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Old 08-16-06, 10:23 AM
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Cool Whiteline Sway Bars avalible in the US again

And this time, it's not from that co** su**e* Sean (soundlzdrd, not our sean mecelligott) that took abunch of money from me afew years ago.
And they're on group buy through September 10th '06.
The guy's already done one successful group buy on ToyotaNation, and has started another.
Current Group Buy
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You want the correct sway bar<s> for your car, AND new end-links, AND the bushings (They're polyuerethane).
There is no single handling upgrade that you can do that will increase the handling of the car. There also isn't a cheaper upgrade you can do for the suspension.

Obviously... We have Camry suspensions, so you want the corrisponding generation Camry parts.
(Gen 3 Camry's come with a large front sway bar. Whiteline says they're big enough factory, so they just make rear sway bars for us rollin gen3's.)






Anywho... Just a head's up. It's fairly rare to find Whiteline stuff in the USA, it's a very on/off basis. I love my whiteline rear sway bar... Wouldn't live without it!
Old 08-16-06, 11:31 AM
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I'm intrested in the FSB.
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which part numbers would i need for a 97 es?
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Pheonix if I remember correctly you said the 97-01
benefits more with a Rear Sway bar?
Who supplies the endlinks and bushings?

Also what about the Whiteline Front Strut Tower Brace -
allow adjustable: $126.73

will it fit? Any Good? anyone have pics?
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Whiteline is the premiere suspension company in Australia. Whatever they make, or say. Pretty much goes with wrx's & toyota's.


Gen4's can benifit from a RSB, combined with a FSB upgrade.
No idea if the tower brace fits, or if it does anything (Most dont). If it works on a v6 Camry, it works on an ES, or Windom.
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i contacted this guy about the swaybar and he told me its going to take at the very least 45 days for me to get it in the mail. no guarantee. I'm a lil hesitant about paying the money first and waiting that long for a rsb.

Did anyone order from this U.S. Whiteline dealer before?

http://www.globalperformanceparts.com/
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What would be there part # for a 94 es? i cant tell which one to pick, lol.
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Guys! LoL! Come on!
If you're interested, buy the corrisponding Camry years. If there is a disgreepancy, you want a v6 Camry part.

87-91 =gen2 Camry
Keep in mind that these are originally for the i4 gen2 Camry... Somebody take a set of calipers & measure the v6 sway bar diameters to see what the stock size is befor eyou go slapping these onto an ES250.

Whiteline BTF91 4cyl 27mm Front Sway Bar (non Adjustable): $136.73 (threaded end bar- offroad only)
SuperPro SPF0329-27AK Front Sway Bar Mount To Chassis Bushing $20.12
SuperPro SPF0329-27BK Front Sway Bar Mount To Chassis Bushing $20.12
SuperPro SPF0329-27K Front Sway Bar Mount To Chassis Bushing $20.12
27AK = Passanger side increased Driver side standard caster
27BK = Passanger side increase / Driver side increase or decrease caster
27K = Passanger side & Driver side standard
Whitleline BTR38 4cyl 18mm Rear Sway Bar (non Ajustable): $112.00

92-96 =gen3 Camry
Whiteline BTR36 18mm Rear Sway Bar(non Adjustable): $112
SuperPro SPF0462-17K Rear Sway Bar Mount To Chassis Bushing $10.84(Because they don't come in 18mm)

97-01 =gen4 Camry
Whiteline BTF38 24mm Front Sway Bar(non Adjustable) $112.00
SuperPro SPF1132-_ _K Front Sway Bar Mount To Chassis Bushing (factory) $13.65 (23mm. One mm too short, eh)
Whiteline BTR39 20mm Rear Sway Bar(non Adjustable) $112.00
The superpro website only has bushings to 17mm. The bar is 20mm.

02-05 =gen5 Camry - nothing
06-?? =gen6 Camry - nothing



Whole lot of other stuff there to play with caster/camber. Lot of replacement bushings too...
Whiteline Springs, which are suppose to be awesome, but I've only heard of one US Camry running them.
Tower braces... Hey... Might aswell buy a $120 tower brace from whiteline as anybody else. Atleast they're a real suspension company & probably have nice, stiff bars. Unlike the cheap crap that flexes & probably bangs the intake manifolds, or hoods.
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A while back, when I was going to get one before I sold the ES, I read that you should be extremely careful if you get both the front and rear. Something about it being too stiff and running the risk of sliding or something to that effect. Search around and you should find it.
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I plan on only getting a Rear Sway bar
Between the Whiteline and TRD Solara, Which is Overall better??
I know the TRD is adjustable, but how does it compare to the Whiteline??
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i personally have never felt the whiteline rsb but i heard its in between the two settings of the trd rsb. I have the trd myself and it makes a big difference, so i think either one would work great.
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what do you leave the setting normally?
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Originally Posted by ES BL155
i personally have never felt the whiteline rsb but i heard its in between the two settings of the trd rsb. I have the trd myself and it makes a big difference, so i think either one would work great.
Whats your normal setting you leave it ?
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i just put it in the track setting, i believe the other setting is similar to stock.
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Whiteline Parts are always available for US customers @ www.globalperformanceparts.com
I have bought 2 swaybar sets from them. With UPS ground hardware got to me in about 5 business days. They are a great source. They even fixed an order from 185performance.com that for some reason could not get done right!

I currently have 3 sets installed: 1 - 1999 Camry v6 / 1 - 1997 ES300 / 1 - 1999 ES300

All my cars are the same Gen, so all have installed the BTF38 (24mm Front sway bar) & BTR39 (20mm Rear sway bar). All bushings are polyurethane, SPF1132-24K (24mm front) and SPF1132-20K (20mm rear).

I have experimented with doing just the rear and having just the front and both swaybars installed. My preference is having the full set installed. Stability is increased the greatest and handling is the most predictable so you can drive it harder and safer. The suspension is by no means stiff if you are worried about that. I am currently running on KYB GR-2 with the whiteline swaybars and stock springs and Falken ze512 tires.

I posted this a while back on solaraguy.com if you are interested in seeing how everything fits and looks installed: http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=15817


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