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[anark1]

i am wanting to make the car neutral in handeling whilst i am changing the rear of my rs from an i link to a clink type and during this change i am moving from a 20mm rear swaybar to a 22m adjustable whiteline bar.
(car has a 20mm front and rear swaybar at the moment)

would having a 22mm adjustable rear and a 20mm front cause the car to want to oversteer or understeer? or would it be best to perhaps look at a slightly smaller front bar?

cheers Guys.

[Soop]

I had that setup, it was good.

Did make the car bump steer a bit much with the bilstien suspension how ever.
If you can live with that, then no biggie.

[Matt]

Bigger rear or smaller front = more tendancy to oversteer
Smaller rear or bigger front = more tendancy to understeer

Id go the bigger rear and leave the front if youre happy with the front end feel

22mm adj isnt huge so it should work well

[Soop]

Bigger rear or smaller front = more tendancy to oversteer
Smaller rear or bigger front = more tendancy to understeer

Id go the bigger rear and leave the front if youre happy with the front end feel

22mm adj isnt huge so it should work well

That's a good rule of thumb, but isn't always true.

Spring and damp rates also play a big part.

[Matt]

That's a good rule of thumb, but isn't always true.

Spring and damp rates also play a big part.

Yeah im only talking about the swaybars, as thats all he asked about

Generally the stiffer the rear (swaybars, springs and dampers) the more oversteer

[anark1]

cheers guys, thanks for all the information, sounds like the plan is a good idea.

[Soop]

Yeah im only talking about the swaybars, as thats all he asked about

Generally the stiffer the rear (swaybars, springs and dampers) the more oversteer

Yep, that's fair enough.
Its interesting what you can do when you have the ability to mix and match spring/damp rates with different sway bars.

[Matt]

True that, im goin up to a 10kg rear swift spring from my 6kg std teins on the gen3, ill keep the 6kg front and mess with the damper rates front to rear...runnin a 22mm front sway with a 23mm adj rear

Hoping for a touch more oversteer...if i get to much ill up the front spring rate a touch with new swift springs

[anark1]

Those with 22mm rear bars, is it worth getting
the hd mount kit?

[Grant]

Those with 22mm rear bars, is it worth getting
the hd mount kit?

Yes, as the stock mounts have a tendency to snap after a while (apparently, not speaking from experience or anything).

[anark1]

Anybody here had a mount break? Some say get hd mounts
whilst others have been running extreme ammounts of rear mods and
kept the stock mounts

[aekOne]

I snapped the oem rear mounts on my foz when i upgraded the rear sway