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02-11-12, 08:47 PM
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Is the TRD sway bar kit worth the money?
My car is on Tein s-techs right now but going to be on Stance coils in a few months, do they function well? and how is the drivability theyre not to stiff/aggressive are they?
My car is on Tein s-techs right now but going to be on Stance coils in a few months, do they function well? and how is the drivability theyre not to stiff/aggressive are they?
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02-14-12, 04:33 AM
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Sorry man, but totally disagree with you. Quite wrong information.
02-14-12, 10:08 PM
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Whoa! Its settled then blues it is.. I have noticed large amounts of body roll in some situations and i figured slamming it on the coils would fix it but it may need something extra to keep her planted cuz shes a big girl lol these may be exactally what im looking for
AweSOme .. Thanks guys
AweSOme .. Thanks guys
02-14-12, 10:16 PM
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Well the Stance coilovers are going got be stiffer than the Tein S-tech springs that you have now, but how do you know if you need the extra stiffness of the TRD sways if you haven't even put on coils? Are you going for actual handling, or stiffness just because it feels good to the butt?
02-15-12, 12:55 AM
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Do your own research into it, but the effect of fitting stiffer springs or coilovers to a vehicle as opposed to fitting stiffer swaybars is quite different.
Thicker swaybars really do not change actual ride stiffness that much but dramatically reduce vehicle body roll in cornering. From experience, stiffer swaybars dramatically increases handling performance on these big heavy cars!!!! I had bigger solid bars on my old JZS147 and I have just fitted a Cusco rear bar on my new JZS161 Aristo here in Japan. In a couple of weeks, a front Cusco will go on.
Please don't take my comment the wrong way. My comment was by no means a personal attack on you. I am simply speaking from my own personal experience and research.
I agree 100%, there are 2 totally different things here. Ride quality/suspension stiffness and reduced body roll in cornering. Those things have to be seperated.
FYI, I am doing both new coilovers and swaybars in this car, plus new bushings, Figs Engineering items etc etc.
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Thicker swaybars really do not change actual ride stiffness that much but dramatically reduce vehicle body roll in cornering. From experience, stiffer swaybars dramatically increases handling performance on these big heavy cars!!!! I had bigger solid bars on my old JZS147 and I have just fitted a Cusco rear bar on my new JZS161 Aristo here in Japan. In a couple of weeks, a front Cusco will go on.
Please don't take my comment the wrong way. My comment was by no means a personal attack on you. I am simply speaking from my own personal experience and research.
I agree 100%, there are 2 totally different things here. Ride quality/suspension stiffness and reduced body roll in cornering. Those things have to be seperated.
FYI, I am doing both new coilovers and swaybars in this car, plus new bushings, Figs Engineering items etc etc.
Chris
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02-15-12, 06:12 AM
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Do your own research into it, but the effect of fitting stiffer springs or coilovers to a vehicle as opposed to fitting stiffer swaybars is quite different.
Thicker swaybars really do not change actual ride stiffness that much but dramatically reduce vehicle body roll in cornering. From experience, stiffer swaybars dramatically increases handling performance on these big heavy cars!!!! I had bigger solid bars on my old JZS147 and I have just fitted a Cusco rear bar on my new JZS161 Aristo here in Japan. In a couple of weeks, a front Cusco will go on.
Please don't take my comment the wrong way. My comment was by no means a personal attack on you. I am simply speaking from my own personal experience and research.
I agree 100%, there are 2 totally different things here. Ride quality/suspension stiffness and reduced body roll in cornering. Those things have to be seperated.
FYI, I am doing both new coilovers and swaybars in this car, plus new bushings, Figs Engineering items etc etc.
Chris
Thicker swaybars really do not change actual ride stiffness that much but dramatically reduce vehicle body roll in cornering. From experience, stiffer swaybars dramatically increases handling performance on these big heavy cars!!!! I had bigger solid bars on my old JZS147 and I have just fitted a Cusco rear bar on my new JZS161 Aristo here in Japan. In a couple of weeks, a front Cusco will go on.
Please don't take my comment the wrong way. My comment was by no means a personal attack on you. I am simply speaking from my own personal experience and research.
I agree 100%, there are 2 totally different things here. Ride quality/suspension stiffness and reduced body roll in cornering. Those things have to be seperated.
FYI, I am doing both new coilovers and swaybars in this car, plus new bushings, Figs Engineering items etc etc.
Chris
02-15-12, 09:01 AM
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Do your own research into it, but the effect of fitting stiffer springs or coilovers to a vehicle as opposed to fitting stiffer swaybars is quite different.
Thicker swaybars really do not change actual ride stiffness that much but dramatically reduce vehicle body roll in cornering. From experience, stiffer swaybars dramatically increases handling performance on these big heavy cars!!!! I had bigger solid bars on my old JZS147 and I have just fitted a Cusco rear bar on my new JZS161 Aristo here in Japan. In a couple of weeks, a front Cusco will go on.
Chris
Thicker swaybars really do not change actual ride stiffness that much but dramatically reduce vehicle body roll in cornering. From experience, stiffer swaybars dramatically increases handling performance on these big heavy cars!!!! I had bigger solid bars on my old JZS147 and I have just fitted a Cusco rear bar on my new JZS161 Aristo here in Japan. In a couple of weeks, a front Cusco will go on.
Chris
Many don't realize that if you are going with a stiffer setup, you need proper tires that can coup with it. Having too much negative camber doesn't help either. One day you can be driving down the road and all of the sudden you have to make a sharp right turn. The rear end is going to break out when you least expect it. Traction increases with load but not linearly, since the tire's coefficient of friction also decreases at the same time. You need to find a balance, which is why I always recommend people to mod one part at a time. Determine whether you actually need the additional parts, otherwise you could make your car handle worse without even knowing it.
If you're only concerned about not having your tires smack onto your fender because you have no wheel gap, then you're already at the point where handling is not really a factor. By then, your criteria changes, but you still need to find out if the coilovers alone will do the job, then upgrade sways if necessary.
02-15-12, 09:03 PM
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Well the Stance coilovers are going got be stiffer than the Tein S-tech springs that you have now, but how do you know if you need the extra stiffness of the TRD sways if you haven't even put on coils? Are you going for actual handling, or stiffness just because it feels good to the butt?
