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Old 04-21-09, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by MrBBQ
I miss my 93 Honda Prelude VTEC! Yeah.. that car handled much better than my IS350.. maybe I'm gonna go get sway bars too. Did you replace the front + rear, or just the rears? I know the F-Sport front sway bars aren't much bigger than the stock front, but I'm OCD and must have the complete set.
I only got the rear, since I read that the difference for the front was negligible. I have to spread my budget between the IS and the Prelude. Right now, I'm trying the make the IS catchup to the Prelude in the handling department, no small feat considering the Prelude already handled way better than the IS before I modded the Prelude's suspension (Front & rear sways, lowering springs and performance shocks).

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lolz this guy!!! its cool as long as you learned and know your own car.. lolz
I've taken the same corner as sharply if not more with the Prelude. It ate up the corner easily. Now, if I can make the IS drift when taking the corner.......
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Old 04-21-09, 06:12 PM
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Default Sway bar question
Sorry for the *** question, but did the new sway bar come with bushings or did you reuse the original one's?

I'm considering upgrading the rear sway-bar on my '07 IS250 and was curious if there is any additional parts required.

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Originally Posted by RSMDR
Sorry for the *** question, but did the new sway bar come with bushings or did you reuse the original one's?

I'm considering upgrading the rear sway-bar on my '07 IS250 and was curious if there is any additional parts required.

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Comes with everything
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Old 04-21-09, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RSMDR
Sorry for the *** question, but did the new sway bar come with bushings or did you reuse the original one's?

I'm considering upgrading the rear sway-bar on my '07 IS250 and was curious if there is any additional parts required.

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It came with the bar and two new bushings.
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Old 04-21-09, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mIStaboi
yeah brothers 01 prelude lowered on tein SS. the handling is superp. the ISx50 handling is crap.. soo much damn body roll. and hell yeah those turanzas suck ***. i always fishtail with these tires.. mich ps2's were the best when i had them on my car!
My Prelude has Teins also.
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Old 04-21-09, 07:07 PM
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Love the Sways!!!!!!...best performance upgrade you can make with instant results!!!
only drawback.....too many agressive turns now...I must be eating up my tires fast!!
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Originally Posted by RSMDR
Sorry for the *** question, but did the new sway bar come with bushings or did you reuse the original one's?

I'm considering upgrading the rear sway-bar on my '07 IS250 and was curious if there is any additional parts required.

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Get both bars if you have a 250
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Old 04-21-09, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jns350
Love the Sways!!!!!!...best performance upgrade you can make with instant results!!!
only drawback.....too many agressive turns now...I must be eating up my tires fast!!
I didn't have to drive aggressively to wear out the Turanzas.
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Why would you do both bars on an IS250 but only recommend 1 on the IS350?
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Originally Posted by RSMDR
Why would you do both bars on an IS250 but only recommend 1 on the IS350?
If you go to Fsport.com and look at the specs of the F-sport bars compared to stock you find the following:


Spec Front Rear

Stiffness increase (250 RWD) 46.6% 42.8%

Stiffness increase (350 RWD) 6.3% 151.5%

That's why I'd do both bars on a 250.

(well, I did both on a 350 too, but you can at least make a decent argument for only doing the rear there)
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How much did you pay for the sway bar from ebay? Sewell sells it for $495.
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Old 04-22-09, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by sahara78
How much did you pay for the sway bar from ebay? Sewell sells it for $495.
$175 + $16.95 shipping. Just do a search. There's not that many sway bar options for the IS.
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