to make a 186hp type look like it's a 2.5 GT 🤔 . So just got a wonder wheel badge removal, basically a big rotating rubber to get rid of glue , decals , without damaging the paint, gloss black M3 stick on 20mm which gose on the upper crome front door, just put them on , will plastic dip it all but just the 8mm makes it a bi aggressive. And neon lights that I keep on light blue shows the peddles more with the red crome . So what do I want well CS exhaust, sway bars , Mazda 2 flat bottom, which is smaller but has all the same buttons steering wheel. If anyone can help I'm looking for the best looking roof struts to hold , boxes , bikes . If anyone knows anyone selling sleek 1s , not clearly after market 1s , the type that come with the wagon type are nice but Im sure they mount different. So going for this colour skeem the cars( perlesent white) gloss black lips wit red lines , even bought my Favourite football team letters , sprayed them cherry red and stuck them to the back of the car fins under on the defuser, RFC, looks boss and if I put any Ranger FC stickers on my car , there's a %100 chance of it getting keyed , but if you driving behind me it's clear , Halfords type . I'm also going to go to the scrap yard maybe find a nice set of rims . Also engine bonnet strut only 1 should do it but I'll do 2 red in colour . Also dropped not the best but safe AEM sports performance filter in , noticed a difference, then drilled with a 20mm wood bit , drilled 2 facing the front and 2 on the sides , defo gives it a deep sound , and I've not even started with the performance mods I've watched everything I can find on mods for the 6 the most Q I would ask as when looking for say front sway bar over or behind the engine, so would a 3 suspension bolts and distance the same as the 6 ? Or any other models of 3rd generation Mazdstuff?
What makes the ant-roll bar work is that when the outside wheel is compressed in a turn, a force is applied to the anti-roll bar. This torque is transferred to the inside wheel slightly compressing it. Body roll is slightly reduced but at the cost of some suspension drop. What I'm saying is that the bar tries to equalize the compression of the outside and inside wheels so they both maintain contact with the ground in a turn. A "sway" bar is a final tune device, to reduce body roll, spring rates are the first things to look at. Caution: A stiffer than stock rear anti-roll bar may give drivers a false sense of security in that their butt accelerometers make you think you can push the car to go faster in a turn. Enter snap oversteer.
Hi Man, top video. I am looking at implementing that type of mod on my CX3. I can see you installed some eibach springs. I was thinking it should be enough to boost the handling in combination with a rear sway bar. Is it your setup or did you install new shocks too. Thanks
Glad I found you, gonna do some of these mods for my 3! Can't wait to see what else you'll do. I wrapped my Mazda's interior gloss black with a 6D carbon vinyl. It really brings the interior together without the gloss black. You should try it out. Let me know if you want some tips.
Oh heck yeah immediately! Cornering feels nice and tight, can’t wait for the strut tower brace to come in, to make it even more planted. You just feel like you have more control and more confident in the hard corners!
yeo idk if this happened to u but i followed the CS instructions on my sway bar and the bolts came loose about 6 months after the install. i torqued it to spec but idk what caused it
Would that fit a Mazda6 skynav sport trim, also im looking for a front upper sway strut , cheaper the better , shipping costs to Scotland is a lot of money, ordered £5 rear lip for corners shipping fee was ,£35 . Are the sizes so the holes, line up the same on the early 6 3rd Gen 13 plate , the same as the 3 of same style
Hey man great content, I just wanted to let everyone know that adding a sway bar to the torsion bar does stiffen it for sure, but it also decreases the flexing nature of the torsion bar and in turn actually decrease the overall force your suspension can provide to your tires for grip. the torsion bar needs to flex to allow the tires to stay planted. This will make the rear end very tail happy under loads. Rear rotation can be useful in a track setting but on the streets where road quality is unpredictable, not to mention varying crowns of roads. id recommend you stay away from this mod, unless you are a very confident and good driver, no disrespect intended.
True, i had it installed and at highway speeds on bad roads its not so stable like without it.
I took it off..
