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Old 11-19-09, 10:55 AM
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Hey guys, just a quick question, which one would u guys recommend getting first? The fsport rear sways or fsport intake? I'm planning on lowering my car so I thought it would be good to put the sways with it at the same time.

Or should i just install the sways later and test how it drives being lowered first? Thanks for any input.
Old 11-19-09, 11:13 AM
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go with the sways, i myself have spent thousands on my car and i will continue to spend more but a fsport intake isnt on my list, joez pipe maybe but not a fsport
Old 11-19-09, 11:39 AM
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Sways are a nice "REAL" improvement you can immediately feel. Intake is cool, provides a slight power increase, cool sound and I love it, but If I had to pick one or the other again, I'd do the Sways first because its instant gratification of money well spent on the car. Just my Opinion.
Old 11-19-09, 01:12 PM
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Up to you. I have both and love both.

Do you want growly aggressive intake tone? Go Intake
Do you want a nice improvment in cornering? Go sways

The mod bug will make you get both eventually... heck the bug will prolly make you get the F-Sport exhaust too

It did me, in the exact order above too! lol...

I WOULD PERSONALLY DO THIS:
Get the Intake first. This way you can feel the improvment in handleing from your drop first. Then, down the road, get the sways so you can feel that improvment on top of the drop.

If you get the sways & drop at once, you won't really know which one is effecting your cornering in their respective unique way. Do them seperate so you can appreciate both of their enhancements in incriments.
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thanks guys! i appreciate the feedback. Yeah i was thinking if i installed the springs i couldn't really tell the difference with the sways on.

The mod bug is really hard to cure!
Old 11-19-09, 01:56 PM
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Do em' seperate. You'll appreciate the mods more
Old 11-19-09, 05:38 PM
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The sways will make the biggest difference.
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sways... you'll notice the difference
Old 11-19-09, 07:30 PM
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i'm sticking to my story. do the drop first, see how that effects your handling (which is a great upgrade to your suspension handling/cornering)... enjoy that for X amount of time, then add the sway later. Then enjoy how that also improves your handling.

Doing them both at once, you'll have great handling, but you really won't know whats doing what. Seperate you'll get a better idea of what's influencing what.


Having said that, the F-Sport Intake is straight friggin awsome! You'll enjoy that alot. Get the sway downt he road. Trust me! Thats how I did.
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Another vote here for Sway Bars.

Lou
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if you're only gonna do one or the other, then it'll depend on whether you want the aggressive growl or the improved cornering.

But since that's not the case with you and it's just the order, then i think i agree with mdgrwl. do the springs first and then later the sway so you can appreciate the improvement they each bring and have a better idea of what's doing what.

in the end either will give you instant gratification, just in different ways.

anyway if it were me, i'd do the intake and springs now, and then a little while later the sway bars.
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hahahah thanks guys!! either way, its a good problem to have
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i dont know i think it's a matter of what you want; more handling/performance go for the swaybar, for a mildly louder sounding car; intake
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