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04-26-2009, 09:18 PM | #37 |
Apexing Egg!!
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sweeeeeet!! the g/f is buying a 23mm rear sway bar for my birthday :) :) :)
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04-27-2009, 02:19 AM | #38 |
sounds like a great lady!!!
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04-28-2009, 04:06 AM | #39 |
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I just ordered mine. Might have to beef up the front later!
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04-28-2009, 10:07 AM | #40 |
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We seem to be missing the "banging head against wall" smiley. So, you'll have to use your imagination and picture me banging my head against the wall now.
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04-28-2009, 03:55 PM | #41 |
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04-28-2009, 04:22 PM | #42 |
04-30-2009, 11:55 AM | #43 |
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I'm curious how your driving experience has been since it's been some time from installing your Ultra Racing bar, any updates since you've had some seat time with it?
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04-30-2009, 12:03 PM | #44 |
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I work from home, so I don't put a lot of miles on the car. Since the last update that I made Sunday, I've driven the car exactly once. Nothing new to report. I like it, it works for me, not much more to say.
The more I drive with it, the more I'm going to get used to it. I don't expect I'll have anything more to add. The initial impressions were the most relevant things I could tell you, and that is past. I'd have to change the car back to the way it was before in order to give that same level of comparison again. I'll post up after I actually do an autocross in full-competition mode and review that aspect. |
04-30-2009, 12:36 PM | #45 |
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I just got my 19mm bar 6 weeks ago - now I want the 23mm bar.. Curse you, Loren!
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04-30-2009, 12:49 PM | #46 |
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I see what you mean. Well thank you for what you have contributed so far, looks like my TRD bar might be a thing of the past and will look to the future with a UR one
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04-30-2009, 01:12 PM | #47 |
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So the UR 23mm seems to be better then the 19mm TRD... wonder if that's because of the tighter fitting of the UR or the size. When I bought my UR Sway bar only the 19mm was available unfortunately, and I wonder how much of a difference it would have been with the 23mm... any thoughts, Loren?
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04-30-2009, 01:40 PM | #48 |
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"Better" is relative to what you expect from it and what else you've done to your suspension. For the average street driver with an otherwise stock or near stock suspension, the 19mm bar is probably all you really need.
The 23mm is "better" for me not because of the tightness of fitment, that is purely incidental and in no way effects how the bar works. It's better for my needs because it is a larger diameter and therefore stiffer. Being stiffer, it does everything that a rear stabilizer bar does to a greater degree, which is good for the kind of competition driving that I do. "How much difference" between the 19 and 23mm bars? 4 millimeters! I can't quantify it any more than that. I've already reviewed it in comparison to the TRD 19mm bar on MY car, that's all I can do, man. Will a 23mm bar be "better" for you? I can't answer that. I will say this, however... I subscribe to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" principle. With the stock suspension, the body roll is awful and a 19mm bar fixes that. The problem *I* was fighting was understeer in a competition environment. The 23mm bar did a better job of fixing THAT problem. If you're not having that problem, then you don't need to fix it. |
04-30-2009, 03:36 PM | #49 |
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hmm ok well my ultimate goal in the future is to buy a DD and turn my current Yari into a track car. I would have liked to have gotten a 23mm and not have to buy the same part twice, but my then maybe I'll need a new one (i think they lose their stiffness after a while, right?) If not I'll see if I truly need it by then...
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04-30-2009, 03:52 PM | #50 |
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Um, no, they don't lose their stiffness after a while.
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04-30-2009, 04:12 PM | #51 |
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oh ok... I figured like the chassis itself, it would lose it's stiffness after a while
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05-01-2009, 10:13 PM | #52 |
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I got a question will sway bar relief the rear wobble I get sometimes in the highway at speed around 70mph? normaly it's on windy days, wide turns and well highway stuff..
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05-02-2009, 09:11 AM | #53 |
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Yep.
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