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Old May 12, 2011 | 04:56 PM
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so my sway bar is coming in the mail today and i dont autocross my car or anything just daily drive it so would it have any bad effects if i put it on the autocross holes instead of the street holes?
Old May 12, 2011 | 05:53 PM
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Not much, it will cause the rear end to be stiffer and a bit more road noise. Also usually the stiffer the rear bar is or set to be, it will be more prone to snap oversteer.
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snap oversteer?
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Not much, it will cause the rear end to be stiffer and a bit more road noise. Also usually the stiffer the rear bar is or set to be, it will be more prone to snap oversteer.
Old May 12, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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your fine. I run on that setting on my daily driver its fine.
Old May 12, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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Autocross setting! Ive been DD'ing mine that way for about 2-3 months. MAJOR improvement in handling, and hella fun in corners (My poor goodyears LOL).
Old May 12, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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put it on the hardest setting...
Old May 12, 2011 | 10:55 PM
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Snap oversteer can happen if you do a hard throttle-lift mid-corner. It can happen on a stock tC, but one of the side effects of having a stiffer rear swaybar is that the car is more prone to it.

Even on the stiffest setting on the TRD, it really isn't that aggressive. I daily drove mine on full stiff and it was fine.
Old May 13, 2011 | 02:32 AM
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I've been on full stiff for over 2 yrs with zero issues. A noticeable difference is that the passenger is not thrown around in their sit when taking sharp corners.
Old May 13, 2011 | 11:58 PM
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Well I installed the bar and I didn't have a problem taking the bar off but putting the new one in with. Just wheel ramps sucked we didn't have enough room to put it in so we had to remove my exhaust and and finally after about an hour and a half it went in god it was annoying
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all you gotta do is lift both wheels off the gound and the bar almost lines up with the links.. ive also ran my TRD on full stiff for 3 years now. I love it
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