strut brace or sway bars?

**mikepologti** · 12-07-2009, 11:55 PM

im currently looking at differant sway bars and strut braces. which would you say would be better? and is there anyone out there that has both sway bars and strut braces for front and back?

**leasaunce** · 13-07-2009, 12:00 AM

will you be using it for track or road use? for road, imo both of them not worth it.

**Black R36 Sedan 09(alfie)** · 13-07-2009, 01:49 AM

I say get them both on...

**Gti Dave** · 13-07-2009, 02:06 AM

Yeah I'm still deciding whether to go the rear whiteline sway bars or not. Will be upgrading the suspension soon and not tracking the car either so I'm thinking it may be adequate. Got a front strut brace but that's it in terms of chassis upgrades. Didn't opt for the rear strut brace though due to the cutting into the carpet lining and loss of useable space in the boot and placement of large objects.

**Black R36 Sedan 09(alfie)** · 13-07-2009, 03:18 AM

well if that's the case, then get the rear sway bar.. should up the handling characteristics

**JCM308** · 13-07-2009, 08:52 AM

Get both. I know on previous rides I've owned that they are definately worth the expense (and it's not all that much anyway).

**Bluey9N** · 13-07-2009, 09:21 AM

best bang for your dollar suspension upgrade out there for any car.

**Roodosutaa** · 13-07-2009, 10:04 AM

They do different things (assuming you're talking about a FRONT strut brace and a REAR sway bar - which are both pretty common mods)

I've got the above and since they're installed in stages, I could tell what the main difference I felt were:

Front strut brace - turn-in definitely felt sharper, before the wheels used the feel ever so slightly hesitant going into corners (mind you I came from an MX5 so practically anything short of a Lotus Elise feel less sharp)

RSB - BIG difference, the car used to understeer but with the RSB on it's far easier to power out of corners.

You'd feel the difference more with the RSB but IMO both are well worth the money.