I just bought front and rear upper strut bars, and love them..now i wanna buy more lol, for anybody who has anything besides these (tie bars, whatever else there is)..please gimme some opinions..i wanna know whats worth it or not..and yes i know that lowering my car will help lol..so dont say that either, that's comin in the spring
#25124, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 2
do the bushings really help?...im very new to the whole suspension thing lol i dunno anything about it really..could anybody send me a link to the bushings i would need to get?..while i go out and buy a book and learn about suspension lol
#25125, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 3
the bushings do wonders...but you will feel abolutely everything on teh road all the way through your car. Front and rear tie bars are gonna do about as much as your strut tower bars did. You don't really notice a huge difference...but you can tell if they aren't there.
You could get a rear sway bar from a gsx...you need some parts n whatnot...but there is a write up on teh main page. Then teh usual lowering and struts n stuff...
Also, rims and tires aid to handling alot...you could have the most uber setup in teh world....but if you have shitty wires with a small contact patch...then you aren't gonna handle worth a shit.
Also...if you are serious into handling...you should really get into springs/struts before you purchase...there are alot of products out there that are just made to lower your car....not for handling. There is such a thing as being too low, and you have to get educated on spring rates, etc...
#25126, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 4
well im not like goin into autocross or anything that big, just wanna have a lil more fun on the road..so its not like a huge deal i just want a lil more thats all..i was actually just thinkin of gettin the front and rear tie bars and lowerin it and tha'd be good enough for me..i was thinkin of gettin that Tokico combo for 400ish..b/c im only 18 and in college, cant afford much more than that..but if anybody has that and doesnt like the combo for any reason lemme know please..
#25127, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 5
Originally posted by reeveso well im not like goin into autocross or anything that big, just wanna have a lil more fun on the road..so its not like a huge deal i just want a lil more thats all..i was actually just thinkin of gettin the front and rear tie bars and lowerin it and tha'd be good enough for me..i was thinkin of gettin that Tokico combo for 400ish..b/c im only 18 and in college, cant afford much more than that..but if anybody has that and doesnt like the combo for any reason lemme know please.. Mods: E-bay Intake, Vibrant Muffler, J Woodleys Ground Wire Kit,F&R Upper Strut Bars Future Mods: Custom 2.5 inch piping, AFX UDP, and a real CAI *Selling an OBX High Flow Cat 40$ shipped OBO*
#25131, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 8
What are you rolling on right now? If it is stock, make the next purchase rollers. I haven't done squat to my car except the rollers and it made a hellacious difference in cornering. I do know that all that Buck and injen have said is some damn solid advice. And yes, buy all the books that you can find on performance suspensions and engines and tuning. It will help and then listen and pay attention here. There are some gurus here that know their shit better than most technicians ever will!
#25134, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 9
rollers? lol i dont even know what they are javascript:smilie_remote( ')..but all i have on my car now for handling is ebay front and rear strut bars..which worked very well for the 45 bucks i paid shipped for both..well worth it IMO...and where do i buy rollers?
#25146, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 16
Oh yeah, if you are going to spend 600 dollars on a barely adjustable suspension that is pieced together like an illumina/coilover, or, worse, an Illumina/spring combo, why not pony up the extra 200 dollars for an exponentially better suspension, such as the Tein SS?
#25154, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 17
Illuminas, sprint sports, suspension techsways F+R, neuspeed front upper, the typical front and rear upper and lower (rear only) ebay tie bars (i believe they are pilot motorsports). And for auto x I run a set of kuhmo V700 autox tires.
#25212, "RE: For anybody with upgraded handling..." In response to Reply # 10
I've heard that the RM sway bars are too stiff in the front and cause understeer. My g/f got the suspension techniques front and rear bars (along with the front brackets, endlinks, bolts, rear control arms, brackets, endlinks, and bolts from a gs-t) and besides the huge pita it was to get the front bar off, the install was fairly simple and very strait forward. I think total it was just creapin up on 400 for everything, but I made her get all new parts from satan to make the install much easier.
Handeling is greatly improved and sometimes it's kinda scary cause the responce is so quick. Over correcting or panic swerving could be dangerous imo. She just had some 17" wheels and illumnias with ground control coilover sleeves before and that was nice, but the sway bars made the most diffrence.
