Rear TRD Sway Bar Snapped!
03-28-13, 02:50 PM
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Rear TRD Sway Bar Snapped! (updated w/ pic)
So I took my car in today for a SMOG and the tech told me my rear TRD sway bar snapped. I took a quick peek and indeed it snapped 
The sway bar probably had about 70K miles on it.
So now my choices are to replace the rear with another TRD sway bar or throw the stock rear back on.
If I throw the rear stock sway bar back on along with front TRD blue sway bar will my car understeer or oversteer? Anybody try this combo? Please report back if you have experience.
If I buy a new TRD rear sway bar, has TRD resolved the snapping issue? Also can someone recommend a good place to buy it for a good price?
The sway bar probably had about 70K miles on it.So now my choices are to replace the rear with another TRD sway bar or throw the stock rear back on.
If I throw the rear stock sway bar back on along with front TRD blue sway bar will my car understeer or oversteer? Anybody try this combo? Please report back if you have experience.
If I buy a new TRD rear sway bar, has TRD resolved the snapping issue? Also can someone recommend a good place to buy it for a good price?
Last edited by GTSLEX; 04-02-13 at 04:10 PM.
03-28-13, 03:26 PM
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any pics? I've heard of sway bars warping but never snapped. do you drive hard? how does it feel with both front and rear sway? if you have thicker front, you should have more understeer?
I never heard of a sway bar snapping. Were you low and scrapping/banging it constantly?
03-28-13, 03:50 PM
#4
First, we need a picture of this.
Second, how in the world did you have a snapped sway bar and not notice it? And if that's the case, who knows when it snapped during that 70K miles since evidently you wouldn't know the difference, lol.
Second, how in the world did you have a snapped sway bar and not notice it? And if that's the case, who knows when it snapped during that 70K miles since evidently you wouldn't know the difference, lol.
03-28-13, 04:48 PM
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Here is a thread from another CL member with broken rear TRD sway bar.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...-sway-bar.html
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03-31-13, 08:48 PM
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In theory having the stock bar in the rear and the TRD bar in front will push the balance of the car toward understeer, but how much you'll actually notice is debatable.
In reality, having the stock rear bar will produce less understeer than NO rear bar which is essentially what you have right now.
In reality, having the stock rear bar will produce less understeer than NO rear bar which is essentially what you have right now.
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I have both front and rear TRD sways, BIG difference. More confidence on turns on the freeways. I think others have snapped too. But this is my first time hearing it about TRD's. I can't imagine it snapping though, they're thick and heavy as hell.
04-03-13, 02:13 PM
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I've had mine since 2007 and have put over 150k miles on them with no issues. All I need to do is change out the bushings on them to polyurathane if I can find some that fit the diameter.