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HELP. Sway Bar Q's...
I've been reading threads on the forums regarding sway bars. Not really finding the answer to the question i'm wondering. I have a 2011 370 with koni yellows and swift springs. In my experience this upgrade was a MASSIVE change from stock. I've tweaked my dampening and got it dialed in to my liking (I'm not riding them all the way soft like I've seen a lot of people posting in the threads.) I'm not tracking the car, only spirited driving in the ozarks. Was wondering if upgrading sway bars is a noticeable difference in the car? A night and day handling difference. The car is already so well balanced from the factory, and i haven't yet made it worse. Just looking for some opinions from experience here. Was leaning towards stillen SIMPLY because i like the brand.
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Many people like a stiff front bar and a softer rear. I went with an eibach front and kept the stock rear. I'm happy with it. I'm on stock springs and I feel like it helped a noticeable amount.
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I feel like the general consensus around here is that the bigger the front bar the better. I have some swifts I havent installed yet, but I do have a bigger front bar and it made the turn in A LOT better. I can only imagine how it would feel with swifts/yellows installed.
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Unecessary for street driving, if anything pick up a used front from a nimso. You would only really benifit from it when you are hitting the limits of grip which I hope your not doing on public streets.
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Honestly, I don't know why it's not the first mod for any Z owner. It's night and day better.
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There are some that will do like jhill and run more bar in the rear to counter under steer. The deal with running more rear bar is you can get a happier rear end which can upset the car when taking corners at speed. All things are about what you are most comfortable with. Some folks like a little push others perfer a happy rearend. Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk |
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Yep, have true square wheel and tier set up and that has taken the under steer complete out and loosened up the rear a bit. Still getting use to it as I prefer it to under steer.
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Now the question is which sway bar to go with haha
You guys are awesome. Thanks for all the input. |
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For a street driven car go with the the Eibach front bar. If the car is going to see any HPDE or autox get the Hotchkis front bar. Don't bother with a rear bar. The factory rear bar is all the stiffness you'll need.
If you want the car to be a little oversteery then do that via alignment settings (less rear camber). |
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