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Originally Posted by Dean
Sway bars are not a nightmare, and definitely not a band aid. They perform a very specific function, control body roll/transfer weight side to side. There are those who will start a religious war of sway bars vs. springs, but most sane folks realize they both can and should be used in appropriate amounts.
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I'm not saying they're are bad, just that upgrading excessively can do more harm than help, and that there are other options available that may be more appropriate. I'm pretty sure I phrased my thoughts on them effectively. Again,
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Originally Posted by me
My reluctance to screw with sway bars stems partly from my own experience with them and partly from observing a thread regarding Scott's sway bar troubles and the idea that they are simply a suspension "band-aid," i.e. a cheap, moderately effective but double-edged suspension option when considered versus all the other aspects available for improvement.
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As far as the "band-aid" thing goes, it was a quote from that thread, used in reference to the fact that too many people mistakenly want to view it as a quick-n-easy suspension upgrade that will magically cure your understeer. See the RS25.com forums for many examples.
My key thought is that having upgraded to a moderate sway bar size, and given that I want to improve turn-in without the effects of an increase in swaybar diameter, there are now upgrades that I view as being more effective rather than simply saying, [get'erdone voice]"still too much understeer? Slap a bigger sway bar on there!"[/voice]
And the 6gun kit is waaaaay out of my price range. There's a reason I have an RS and not an STi.