CR Sway bars
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Back from the grave but i have a couple questions.
I was thinking of upgrading the front sway bar to the cr one but i'm debating about upgrading the rear one. From what i interpreted the rear would decrease body roll, making it less tail happy. Is this correct? And there wouldn't be a problem with upgrading the front sway and not the rear?
thanks.
I was thinking of upgrading the front sway bar to the cr one but i'm debating about upgrading the rear one. From what i interpreted the rear would decrease body roll, making it less tail happy. Is this correct? And there wouldn't be a problem with upgrading the front sway and not the rear?
thanks.
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if the rear is stiffer, it would decrease body roll making it more tail happy.
if the rear is softer, it would increase body roll, making it less tail happy.
no problem upgrading one or the other as long as YOU know what you're trying to get out of it.
if the rear is softer, it would increase body roll, making it less tail happy.
no problem upgrading one or the other as long as YOU know what you're trying to get out of it.
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Just installed the CR sway on my 2005 ap2 last weekend. All i can say is i have no clu why they softened up our sways so much!? The car handles even better now, feels more solid on long swooping turns, last night took the same exit ramp on the way home from work and at 70mph the car ussed to fight back alot with the CR sway it was buttery smooth, i could have easily pushed it to 90mph. The rear however does not feel as communicative as it used to, i dont know if that makes sense...
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Originally Posted by jyeung528,May 6 2010, 03:43 PM
if the rear is stiffer, it would decrease body roll making it more tail happy.
if the rear is softer, it would increase body roll, making it less tail happy.
no problem upgrading one or the other as long as YOU know what you're trying to get out of it.
if the rear is softer, it would increase body roll, making it less tail happy.
no problem upgrading one or the other as long as YOU know what you're trying to get out of it.
that makes sense, i didn't really understand the terms i was using
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Originally Posted by SvkBBS2k,May 6 2010, 04:24 PM
Just installed the CR sway on my 2005 ap2 last weekend. All i can say is i have no clu why they softened up our sways so much!? The car handles even better now, feels more solid on long swooping turns, last night took the same exit ramp on the way home from work and at 70mph the car ussed to fight back alot with the CR sway it was buttery smooth, i could have easily pushed it to 90mph. The rear however does not feel as communicative as it used to, i dont know if that makes sense...
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I installed the front CR bar on my '08 a couple weeks ago. I didn't notice much difference on the street, but it was definitely different at the autocross last weekend. I had significantly less oversteer, and was able to get ont he throttle much sooner exiting corners. I dindn't notice any understeer problems, but a few other people mentioned that it understeered for them when they drove my car. My springs are stock, but I have Koni Yellow shocks with the front set to full stiff and backs set to full soft.
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Originally Posted by gernby,May 7 2010, 07:42 AM
I installed the front CR bar on my '08 a couple weeks ago. I didn't notice much difference on the street, but it was definitely different at the autocross last weekend. I had significantly less oversteer, and was able to get ont he throttle much sooner exiting corners. I dindn't notice any understeer problems, but a few other people mentioned that it understeered for them when they drove my car. My springs are stock, but I have Koni Yellow shocks with the front set to full stiff and backs set to full soft.