The front swaybar is okey
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I've always had BMs but slowly moding my Mazda 6, more for looks as I'm not working ATM .
so basically, new steering wheel cover, actually looks cold ,carbon fibre top and bottom with the M logo on top and inbosed Mazda rubber on the side £8 , bargain , Red chrome start button adds 5hp 😮, chrome delete with plastic dip spray, added front side skirts and rear defuser, mirror rain deflectors branded, Inside door sill stick on protection strips also branded to my car ,M3 stick on badges I already had but for 2nd gen so can use the boot badge , will spray dip the front along with chrome strips ,and use the smaller badge on the VTEC, annoying Mazda engine pop on cover sprayed cherry red which looks pretty good, it's a dig a how stupid these are I'm not trying to make a 186hp type look like it's a 2.5 GT 🤔 .
So just got a wonder wheel badge removal, basically a big rotating rubber to get rid of glue , decals , without damaging the paint, gloss black M3 stick on 20mm which gose on the upper crome front door, just put them on , will plastic dip it all but just the 8mm makes it a bi aggressive. And neon lights that I keep on light blue shows the peddles more with the red crome .
So what do I want well CS exhaust, sway bars , Mazda 2 flat bottom, which is smaller but has all the same buttons steering wheel.
If anyone can help I'm looking for the best looking roof struts to hold , boxes , bikes . If anyone knows anyone selling sleek 1s , not clearly after market 1s , the type that come with the wagon type are nice but Im sure they mount different.
So going for this colour skeem the cars( perlesent white) gloss black lips wit red lines , even bought my Favourite football team letters , sprayed them cherry red and stuck them to the back of the car fins under on the defuser, RFC, looks boss and if I put any Ranger FC stickers on my car , there's a %100 chance of it getting keyed , but if you driving behind me it's clear , Halfords type .
I'm also going to go to the scrap yard maybe find a nice set of rims .
Also engine bonnet strut only 1 should do it but I'll do 2 red in colour . Also dropped not the best but safe AEM sports performance filter in , noticed a difference, then drilled with a 20mm wood bit , drilled 2 facing the front and 2 on the sides , defo gives it a deep sound , and I've not even started with the performance mods
I've watched everything I can find on mods for the 6 the most Q I would ask as when looking for say front sway bar over or behind the engine, so would a 3 suspension bolts and distance the same as the 6 ? Or any other models of 3rd generation Mazdstuff?
What makes the ant-roll bar work is that when the outside wheel is compressed in a turn, a force is applied to the anti-roll bar. This torque is transferred to the inside wheel slightly compressing it. Body roll is slightly reduced but at the cost of some suspension drop. What I'm saying is that the bar tries to equalize the compression of the outside and inside wheels so they both maintain contact with the ground in a turn. A "sway" bar is a final tune device, to reduce body roll, spring rates are the first things to look at. Caution: A stiffer than stock rear anti-roll bar may give drivers a false sense of security in that their butt accelerometers make you think you can push the car to go faster in a turn. Enter snap oversteer.
I think I could do this. your instructions are so clear.
Hi Man, top video. I am looking at implementing that type of mod on my CX3. I can see you installed some eibach springs. I was thinking it should be enough to boost the handling in combination with a rear sway bar. Is it your setup or did you install new shocks too. Thanks
I just watched you installing rear sway bar did you get alignment afterwards for front and back?
Glad I found you, gonna do some of these mods for my 3! Can't wait to see what else you'll do.
I wrapped my Mazda's interior gloss black with a 6D carbon vinyl. It really brings the interior together without the gloss black. You should try it out. Let me know if you want some tips.
Now your rear end will be loose in corners making it easier to slide out but less predictable.
Nice! You notice any changes to the driving experience yet?
Oh heck yeah immediately! Cornering feels nice and tight, can’t wait for the strut tower brace to come in, to make it even more planted. You just feel like you have more control and more confident in the hard corners!
😂😂😂 great job nephew
yeo idk if this happened to u but i followed the CS instructions on my sway bar and the bolts came loose about 6 months after the install. i torqued it to spec but idk what caused it
Skill issue
Loved the vid bro lol is your car a FWD or AWD?
Appreciate it! And I have the fwd version!
Did you replace the end links as well?
Would that fit a Mazda6 skynav sport trim, also im looking for a front upper sway strut , cheaper the better , shipping costs to Scotland is a lot of money, ordered £5 rear lip for corners shipping fee was ,£35 .
Are the sizes so the holes, line up the same on the early 6 3rd Gen 13 plate , the same as the 3 of same style
why would you want an upper sway strut on a FWD car? If you're already understeering that'll make it worse.
Nice. But that torsion beam rear suspension tho.
Make due with what you got 🤷🏽♂️
any front？