Whiteline Suspension Products

[Jeremy]

Fred Beans Parts offers a huge variety of Whitelne Suspension Parts for your all popular performance vehicles like: Acura, Honda, Ford, Mitsubishi, Subaru, And VW just to name a few.



For those who are not familiar to Whiteline, the brand graces a number performance suspension components that work hard to deliver real results and performance outcomes for vehicles and motorists the world over. Whiteline’s primary focus was initially delivering ‘bang for your buck’ handling gains from the simplicity of an anti sway bar. But over the years, the expertise, the knowledge, the reputation and the products have grown since progressed to include additional offerings such as the range of infamous anti lift/caster kits, roll centre adjuster kits, adjustable control arms, camber kits, strut and chassis bracing.

Whiteline Suspension products are developed up by qualified and willing group of dedicated enthusiasts who are trained in the company's products and philosophy's. The R & D department drives the company to constantly find new and innovative solutions to suspension and handling problems.

Using a range of sophisticated testing and data logging tools, Whiteline relies on regular testing to maximise the product benefits and ensure that they work as a complete package tuned to give you the best handling outcome. Whether it be conventional autocross, circuit, drags, drifting or road rally Whiteline has the products and practical experience to maximise the potential of your road/race car. And even if its only to sharpen the handling of your daily driver car, this race experience guarantees a quality, tested and tuned outcome using our products.

[Jeremy]

Whiteline Swaybars, Stabilizer Bars, Anti-Roll Bars:



As the name suggests Whiteline Swaybars main objective is to reduce sway, or body roll, and stabilize a vehicle under lateral (cornering) forces. Formula 1 cars still use sway bars along side the shocks and springs as it is the ONLY suspension component principally designed to control body roll. Unfortunately, many aftermarket spring manufacturers still design their lowered springs too hard, trying to control body roll when it’s the sway bars job.

The fitting of bigger Whiteline Swaybars is still the best dollar for dollar handling improvement you can make.

Why? First, while car manufacturers appreciate the role the sway bar plays in vehicle control, safety and comfort, their standard bars, like the vehicles they are fitted to, are built to a compromise of price, performance and comfort. Secondly, handling and suspension design is an evolutionary process with constant changes.

Whiteline Swaybars are at the cutting edge of this process through their close association with motorsport. We understand the new technologies and design products to put your car at the very front of handling development. Cornering loads are spread more evenly across the tyres delivering more grip and frankly, that’s what it’s all about. You also get improved tyre wear as your tyres stay flatter and more upright. Comfort improves because your car sits flatter through bends meaning less movement inside the vehicle.

BARS on CARS - What applies to me and my vehicle?
Whiteline's simple sway bar guide to better handling:
Front Wheel Drive – increase the rear sway bar size
Rear Wheel Drive – increase the front sway bar size
4 Wheel Drive – increase front then rear bar size
All Wheel Drive – increase rear then front bar size

Whiteline Swaybars are manufactured using the finest grade Australian spring steel. They are powder coated and supplied with high performance polyurethane mounting bushes in a DIY kit form, ready to simply bolt on.


Whiteline Adjustable Sway Bars
Adjustable sway bars allow their stiffness to be altered by increasing or reducing the length of the lever arms. This permits the roll stiffness to be tuned for different situations without replacing the entire bar. The stiffer the bar, the more force required to move the left and right wheels relative to each other. This increases the amount of force required to make the body roll.

Whiteline adjustable sway bars offer from 2 up to 4 points of adjustment allowing in some cases 10 distinct stiffness settings for precise handling bias adjustment. The Whiteline Blade is available across a huge range of applications.

[Jeremy]

"Anti" Geometry:


"Anti" features in suspension systems are a characteristic that can be used to influence the stiffness of the front or rear suspension under traction forces(under braking or accelerating). The individual terms are relatively straightforward and self-explanatory with the “anti” reducing or totally restricting the characteristic (lifting or diving). In the front suspension there may be levels of anti-dive during braking and anti-lift during accelerating (assuming traction to the front wheels is present), similarly in the rear there could be anti lift during braking and anti-squat during acceleration.

It should also be noted that these characteristic can also be reversed into a “pro” characteristic (as in pro-lift at the front under braking). Anti features can only be implemented under the influence of the braking or accelerating forces at the wheels, for example a rear wheel drive vehicle cannot have an anti-lift characteristic in the front (as there is no drive to the front wheels).

With the ALK fitted to the Subaru WRX, a softer suspension will be present during braking and accelerating. This will help traction, as the wheel will be able to track the ground more precisely. Also in terms of balance the front end will have a proportionally lower roll resistance during traction or braking, aiding in reducing the power understeer effect that is present in these cars.

Whiteline Alignment Q&A :

Q: Should I try adjusting caster or camber first to improve handling?
A: Caster, and here's why:

1. Camber doesn't improve turn-in, positive caster does.
2. Camber is not good for tyre wear.
3. Camber doesn't improve directional stability.
4. Camber adversely effects braking and acceleration.

Q: Is there such a thing as too much caster?
A: No, and here's why:

1. Maximize tyre contact patch during roll.
2. Improve turn-in response.
3. Increase directional stability.
4. Maximize tyre contact patch during braking and acceleration.
5. Improved steering feel and self-center increases dynamic negative camber (on turn).

[Jeremy]

Whiteline Strut bracing, strut bars, strut tower bracing
You can never have too much chassis stiffness!!



Weight aside, the more the better. Chassis bracing maintains alignment angles and spring rates by greatly reducing body or chassis flex. In fact, it helps every component in the suspension system do its job properly and you can feel the difference through improved turn-in, sharper steering response along with greater steering feedback. Whiteline strut bars/ strut brace/ strut tower bars not only makes your vehicle handle better they look great on the car as they feature premium polished alloy materials and powder coated end brackets. Quick release clamps KSB790 are also available and suit all Whiteline strut tower brace application.

Chassis bracing, under car bracing:


With regards to undercar chassis bracing, Whiteline engineers have tested and identified up to 15mm body flex on late model vehicles under moderate acceleration, braking and cornering loads. Chassis bracing maintains alignment angles and spring rates by greatly reducing body or chassis flex. In fact, it helps every component in the suspension system do its job properly. Race cars have elaborate roll cages not just to protect the occupant, a good proportion of its job is to stiffen the chassis. That’s why it triangulates and links every major chassis and suspension pickup point with each other. Critical for serious performance and essential for any car with uprated springs, shocks or swaybars.

[Chris04z4]

gonna have to look into the chassis support brackets