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Yeah, KP that sounds like something to get a good laugh out of?Originally Posted by KingPhilip
I was chilling with my uncle once, then a stray cat came over to my SC, I guess it was looking for food or something under it, and it tried so hard to go under but it was still too tall to fit. I wasn't able to take pics but it was a hella funny sight to see.
If this doesn't change handling noticeably, I just might resell it... We'll find out soon enough...
This past few months I was able to drive brand new Lexus' as a loaner. I was afraid to drive my SC to Big Bear Mountain, with its oil leak problem during that time so I took it to the dealership and get some maintenance stuff done so I can use their loaner.
Anyways, we got the CT200h, which is by the way, a really really great car. Driving it back and forth from San Diego to Rancho Cucamonga to Big Bear's zig-zag roads was amazing. I realized that our SC's are really 20 year old technology/design in terms of handling. Ever since, I've been super annoyed in slowing down extra carefully when doing a sharp turn which I didn't have to do on the CT200h.
My buddy, TheKevin talked about the greatest upgrade he has ever done was changing the sway bars on his Scion TC. Luckily this week, while browsing Craigslist, like I usually do, I came across an ad for the Daizen sway bars at a very reasonable price. Emailed the seller, picked them up the following day.
I just finished installing it tonight, took it for a test drive, and I AM VERY PLEASED with the way it performed. Overall, with my bouncy PBM's, the stiffer sway bars compensated and made the ride feel like a brand new car. The responsiveness is just UNBELIEVABLE. Too bad Daizen is already out of business, 'cause I really recommend doing this upgrade, as it is money well spent. The fast rebound of my stiff coilovers was being pulled down and compensated by the sway bars, and you can literally feel it working. My front wheels no longer hit the top of my wheel well going through the freeway dips that I usually do.
OEM
Daizen
Front
Rear
Anyways, we got the CT200h, which is by the way, a really really great car. Driving it back and forth from San Diego to Rancho Cucamonga to Big Bear's zig-zag roads was amazing. I realized that our SC's are really 20 year old technology/design in terms of handling. Ever since, I've been super annoyed in slowing down extra carefully when doing a sharp turn which I didn't have to do on the CT200h.
My buddy, TheKevin talked about the greatest upgrade he has ever done was changing the sway bars on his Scion TC. Luckily this week, while browsing Craigslist, like I usually do, I came across an ad for the Daizen sway bars at a very reasonable price. Emailed the seller, picked them up the following day.
I just finished installing it tonight, took it for a test drive, and I AM VERY PLEASED with the way it performed. Overall, with my bouncy PBM's, the stiffer sway bars compensated and made the ride feel like a brand new car. The responsiveness is just UNBELIEVABLE. Too bad Daizen is already out of business, 'cause I really recommend doing this upgrade, as it is money well spent. The fast rebound of my stiff coilovers was being pulled down and compensated by the sway bars, and you can literally feel it working. My front wheels no longer hit the top of my wheel well going through the freeway dips that I usually do.
OEM
Daizen
Front
Rear
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Glad to hear they make a noticeable difference. I wanna do sways too but not sure what to get. How bad was the instal?
what else is out there besides daizen? whitelines sways are about identical to oem, so i doubt they'd make much of a diff like teh daizens do
Lexus Test Driver
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Wait - that's not what sway bars do, captain.Originally Posted by KingPhilip
The fast rebound of my stiff coilovers was being pulled down and compensated by the sway bars, and you can literally feel it working. My front wheels no longer hit the top of my wheel well going through the freeway dips that I usually do.
On a side note - you didn't say how much you paid for them LOL