Anyone using 3rd Gen Camaro front sway bar??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

SweetandLong68 · 01-15-2003, 04:45 AM

I was wondering if anyone has used a 3rd Generation Camaro front sway bar on their truck?

Did you have to modify the bar to fit???? If so, what did you modify?

Have any pictures of what you did?? Please post them if you could.

Thanks alot guys.
CHRIS

Project1970 · 01-15-2003, 07:00 PM

All I have to say is 'Why?' when the bars that fit no problem are so plentiful...IIRC, pretty much anything '67-'87.

SweetandLong68 · 01-16-2003, 12:46 PM

The reasons are very simple.

1. I already have this bar, aka FREE.

2. This bar is MUCH larger than the stock CST bar that you can get. This bar I have actually came off a 1 ton truck that a friend of mine had on his 88 IROC

3. CST sway bars aren't all that 'plentiful' are they? Kind of like the overload leafs on some of the CSTs. I cant find those brackets anywhere.

thanks again
CHRIS

Project1970 · 01-16-2003, 01:56 PM

1. Doesn't have to be off of a CST. Any sway bar on any 1/2 ton (and maybe 3/4 but I don't know) made from '67 to '87 will work...

2. Eh? So it's a truck bar anyway? If it hasn't been modded, all you need are the brackets and it should bolt up...

chevykid04 · 01-18-2003, 01:54 PM

i think he meant it was off an 88 iroc originally, then put on a truck

Project1970 · 01-18-2003, 04:39 PM

Quote:

This bar I have actually came off a 1 ton truck that a friend of mine had on his 88 IROC

The way I read that, it was a truck bar someone put on an IROC, and he wants to put it on a truck. If that's the case, it should work fine (assuming it's from an '87 or older truck).

If it was off of an IROC and then installed on a truck and he wants to put it on his truck...well, I don't know. In that case, I'd sell the bar and go grab a truck bar.

SweetandLong68 · 01-19-2003, 01:19 PM

Hey guys,

One of you was right. It first was on a 1 ton flatbed truck (stock), then my friend took it off the truck and installed it on his 88 IROC-Z Camaro. That car was basically totalled so he parted it out. That is how I acquired the bar. He said the 1 ton truck was an 88+ truck.

So I may just keep this one or trade it or sell it or something and get a stock 1 ton bar off a 67-87 truck.

Would that be wiser than tring to make this one work?

How much am I looking at for one of those bars from 67-87?

thanks
CHRIS

*rustedchevy* · 01-22-2003, 11:35 PM

yes then it will work, if its truck bar, thats what it is anyways is a truck bar!

64-87 works off trucks not vans though

good luck

SweetandLong68 · 01-23-2003, 05:56 AM

Thanks much!

lata
CHRIS

01-15-2003, 04:45 AM	#1
SweetandLong68 Your UncleBen Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indian Trail, NC Posts: 590	Anyone using 3rd Gen Camaro front sway bar??? I was wondering if anyone has used a 3rd Generation Camaro front sway bar on their truck? Did you have to modify the bar to fit???? If so, what did you modify? Have any pictures of what you did?? Please post them if you could. Thanks alot guys. CHRIS __________________ 68 C10 shortbed -- Street/Strip

01-15-2003, 07:00 PM	#2
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	All I have to say is 'Why?' when the bars that fit no problem are so plentiful...IIRC, pretty much anything '67-'87. __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

01-16-2003, 12:46 PM	#3
SweetandLong68 Your UncleBen Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indian Trail, NC Posts: 590	The reasons are very simple. 1. I already have this bar, aka FREE. 2. This bar is MUCH larger than the stock CST bar that you can get. This bar I have actually came off a 1 ton truck that a friend of mine had on his 88 IROC 3. CST sway bars aren't all that 'plentiful' are they? Kind of like the overload leafs on some of the CSTs. I cant find those brackets anywhere. thanks again CHRIS __________________ 68 C10 shortbed -- Street/Strip

01-16-2003, 01:56 PM	#4
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	1. Doesn't have to be off of a CST. Any sway bar on any 1/2 ton (and maybe 3/4 but I don't know) made from '67 to '87 will work... 2. Eh? So it's a truck bar anyway? If it hasn't been modded, all you need are the brackets and it should bolt up... __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

01-18-2003, 01:54 PM	#5
chevykid04 4 speed, hurst shiftin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hudson, Wi Posts: 406	i think he meant it was off an 88 iroc originally, then put on a truck __________________ Shane 1970 Chevy C10

01-19-2003, 01:19 PM	#7
SweetandLong68 Your UncleBen Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indian Trail, NC Posts: 590	Hey guys, One of you was right. It first was on a 1 ton flatbed truck (stock), then my friend took it off the truck and installed it on his 88 IROC-Z Camaro. That car was basically totalled so he parted it out. That is how I acquired the bar. He said the 1 ton truck was an 88+ truck. So I may just keep this one or trade it or sell it or something and get a stock 1 ton bar off a 67-87 truck. Would that be wiser than tring to make this one work? How much am I looking at for one of those bars from 67-87? thanks CHRIS __________________ 68 C10 shortbed -- Street/Strip

01-22-2003, 11:35 PM	#8
rustedchevy Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: il Posts: 115	yes then it will work, if its truck bar, thats what it is anyways is a truck bar! 64-87 works off trucks not vans though good luck

01-23-2003, 05:56 AM	#9
SweetandLong68 Your UncleBen Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indian Trail, NC Posts: 590	Thanks much! lata CHRIS __________________ 68 C10 shortbed -- Street/Strip



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