i know this is a retarded question but i would want a definite answer .... here goes ::flame suit on::

what would happen if you took off ur front sway bar? is it possible for the suspension to act normally? or would you just have maaassive body roll?

reason i ask i have a theft-recovery itr and the handling just isn't great. haven't checked under the car to check if i actually have em buut it just feels very loose, nothing like what i expected. my friend who had an itr before it got stolen even said my car feels like ****, and he recently drove a 98 itr stock everything, w/ 130k miles and said that car felt totally awesome, nothing compared to mine.

now my suspension is stock itr not blown shocks, no suspension mods except a cusco front lower tie bar and a jdm rear tower bar. i'm planning on getting the jdm itr f/r sways, but just incase that doesn't alleviate the problem, what can I do to make my car handle like a real R? would alignment affect the overall feel of the suspension if it were slightly off?

 

if a suspension is designed to work with sway bars then it would have substantial lean and not feel very solid in the corners.

it is possible to design a suspension with super high spring rates that releaves the need for sway bars. just depends on what setup you like.

have you checked your alignment?

 

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no not yet, i know i should but im waiting for some bolts to my rear upper control arms before doing an alignment.

 

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It's possible that the thieves ditched/wrecked it and messed up some the suspension components. I'd be sure to take it to an alignment shop and have it checked out. Good luck.

 

i agree on checking the camber/alignment cause if the only thing that is missing is the front sway bar it should not be a huge difference in handling

 

not having a front swaybar would make the *** end want to step out. its a trick i learned from drifting.

 

well it seems i can't do an alignment at a shop because of liability issues. I told them two bolts for the upper control arm to the rear body arent torqued down correctly. the thread on the body seems to be f*cked because try all i might, the damn bolt wont go in flush.... theres about 4 millimeters left between the body and the control arm. soooo i ordered some new bolts from acura hoping that maybe the previous owner tried putting on wrong ones... i can only hope... currently everytime i go over a hard bump the arm hits the body and theres a loud click.. can get pretty annoying while driving over train tracks.