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Old 07-18-2013, 09:37 AM   #5761
wrxscal412
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Originally Posted by Josh R. View Post
This is really gonna come down to personal preference, so you will likely get a lot of opinions. I think a great street setup would be a 22 mm front and an STi rear bar (19 mm I think). If you really want to feel a difference on the street, a bigger bar (like 24-25mm) will definitely give you a stiffer feel, but might not necessarily be the "best" as far as handling ability. As for brands, I think any of the ones you mentioned would be fine, as well as Cobb and Perrin. Folks 'round here seem to be big on Whiteline, which I was unfamiliar with before, coming from Hondas. I have the Whiteline 22mm adjustable front bar and on the soft setting I can barely tell a difference from the stock bar. The hard setting feels pretty good, but so far it's been too stiff for autocross so I can't see myself using it much. The Eibach kit seems pretty popular too since its a "kit." I haven't really looked at it but I'm guessing it's hollow and might not be quite as stiff as some of the other similar size bars. It might be a good starting point for messing with sway bars, since you're more concerned with "feel" than actual handling characteristics like reducing understeer. Think you'll try putting them on yourself or will you take it somewhere? Good luck!
I am definitely putting them on myself, unless I get so jammed up I can not go on (highly doubt). My goal with the steering of the car would be to obtain the most neutral steering characteristics as possible, which I know 100% balanced is close to (if not) impossible. If I were to shade toward having one characteristic over the other for me I would rather have a bit of Oversteer than Understeer. Actually much more over than under.
Thanks for the info too. Most certainly useful and helpful.
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