im looking to help have less body roll when i turn. what should i do to reduce this?

i know a upper strut bar should help out. my car is lowered btw and i looked into lower tie bars but heard that that would mess with my suspension and could possibly not fit due to my camber kit.

what suggestions do you all suggest?

i was looking at the cusco lower arm bars. what exactly are they? any idea on these also?
http://www.andysautosport.com/...cusco/

thanks for your help


Modified by gosu08 at 6:56 PM 5/8/2007

 

from the site
"What does an arm bar do? Why purchase one?
A lower arm bar is a brace that ties the front and rear lower control arms to the chassis to prevent flex at the lower arms. They are similar to upper strut tower bars in terms of effect. They stiffen the chassis of the vehicle, resulting in less body roll during turns."

basically anything that tightens your chassis should reduce body roll.. but then again they said that

 

Sturt tower braces dont do enough for you to notice ANYTHING. Get a set of Sway Bars from Eibach, Intrax etc. and a Polyurethane Bushing set. You'll notice a huge diffrence, like night and day.

-Eric

 

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i know a upper strut bar should help out. my car is lowered btw and i looked into lower tie bars but heard that that would mess with my suspension and could possibly not fit due to my camber kit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's completely retarded...forget all of that. A strut bar does nothing...even more nothing for body roll. Lower tie bars also do almost nothing have nothing to do with a camber kit....where did you get this stuff?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gosu08 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im looking to help have less body roll when i turn. what should i do to reduce this?

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<U>Thicker sway bars</U> will reduce body roll, as well as stiffer suspension (good coilover setup, upgraded struts & springs, etc).

 

looks like i will be looking into sway bars.

any brands i want to be looking for?

any brands to stay away from?

are they hard to install?

i looked for a bit and saw eibach, addco, progress, suspension techniques, tanabe


Modified by gosu08 at 11:48 PM 5/8/2007

 

Eibach and ST are both very nice pieces. Install is easy, as long as you have an impact gun that is. What other than springs do you have done to your suspension?

-Eric

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Alpinestar03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Eibach and ST are both very nice pieces. Install is easy, as long as you have an impact gun that is. What other than springs do you have done to your suspension?

-Eric</TD></TR></TABLE>

impact gun is not neccesarry at all. i can remove and re-install my sway bar with a ratchet and wrench in less than a hour. hardest part is putting all them bushings in there in the right order and holding em that way while your threading the nut on...

and strut bars and lower tie bars do help to stiffen the chassis, not so much in reducing body roll. but the difference is minimal and wont be noticed unless you constantly drive your car at its limit.

 

I just said that because im scrawny and have very little muscle.. lol. I couldnt budge those bolts one bit!

-E

 

i just have gr-2 with springs. im done making it slightly quicker and want to beef up the suspension hence my questions.

witht he sway bars, you have to torque them to specs correct or no?

 

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witht he sway bars, you have to torque them to specs correct or no?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, hopefull any time you torque down some bolts on the car you do it to the right specs...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Alpinestar03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just said that because im scrawny and have very little muscle.. lol. I couldnt budge those bolts one bit!

-E</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats what breaker bars are for!

 

any recomendations on websites to buy sway bars?

 

im not gonna tell you what to do but IF I were you id get some better shocks...im guessing you dont have much of a drop because gr-2s are an OEM replacement so obviously they arent going to help your suspension much...Id go with some KYB AGX's...also Ive heard good things about both the eibach and suspension techniques sway bars...check on tasauto.com they have the ST sway bars I know that..also they have the KYB AGX shocks..they are adjustable also...good luck with your suspension upgrades!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lowered94accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im not gonna tell you what to do but IF I were you id get some better shocks...im guessing you dont have much of a drop because gr-2s are an OEM replacement so obviously they arent going to help your suspension much...Id go with some KYB AGX's...also Ive heard good things about both the eibach and suspension techniques sway bars...check on tasauto.com they have the ST sway bars I know that..also they have the KYB AGX shocks..they are adjustable also...good luck with your suspension upgrades!</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have H&R in the front and eibach prokit in the back. yeah i know i have gr-2, they came with the setup that i bought. im going to use them until they blow then get agx's. thanks for the website. the one that i found sold the ST sway set for $300.

 

also both sway bars run above the exhaust piping correct not like tie bars?

 

yea those gr-2s wont last too long..or at least the rear ones wont..i had gr-2s all the way around on my tenzo springs and the rear ones blew out in about 2 weeks..and the front ones are still holding up..i have the gr-2s in the front and agx's in the rear..but im getting the agx's for the front soon...id definently go with the ST setup off of tasauto.com..i love that site

 

About 100 bucks cheaper here..

http://store.summitracing.com/...w=sku

-Eric

 

i have had my gr-2's for quite awhile now. ive had them with the eibachs for about 5 months then with the H&R springs in the front for about 2 1/2 months now. i will switch once they blow