After a 7 week backorder, it's finally here. The sway bars that come with kit are tubular, while the stock Mustang GT ones are solid? Also the rear one is a mm or two smaller in diameter then stock. Question is would your handling be better with the stock sway bars? I believe it would, but the ride would be rougher, which is why they put the "softer" sway bars on to compensate for the stiffer shocks/struts/springs. Just an educated guess. Thinking about giving it a shot. If anyone has done this or just has an opinion, your welcome to chime in.....
The stock rear GT sway bar is hallow, it's best to upgrade to a solid piece. I don't see a reason to switch the front bar though, just the bushings for it.
The following is taken from www.bullittarchive.com Bullitt // GT Front Suspension Springs - 600 lb/in. linear (lowers car 3/4") // 450 lb/in. linear Struts - 35 mm piston, custom valved struts // 32 mm piston Stabilizer Bar - 28mm tubular // 26.5mm solid Rear Suspension Springs - 250 lb/in. linear (lowers car 3/4") // 210 lb/in. linear Shocks - 30 mm piston, custom valved shocks // 30 mm piston Stabilizer Bar - 21 mm tubular // 23 mm solid According to those specs the GT's are both solid and the rear Bullitt sway bar is 2 mm smaller...
The handling on my 02 GT was vastly improved with the addition of the Bullitt kit, sway bars and all. The car corners much flatter now and doesn't bob around nearly as much before. Just remember that this is a kit whose components are carefully chosen and tuned to work together. A little more roll stiffness in the front, perhaps a tad less in the back, when combined with the revised spring rates and shocks can easily give vastly better handling. Like cams, more extreme in suspension parts (e.g. giant, unbendable sway bars...) isn't always better. Consider upgrading the UCAs while you're in there. I put in some FRPP 5500-A parts though the Steedas were tempting too. The stiffer bushings tighten the rear up as well...
Actually, I just went to the basement and checked...the rear sway bar that came off my 02 is definitely solid and the Bullitt was definitely hollow.
I was also tempted to leave my GT sway bar in, but I installed the complete kit. I'm glad I bought the Bullitt kit, it was $400 well spent. Those and the Steeda subframes are great. Matt
Got mine from stangsuspension.com for $369 shipped, but I had to wait 7 weeks! Doing the install this weekend..
That's why I always call ahead before I just order over the internet...Make sure it's in stock and ready to ship.
Ah....yep I did that. But when they tell you it's in stock when you order it and then a week later when you call back to see where its at and they say it's on backorder.....you either cancel or wait it out cause of the killer price.
That sucks...never had that happen before...they were probably just looking in some computer database rather than physically going into the warehouse and checking if they were in stock...good pickup though and I can't wait to get mine.
That's why when they say it's in stock, I ask them "can you put your hands on it and confirm it is there?". Once I drove 130 miles round trip for a gasket that went from my tranmission to my transfer case in my 77 Chev K20 for nothing. I was told it was instock and when I got there they gave me the "well, the computer shows its here" BULLSH**. Matt
i believe they put the smaller rear swaybar in the bullit to keep the car having a more nuetral felling, the smaller rear swaybar on the bullit kit keeps it from oversteering to much, ford i believe likes to be conservative and would rather have a car that understeers, to prevent people from loosing it and killing themselves, i plan on trying the car with both the gt and bullit swaybar in the rear, to see the diff. in handling. I just got the kit and i have new bushing, endlinks and isolators coming in the mail today, gonna do the install this weekend. any tips, tricks or hints, or even difficultties of the kit?! thanks guys i will let you know how it goes.
