auto-xing Accord drivers and aftermarket sway bars
I've done searching on the subject but can't find info specific to my application. Do any auto-xing Accord drivers have experience with aftermarket sway bars? I can't even find the stock diameters anywhere, not even in my service manual.
Aftermarket bars I've found for fourth generation Accords are:
front/rear (mm)
Eibach 26.0 / 16.0
Intrax 25.0 / 16.0
Suspension Techniques 27.0 / 20.6
On my 92 EX 4 door I've got Bilstein sport shocks and H&R sport springs with the stock sway bars. I can't invoke any oversteer with my current setup. I need increased roll stiffness, in hard cornering the outside suspension bottoms. I also want my car's *** to lightly break loose during lift-throttle cornering (trailing-throttle oversteer?). Ride quality is still a priority over all-out-handling for me and I don't want to change my shocks or springs. That fat Suspension Techniques rear bar looks downright dangerous for a daily driver in the rain. Can anyone offer me some recommendations for a daily driver/weekend racer family sedan?
Thanks.
Aftermarket bars I've found for fourth generation Accords are:
front/rear (mm)
Eibach 26.0 / 16.0
Intrax 25.0 / 16.0
Suspension Techniques 27.0 / 20.6
On my 92 EX 4 door I've got Bilstein sport shocks and H&R sport springs with the stock sway bars. I can't invoke any oversteer with my current setup. I need increased roll stiffness, in hard cornering the outside suspension bottoms. I also want my car's *** to lightly break loose during lift-throttle cornering (trailing-throttle oversteer?). Ride quality is still a priority over all-out-handling for me and I don't want to change my shocks or springs. That fat Suspension Techniques rear bar looks downright dangerous for a daily driver in the rain. Can anyone offer me some recommendations for a daily driver/weekend racer family sedan?
Thanks.
i have suspension techniques rear sway bar (didn't get the front one) on my 93 coupe. you won't realize the sway bar's work unless you turn hard...so if you just drive normally in the rain, then it won't do much. the stock sways are like straws...the s/t sway bars were so much heavier, and the stock ones i could easily bend myself...
also, sways don't affect ride quality (only when one side hits a deep pothole or big bump i suppose)...while driving straight, your sway bars just sit there.
also, i can cause oversteer a little in my car...i just need to turn the steering wheel really fast, and my rear end spins out a little...if you get the front bar as well as the rear bar, you'll keep your understeer...by just getting the rear bar, you make your steering more neutral (FWD cars tend to understeer by default). Don't get the front bar by itself, or you'll oversteer
also, sways don't affect ride quality (only when one side hits a deep pothole or big bump i suppose)...while driving straight, your sway bars just sit there.
also, i can cause oversteer a little in my car...i just need to turn the steering wheel really fast, and my rear end spins out a little...if you get the front bar as well as the rear bar, you'll keep your understeer...by just getting the rear bar, you make your steering more neutral (FWD cars tend to understeer by default). Don't get the front bar by itself, or you'll oversteer
I too have the Susp Tech anti-sway bars on my car. The rear one is currently off becuase it was hitting the exhaust though. With both on it drove in the rain just fine. While Auto-x'ing they were great! Like dvsOasis, I could make the car oversteer. I would do it during autocross all the time. I got it down where I could either get slight oversteer, or a nice four wheel slide. Not good for speed, but sure as hell was a lot of fun!
i just bought a suspension techniques rear sway bar and DC Sports front strut bar. After they were both on I noticed a huge difference. The car used to push through corners and now i can pull the rear end around at my own pace.
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