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Product Information
APR Roll-Control Sway Bars are engineered to significantly improve cornering performance by reducing vehicle body roll without greatly impacting comfort. Drivers who enjoy a more spirited driving style often encounter excessive body roll, which negatively impacts handling. During cornering, the vehicle’s body leans to the opposite side, shifting weight primarily to the outside tires. This uneven distribution reduces grip on the inner tires, resulting in decreased overall traction and stability.
Our solution? APR Sway Bars are fine-tuned with an optimized spring rate achieved through increased bar diameter and strategic placement of end-link mounting points forged from a single bar. Additionally, we upgrade the bushings to high-performance polyurethane, eliminating bar movement and compression during hard turns, ensuring consistent and enhanced performance.
APR Sway Bars are designed as a direct replacement for your factory-installed bars. Simply swap out the original bars with our upgraded sway bars to experience improved handling immediately. Whether referred to as stabilizer bars, anti-roll bars (ARB), or sway bars (FSB/RSB), APR’s bars deliver superior cornering control and driving confidence.
Getting Technical:
APR Sway Bars are constructed from high-tensile strength steel, known for its excellent durability properties. To reduce weight without compromising strength, these bars are hollow. Each bar is precision CNC-bent from a single piece of bar stock, eliminating welds and significantly reducing the risk of failure compared to traditional manufacturing methods. The bar ends are forged into shape and then quench-hardened in specialized fixtures to achieve the highest strength profile possible, and then dimensionally confirmed in final check fixtures. Lastly, each sway bar is coated with a corrosion-resistant red powder coat, offering both durability and a sleek appearance.
On this particular model, we’ve increased the bar diameter to 25 mm, with a 5 mm wall thickness, an upgrade from the factory’s 20.2x0mm (MK7 GTI) and 21.8x3.6m (MK8 GTI) size. This enhancement results in a spring rate of 665 lbs/in delivering a 108%/88% increase over the factory MK7/MK8 GTI bars. These changes translate to significantly improved handling, reduced body roll, and a more responsive driving experience.
Optimize your vehicle’s performance with APR’s precision-engineered sway bars for superior strength and reliability.
Features:
- Enhanced Cornering Performance: Reduces vehicle body roll, improving balance and stability during sharp turns.
- Comfort Retained: Optimized for spirited driving without sacrificing daily comfort, offering the perfect blend of performance and ride quality.
- Improved Weight Distribution: Minimizes the shift of weight to outer tires, increasing grip and traction on inner tires during cornering.
- High-Tensile Strength Steel: Constructed from extremely durable materials designed for demanding conditions, ensuring long-lasting performance.
- Hollow Bar Design: Reduces weight without compromising strength, enhancing overall vehicle performance.
- CNC-Bent Precision: Manufactured from a single bar of steel with no welds, increasing reliability and minimizing the risk of failure.
- Forge-Pressed and Quench-Hardened: Bar ends are forge-pressed and heat-treated to achieve maximum strength and durability.
- Corrosion-Resistant Finish: Coated with an anti-corrosive red powder coat, ensuring longevity and a sleek, polished appearance.
- Increased Bar Diameter: Upgraded to a larger diameter with enhanced wall thickness for improved stiffness and roll resistance.
- Adjustable Spring Rate: Offers multiple stiffness settings to customize handling, with substantial increases over the factory sway bars.
- Direct Replacement: Easy, plug-and-play installation without the need for modifications.
What's Included:
- APR Roll-Control Sway Bar Rear
Model  +  |
Drivetrain  |
|---|---|
| 8V A3 1.8T I4 [MQB] | |
| 8V A3 2.0L TDI I4 [MQB] | |
| 8V A3 2.0T I4 [MQB] | |
| 8Y A3 2.0T I4 [MQB Evo] | |
| MK7 Golf 1.4T I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Golf 1.8T I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Golf 2.0L TDI I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Golf Sportwagen 1.4T I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Golf Sportwagen 1.8T I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Golf Sportwagen 2.0L TDI I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 GTI 2.0T I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Jetta - GLI 2.0T I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Jetta 1.4T I4 [MQB] | |
| MK7 Jetta 1.5T I4 | + |
| MK8 GTI 2.0T I4 [MQB Evo] |
***ORDER CANCELLATIONS***
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Any cancelled orders including orders that have not shipped will be subject to a 3.5% cancellation fee to offset order processing fees that are not refunded to BMP Tuning. Additionally, if your order has already shipped, you may incur additional fees if the shipment needs to be recalled and/or rerouted back to BMP Tuning.
Some products sold cannot be cancelled after the order has been placed due to agreements with the manufacturer, or in the case of made to order/custom items. This may be noted in the product description.
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CTS TURBO CANCELLATIONS - CTS Turbo charges a 5% cancellation fee that we cannot waive. For CTS Turbo products, BMP Tuning will not charge the standard cancellation fee of 3.5%. However, customers will be responsible for the 5% cancellation fee that CTS TURBO charges.
***RETURNS AND EXCHANGES***
BMP Tuning will accept returns for UNUSED merchandise in original packaging within 1 YEAR from the time of purchase!
UNUSED products in ORIGINAL PACKAGING that are RETURNED WITHIN 60 DAYS of purchase are eligible for a refund to the original payment method used.
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***TUNING SOFTWARE AND CABLES***
BMP Tuning will NOT accept returns for any tuning software or tuning cables. This includes, but is not limited to:
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Any returned item is subject to a fee of 15%.
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KATAPULT: Katapult does not allow us to issue partial refunds. Katapult orders that are cancelled prior to fulfilment will be refunded 100% directly through Katapult. For Returns: Any Katapult purchases that require a partial refund will be given back to the customer as a store credit. No restocking fees will be deducted. However, the original shipping costs on the order will be deducted and the customer will also be responsible for the shipping costs to return item(s) to BMP Tuning.
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