Sway Bar Question - Page 2

kagenmateer · 02-27-2011, 10:03 AM

^^^ I only push the car that hard on course.

I might hafta go adjustable just so I can learn as I go.

leftcoast74 · 02-27-2011, 05:30 PM

+1 to TSI+WRX, defiantly play around alittle before going all out on public roads.

I'm running Perrin F/R 25's w/Kartboy solid links and it has gotten loose on me before. Dont get me wrong I'm a handling junkie, u just have to crawl before u haul ass!

kagenmateer · 02-27-2011, 06:25 PM

^^^ How has it affected your ride quality?

Do they make adjustable progressive sway bars?

leftcoast74 · 02-27-2011, 09:55 PM

Oh it defiantly tightens things up. I have f/r both on the softer settings and it rides on rails pretty much. I drove on stock suspension with those settings and its much better thru the corners. Remember this helps w/ lateral roll only, u'll have to swap springs or get some coils to really change the ride.

TSi+WRX · 02-28-2011, 07:51 AM

^

I think he meant whether or not it made your ride more harsh.

But looking at your location - sunny NorCal - I'd bet that you don't notice much difference in that regard, at all.

leftcoast74 · 02-28-2011, 04:17 PM

Is the ride "harsher", if u want to call it that. I like to call it tighter, I'm married w/2 kids & they like it. By the way we got 3" two days ago :-D, I live an hour west of Tahoe & they got 4'.

kagenmateer · 02-28-2011, 05:56 PM

^^^ I'm from Sac-town. Good info, thx!

TSi+WRX · 03-01-2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by leftcoast74

Is the ride "harsher", if u want to call it that. I like to call it tighter, I'm married w/2 kids & they like it.

FWIW, kids - especially ones who get motion-sick - usually like suspensions that are a little more roll-controlled (heck, several hardened track-day pros got queasy on the ride-around we had in Dubai, when they were in the more roll-compliant vehicles). They also can't feel much of the pothole-harshness we feel through our seats, as they sit in isolated car-seats or boosters.

What you need for this judgment is a mother or mother-in-law.

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By the way we got 3" two days ago :-D, I live an hour west of Tahoe & they got 4'.

Tahoe got it crazy this year.

I wish we got that much, so I could build that sled run for Anna.

But wow, you guys have it less sunny than I thought!

We got about 8 inches to a foot, last Friday, just between the hours of 5AM and 11AM. You can imagine what it was like for the AM rush. A couple of areas passed Level 2 Emergency advisories on travel, and even our university was closed.

Both the wifey and I are "essential personnel," so we went in. I had Anna in my back seat, the wifey drove up front, in a mini-caravan formation. My daughter kept complaining that "Mama is driving too slow!"

kagenmateer · 03-01-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TSi+WRX

My daughter kept complaining that "Mama is driving too slow!"

This is confirmation you're doing everything right.

**Dookie** · 03-01-2011, 08:51 AM

Last week I was driving on the freeway and we had a very hard down pour, so hard that everyone on the freeway came to a stop for 5 mins until it eased up enough to see again. That was crazy, never seen it rain so hard before, it was almost crazy scary.

leftcoast74 · 03-01-2011, 07:34 PM

Thats what it was like here, except everytime it would downpour it was snow & small hail.

kagenmateer · 03-22-2011, 02:00 PM

So I've decided to go with all Whiteline.

BSR39Z
BSF30Z
KCA334

F&R adjustable sways and ALK. Stock endlinks for now. *knocks on wood*

Thx to all for the input!

**Dookie** · 03-22-2011, 02:45 PM

Sweet! Happy buying!

I'm looking to upgrade my rear bar this summer too.

leftcoast74 · 03-23-2011, 02:13 PM

Get some endlinks too. Stockers r to weak, IMO.

kagenmateer · 03-25-2011, 09:06 AM

Is there any record of an LGT breaking a stock endlink? I know they're the weak link because they flex, so I of course plan on upgrading later, but has anyone with an LGT actually had a problem with one?

**Dookie** · 03-25-2011, 10:31 AM

I haven't read one. From what I get, it's a "piece of mind" part.

02-28-2011, 07:51 AM	#25
TSi+WRX Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cleveland/Shaker Hts., OH - USA Posts: 2,268	^ I think he meant whether or not it made your ride more harsh. But looking at your location - sunny NorCal - I'd bet that you don't notice much difference in that regard, at all. __________________ <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges Me: '16 Outback 2.5i Limited Wifey: '16 WRX Premium CVT 7th Subaru Family

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02-27-2011, 10:03 AM	#21
kagenmateer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,277	^^^ I only push the car that hard on course. I might hafta go adjustable just so I can learn as I go.

02-27-2011, 05:30 PM	#22
leftcoast74 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: I.E. socal Posts: 23	+1 to TSI+WRX, defiantly play around alittle before going all out on public roads. I'm running Perrin F/R 25's w/Kartboy solid links and it has gotten loose on me before. Dont get me wrong I'm a handling junkie, u just have to crawl before u haul ass!

02-27-2011, 06:25 PM	#23
kagenmateer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,277	^^^ How has it affected your ride quality? Do they make adjustable progressive sway bars?

02-27-2011, 09:55 PM	#24
leftcoast74 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: I.E. socal Posts: 23	Oh it defiantly tightens things up. I have f/r both on the softer settings and it rides on rails pretty much. I drove on stock suspension with those settings and its much better thru the corners. Remember this helps w/ lateral roll only, u'll have to swap springs or get some coils to really change the ride.

02-28-2011, 04:17 PM	#26
leftcoast74 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: I.E. socal Posts: 23	Is the ride "harsher", if u want to call it that. I like to call it tighter, I'm married w/2 kids & they like it. By the way we got 3" two days ago :-D, I live an hour west of Tahoe & they got 4'.

02-28-2011, 05:56 PM	#27
kagenmateer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,277	^^^ I'm from Sac-town. Good info, thx!

03-01-2011, 08:51 AM	#30
Dookie ;-0 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fresno - The arm pit of CA Posts: 5,045	Last week I was driving on the freeway and we had a very hard down pour, so hard that everyone on the freeway came to a stop for 5 mins until it eased up enough to see again. That was crazy, never seen it rain so hard before, it was almost crazy scary.

03-01-2011, 07:34 PM	#31
leftcoast74 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: I.E. socal Posts: 23	Thats what it was like here, except everytime it would downpour it was snow & small hail.

03-22-2011, 02:00 PM	#32
kagenmateer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,277	So I've decided to go with all Whiteline. BSR39Z BSF30Z KCA334 F&R adjustable sways and ALK. Stock endlinks for now. knocks on wood Thx to all for the input!

03-22-2011, 02:45 PM	#33
Dookie ;-0 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fresno - The arm pit of CA Posts: 5,045	Sweet! Happy buying! I'm looking to upgrade my rear bar this summer too.

03-23-2011, 02:13 PM	#34
leftcoast74 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: I.E. socal Posts: 23	Get some endlinks too. Stockers r to weak, IMO.

03-25-2011, 09:06 AM	#35
kagenmateer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,277	Is there any record of an LGT breaking a stock endlink? I know they're the weak link because they flex, so I of course plan on upgrading later, but has anyone with an LGT actually had a problem with one?

03-25-2011, 10:31 AM	#36
Dookie ;-0 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fresno - The arm pit of CA Posts: 5,045	I haven't read one. From what I get, it's a "piece of mind" part.

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