Experience with UUC Sway Bars

[bullfrogs_M3]

I have the front and rear UUC bars. Only issue I have had with them is going through my driver side rear swaybar endlink TWICE! Not sure why that keeps happening. I need to get under the rear this week and adjust my exhaust so i'll be able to check and see if I went through ANOTHER endlink.

[HokieZHP]

Did you notice much of an improvement in handling since it's such a minimal diameter increase?

[Hornung418]

Honestly if you want a stiffer ride try upgrading the bushings. If you find that the improvement is what you're looking for then you don't have to spend any more money. Unless you're playing with your suspension, I wouldn't try to increase the understeer on the e46.

To clarify the sway bar diameter F/R:
e46 330Ci/i ZHP - 23.5mm/18.0mm
e46 328Ci/i ZSP - 24.0mm/19.0mm

[bullfrogs_M3]

Did you notice much of an improvement in handling since it's such a minimal diameter increase?

With the UUC sways and coils, i can take any corner my buddies in M3's can and sometimes more. We had a hilly drive a while back and a number of M3's were behind me trying to play catch up on the twisties. Meanwhile, i was firmly planted the entire time.

For normal day to day driving I have to hit corners pretty hard in order to break the tires loose/sideways

[mikeyb74]

Honestly if you want a stiffer ride try upgrading the bushings. If you find that the improvement is what you're looking for then you don't have to spend any more money. Unless you're playing with your suspension, I wouldn't try to increase the understeer on the e46.

To clarify the sway bar diameter F/R:
e46 330Ci/i ZHP - 23.5mm/18.0mm
e46 328Ci/i ZSP - 24.0mm/19.0mm

It's odd how the ZHP and M Sport Package II have two different sized sway bars. I would thought the ZHP would have the larger bars instead of the ZSP.

[bullfrogs_M3]

It's odd how the ZHP and M Sport Package II have two different sized sway bars. I would thought the ZHP would have the larger bars instead of the ZSP.

I believe the ZSP also has a tighter turning radius too? Or maybe the ZHP does. Don't remember, I know i looked this up when I had my M3 and saw that the non-M3's had a tighter turning radius

[HokieZHP]

Hmm difficult decision since I don't want to get the Hotchkis ones and realize that they're way too stiff for street driving.

[Hornung418]

Kpro has the Hotchkis Bars. From behind they can take an exit ramp like nobody's business.

Nathancarter has the TMS Bars. Says they're the best thing he could do for his '02 330i.

[mikeyb74]

I wish I had options for larger swaybars but no company offers them for a e46 xi wagon.

[UdubBadger]

I have UUC sways (F&R) on my 135i. They are nice but UUC as a company I was not impressed with. Really back lack of communication, took forever to ship my stuff to me and then ended up sending me the wrong front bar, wanted photos of everything and all this back and forth with them to get them to replace it with the correct one... guess it was a shock to them to think their box had the wrong part number on it. Anyway after 5 weeks from my original order date, the front went on finally and they worked well. If I had to do it over again I'd have taken the Hotchkis set instead. I won't do any more business with UUC. They screwed a buddy of mine over with 4 1/2 hrs unneeded labor to install an SSK. Said he had to have the whole drive shaft removed to get it in, tech called them 4 hrs later asking them why the shaft needed to be removed, he could have easily gotten it in without touching a thing...

Shady if you ask me.