Hotchkis Swaybar

[aziego]

I waited most of this year to see if they will make the F+R swaybar set again but most places list them as out of stock. Even the individual ones were not available. While browsing Ebay I noticed that vendors are listing the front ones for sale now. Did Hotchkis started a new batch for our car? I had submitted an information request to them previously but never received a response.

[Slideways]

Had to send two emails to get a response, but they said December or January.

[Tbonem3]

Had to send two emails to get a response, but they said December or January.

Wait... you actually contacted the company instead of asking a random car forum?

[WestBankM4]

Had to send two emails to get a response, but they said December or January.

Do people still do this, compose emails?

[Slideways]

Do people still do this, compose emails?

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[ugaexploder]

and then there are the ppl who ghost you after two messages

[aziego]

Hotchkis had tighter tolerance since they ghosted me after 1 message.

[enjoy_m3]

I called hotchkiss and asked about their swaybars a couple of months ago and they said they have no eta on the swaybars since they moved locations. They only sell what they have left in stock. Very friendly people though.

[bmw m3 s50]

Are are the lightest sway bars on the market for the e46 m3?

[Tbonem3]

The csl might be a touch lighter since both are hollow, but the csl is 1mm smaller in diameter iirc. Marginal. Otherwise, hotchkis are light yes. GC are light being alloy I think?

[9kracing]

If I'm not mistaken the Ground Control bar is hollow, and also chromoly... the GC bar itself is probably the lightest.

[bmw m3 s50]

The csl might be a touch lighter since both are hollow, but the csl is 1mm smaller in diameter iirc. Marginal. Otherwise, hotchkis are light yes. GC are light being alloy I think?

Wow, I actually have a set GC sway bars sitting on my shelf, I thought that they were on the heavier side. Great to know that they are not.

[bmw m3 s50]

If I'm not mistaken the Ground Control bar is hollow, and also chromoly... the GC bar itself is probably the lightest.

Interesting. Do you know if this applies to all the bars, either large, medium, or small?

My understanding is that the GC sway bars are hollow and all of them retain the same outside diameter. Only the inner thickness is different depending on the size bar you select.

If this is true, I would think that the large bar would be on the heavier side, compared to other sway bars on the market.

[Tbonem3]

I just checked, GC bars are alloy, but it's still steel - Chromoly. The brackets are alu. No weight was listed however. They are hollow.