Koni Yellows - great shocks/struts/dampers
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Eibach Pro-kit - great performance springs
I suggest uprading the strut mounts to poly while its all apart. Camber kit is ALWAYS a good idea when lowering even .5", but 2" or more is when it is really needed IMO.
Rear sway is the most important bar on a FWD car, then comes lower rear tie, then upper strut braces, & finally a lower front tie. Try to purchase an adjustable rear sway.
Strut bars are SIMPLE to install, almost as easy as changing a shift knob. The sway bars are little more complicated, but also easy.
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Originally Posted by jackasssi
On FWD cars, the large bar goes on the rear, not the front. Because the driving wheels are at the front of the car, you want increased roll stiffness at the rear. This improves traction at the driving wheels and reduces understeer which FWD set-ups almost ALWAYS have. A sway bar or larger one would be used at the front of FWD car only if the rear wheel lifts during steady cornering, and if the car leans too much. So use a front bar with caution unless you like heavy under-steer on your FWD car. Most sway bars are used on the front suspension, except FWD. It adds more roll stiffness to the front, which reduces rear suspension weight transfer in a turn. This delays or eliminates lifting one of the drive wheels, and may create an understeering by increasing the loading on the outside of the front tires.
Most production cars use a sway bar, usually in the front, but they are a compromise for average driving conditions. This means the sway is stiff enough to limit roll to acceptable point if the car is driven "normally". If hard driving is the normal operating condition for the car, typical production sways are not stiff enough. They allow so much roll that on a car with independent suspension the tires may operate at a positive camber angle in a turn. Stiffer/larger front sway make the car unpredictable. A car that rolls less is a lot more fun to drive. I could type a 5 page thing about sway bars on FWD, but I think this should do . . . . RWD is COMPLETELY opposite.
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