i was wondering the opinions of fellow DA drivers. has anyone ever up-sized their sway bars? i was looking at a 24mm (front) sway bar, for my 92 LS. stock is 23mm isn't it? will 1mm make that big of a difference?

 

Typically people increase the size of the rear sway to add some oversteer, and basically balance out the car.

Before you make changes to suspension make sure you know the por's and con's of each part. It would suck to upgrade something and then find out it actually hurt you driving performance.

 

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If you're just looking for less body in a daily driver without the stiffer ride of stiffer springs, than yes, a stiffer front swaybar can be a good thing. It will increase understeer, and will decrease some of the independence of the front suspension, neither of which is a real concern for someone who isn't racing.

However, you can't just go off of the thickness to determine if it is a stiffer swaybar. The number of bends, location of bends, mounting location (both to the chassis and to the LCA), and material can all effect swaybar stiffness.

I replaced the rear swaybar on my 00 gsr with a Comptech swaybar, and set to the stiffest setting (aprox 7 times stiffer than stock), it was fantastic to drive around town. Yes, bumps that would have previously only effected one wheel do have more of a tendency to move the other wheel, and the car was much easier to push into oversteer characteristics, but I can live with the former and was looking for the latter.

 

Forget about the front swaybar for now. A rear swaybar is far more important for decreasing understeer in a FWD car.

 

yeah go wit the rear! great upgrade! well worth it

 

I'd go with the rear too. I have a progress sway bar, but i know people have put the ITR sway bar on their DA's, though it takes some work. I also believe that the sway bar is 23mm also.