Comptech Rear Sway Bar Installed
Well today my Comptech Rear Sway bar arrived, and resist as I may I couldn't hold off till the weekend to install it. So I decided to use about 1hr of this evening to install it and I have to agree with all the TSX guy's that it's an absolute hoot!.
The bar's diameter for those who aren't familiar with it, is 22mm and it is made of solid section, not hollow. It's simple to install as I did it without jacking and I'm a bit of a fat arse
I can't compare it to the 18mm Whiteline bar, but compared to the thin stock bar it's a monster, and it makes the handling very sharp and slightly more sensitive of centre.
I still have the original Dunlops on the stock OEM rims (manufactured by Enkei) and when doing a series of 180deg steering deviations (90deg left, 180deg right, 180deg left etc) at 70kmh you can feel the rear stay squat and flat, the body dives over the outside front wheel, and you can feel the tyre rolling on the rim. It's very quick to respond now, and is only let down by the tyres, and soft OEM springs. But remember you'd probably never try this drastic manoeuvre at this speed with the OEM bar. (Maybe I drove to much like a granny before
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Taking round-a-bouts is now a joy, the nose tucks in where you want it and will keep pulling in until you back out or the wheels loose grip. As this was my first run I choose to back out.......but I still comfortably went straight through a medium sized single lane round-a-bout (~5-7m radius) at 70kmh without backing off, touching the brakes, or significantly straightening the curve.
I'll post some install pics tomorrow if people are interested...
Oh and the inevitable question of $......lets say the bar was $20AUD less than the Whitline, but for the shipping alone I could've bought a whiteline bar+a carton of beer.
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