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Thread: How does the rear sway bay fit up?

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    Regards poly bushes for the rear - choose a soft compound.
    You'd be surprised how much hard bushes will stuff your ride.
    Actually, a poor man's solution is to cut off the part of the standard rubber bush that protrudes, and then put a big flat washer on either side.

    On sway bars, some aftermarket bars mount backwards towards the rear.
    Avoid these, unless they have plenty of allowance for flexing - the axel and swapbars move in different arcs, which doesn't do much for any semi-rigid bracket that trys to keep them connected

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim
    I thought that was one of the points of upgrading the rear swaybar!
    True, however, fitting just the rear sway bar may degrade the handling - increase rear inside wheel lift off and increase understeer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Campaign
    True, however, fitting just the rear sway bar may degrade the handling - increase rear inside wheel lift off and increase understeer.

    have you actually just put on JUST the rear sway bar and tried it for yourself?

    because I can certainly tell you it does not increase understeer.
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    its the opposite dude. If u increase the rear inside wheel lift that reduces grip in the rear which gives u that cool mid corner oversteer/turn in. Altho with everything there are limits. U dont want to increase oversteer to the point where it gets sudden and difficult to contain. the bar being fitted here is quite modest. Im sure the results will be quite an improvement.
    Last edited by Tim; 20-11-2006 at 09:27 AM.

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