I am trying to find a rear sway bar to decrease the understeer on my 88 Fiero 2.5

The only 88 rear sway bar I can find is by ADDCO
http://www.andysautosport.c...co/addc00097085.html

Does this kit come with all the parts I will need?
As far as I can tell it looks like I would also need rear sway bar brackets, and I cant find any.

The brackets look like this...
http://i181.photobucket.com...%20Base/122_2283.jpg

Any suggestions on where to find the brackets, or other sway bars, would be greatly appreciated!

Are there any other options?

When I bought the Addco rear sway bar for my '87 Fiero, it came with all the necessary mounting hardware. The '88 rear bar should be the same.

Thanks for the reply, but the 88 sway bar needs a bracket to mount.
Does anyone know where I can get stock or aftermarket mounting brackets like this?...
http://i181.photobucket.com...%20Base/122_2283.jpg

quote Originally posted by FirstFiero88: Thanks for the reply, but the 88 sway bar needs a bracket to mount. Does anyone know where I can get stock or aftermarket mounting brackets like this?... http://i181.photobucket.com...%20Base/122_2283.jpg

Part #F044 ’88 R. sway bar end link brackets $49.95

http://arrautmotorsports.co...pension-information/

Scroll about halfway down the page to see the brackets

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quote Originally posted by FirstFiero88: Thanks for the reply, but the 88 sway bar needs a bracket to mount. Does anyone know where I can get stock or aftermarket mounting brackets like this?... http://i181.photobucket.com...%20Base/122_2283.jpg

Yes the 88's do need a bracket to mount to the "moving" suspension, but that does not mean that there is only one correct bracket for the 88's. I do not have an Addco sway bar, but by just looking at the picture of the kit it appears that it has enough brackets/components to be a complete kit. Just because it looks different does not mean that it will not work (unless it is installed wrong).

Thanks for the info!

quote Originally posted by seajai: Part #F044 ’88 R. sway bar end link brackets $49.95 http://arrautmotorsports.co...pension-information/ Scroll about halfway down the page to see the brackets

Wow that site is great, never heard of them.
http://arrautmotorsports.co...product-information/

They even have a bump steer correction "kit"?

[This message has been edited by 2.5 (edited 10-11-2013).]

Also known as West Shore Fabricators, they are the new owners of the Held Motorsports products.

If you could find a wrecked 88 Formula or GT, you could just get the rear sway bar and associated parts off that for your 88 coupe.

quote Originally posted by lateFormula: I do not have an Addco sway bar, but by just looking at the picture of the kit it appears that it has enough brackets/components to be a complete kit.

There obviously must be a difference in how these Addco sway bars are packaged/sold, as This vendor was selling an incomplete "kit".

quote Originally posted by TopNotch: If you could find a wrecked 88 Formula or GT, you could just get the rear sway bar and associated parts off that for your 88 coupe.

That's what I ended up doing so as to compliment the rear cradle out of an '88 coupe that I've stashed away.

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quote Originally posted by Patrick: There obviously must be a difference in how these Addco sway bars are packaged/sold, as This vendor was selling an incomplete "kit".

That looks similar to the Addco I have on my 86 2m4, but for 88? Maybe thats a "replacement bar" for an 88 that already has one, maybe thicker than stock? Or it goes on under the car fully visible like the one did on my 2m4.

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quote Originally posted by 2.5: That looks similar to the Addco I have on my 86 2m4.

It's listed as "Addco 445" (which I think is correct for the rear of an '88), but it's possibe the vendor just used a generic image of a "Fiero" sway bar in their blurb.