Suspension Setup Question

[Ran Kizama]

Originally Posted by largeorangefont

If all you do is drive on the freeway and put around town there is no need to even get any bar at all.

I also participate in local events and track days so anything that helps the car perform is always a plus.

[largeorangefont]

Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

Ashley, I trust your word but I disagree with this post... could be a miscommunication or it could be that I'm a novice. Help me understand.

yea you are right

When I take a hard, sweeping turn at a high speed, the first thing I lose is always my rear tires. My fronts stay nicely planted. Knowing this, why would it make sense to have a rear sway bar? Wouldn't you want a front sway bar so you're increasing understeer relative to the oversteer already experienced?

You are right, but our cars are set up a bit different. I don't have the rear stepping out on high speed turns. My rear stays hooked up. This is probably because of my upgraded tires. My front scrubs off a bit at speed, so the rear bar only would get it to rotate a bit better.

All cars are set up to understeer as stock. That is why you see so many rear bars for all kinds of cars.

Ashley

[raybob]

A dumb question then, if someone wanted to simply control body roll, would a rear anti-sway bar do the trick?

[largeorangefont]

Originally Posted by raybob

A dumb question then, if someone wanted to simply control body roll, would a rear anti-sway bar do the trick?

Yes it would help.

[Ran Kizama]

Woohoo! All my parts came in today! Taking off work early to knock out the install! (>^_^)>

[nun73]

Originally Posted by Ran Kizama

So I have the following setup being put on the car this weekend.

17x7 Buddy Club Racing Rims
205/40/17 Falken Tires
TRD Shocks
TRD Springs
TRD Rear Anti-Sway Bar
Tanabe Front Strut Tower Bar

Any ideas on what I should be expecting? Too stiff? Not enough? Just trying to predict any changes or modifications I should look into. I thought about the C-ONE Front Anti-Sway Bar and underbraces, but I think I'm gonna wait and see how this works out first. Thanks in advance for all tips.

Hello RAN!
Please you post TRD Rear Anti-Sway Bar and
Tanabe Front Strut Tower Bar picture or send me by PM.
I need this part! So cool!
Thanks in advance.

[Ran Kizama]

The parts got installed yesterday. I'll get some pics up here in a few mins. The rear swaybar took all of 10mins to install and the front tower bar took maybe 15min since you gotta adjust the bar, brackets, and tighten everything down.

Overall I gotta say that the car feels fantastic! The corners are stiffer and the car's understeer has definitely been reduced. I noticed this primarily on a specific corner on my local twisties. There's no real signs of oversteer either which is a plus. I gotta say that the biggest bonus is the elimination of the body roll. I'm so happy that my car doesn't feel like a minivan anymore.

I'm getting new tires and a full alignment on Monday, then me and some friends are hitting the mountain next Sunday. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Ran Kizama]

Pics of both bars and brackets. Each bar is only held on with only two bolts on each side. I took a pic of the brackets so you can get an idea of how to install each one.

The TRD Sway Bar uses the stock shock bottom bolts and a new bolt on each side to connect.

The Tanabe Strut Bar uses two new bolts and nuts to connect. First you measure out the length to ensure all four holes line up. The place the bolts through the top and down into the wheel well. Reaching into the wheel well to put the nut is kinda annoying, but not hard to do. Do this for all four bolts, tighten them up, then tighten down the bolts on the actual bar, and you're good to go.

[Terrorize]

Looks sweet dude....i'll be getting some of this stuff too...over time though...heh heh my payment aint that big...
TRD struts and shocks next week!! Whoo hoo....thanks Chino...LOL

[ChinoCharles]