Has anyone replaced their front sway bar on their Scion TC? I have an 05 and looking at replacing both front and back sway bars and would like to know if the front's are to hard to replace or is there a shortcut to putting the front ones on?

 

I haven't done my front yet - it's still sitting in the house. But it's a PITA. No shortcut to it as far as I know either. Just takes a bit of time and patience though.

 

to get the front in you're going to have to drop that big support piece under the engine and wiggle everything in and rebolt it on. It's a royal pain without a lift and something to hold it up when you go back to bolting it back on.

 

That's the truth. i ended up going to the dealer to get it on. Man i will never do that one again with out a lift.

 

I wanted to get it installed too, but they were asking for $200-300, so i had to do it in my garage without a lift. I didnt know of any tricks, to shorten the time. I just followed the installation guide. Make sure you use the correct bushings

 

Hey Neothin and Asthmatic, how long did it take to put the front sway bar on? I have a shop right around the corner from me who will put it on but want to give him a heads up on the time, I'm sure he has a lift to use.

 

i heard that some front sways rub. anyone know which doesn't rub?

 

Did mine without a lift 4 hours 2 people front and back... Mine rubs on the edges.... Nothing that big... Its a tein coilover thing and hotchkis sway problem it seems.

 

The rubbing issues have been mostly with coilovers - likely if you drop too low.

 

wow I said that... since I think me and another guy were the first to discover this issue.

 

so i wouldn't have a problem if i use the hotchkis sway with my trd spring and shock?

 

Right... b/c we both posted this at the same time in this thread.

 

I was told the front sways aren't good for handling.

 

Dont know who told you that but there wrong... If you dont do the settings right you can understeer or oversteer depening on the settings.

 

i think i posted this in another thread earlier today:

I've got a tC friend that lives down in the city south of me and i've had the chance to drive both of our cars hard. I have a hotchkis F/R bar setup (soft setting up front, medium in the back) and he has a TRD bar in the rear w/ stock front (dunno the setting on his). when pushed to the limits, my car likes to understeer and push out of the corner. His car likes to have the rear end come around (not to the point of spinning, but you can feel the car transfer some weight. im dropped on s-tech's, he's on hotchkis so the drops are somewhat similar. neither of us have strut bars.

 

So, what would be a good setting for the front and back sway bars?

 

front lowest and rear highest if you like the feel of the back kickin out...

Me for auto x I had both on highest... but I had the strut on a harder setting...

 

 

lol funny... I dont just go straight...

This is doing about 65....



Different strokes for different folks...

 

Ive got both F & R from hotchkis and the car handles like a dream. I had it installed from the dealer since day one so I dont really know what a stock tc feels like when it comes to turn but I know i can turn really sharp corners at High speed when accompanied by sticky tires.