Front Sway Bar Removal - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

slava · 10-08-2014, 04:31 PM

Quick questions (without looking underneath car). If I'm just removing my front sway bar, do I need to put the brackets they bolt onto back on the car? Do they serve any other purpose?

Pics from @Hotchkis diy thread.

BRZZZZZZZZZZ · 10-08-2014, 04:35 PM

Uhm. From what I am seeing you are asking of the actual brackets that the bar attaches to are needed? Yes they are very much needed, if you are running the sway bar. I would still put them back on if you are running no sway bar, but that's just me.

slava · 10-08-2014, 04:50 PM

I'm not asking if they are needed if I'm running the sway bar lol. Just asking if they have any other function (support?) other than holding the sway bar in place.

SkAsphalt · 10-08-2014, 04:51 PM

Rigidity it looks like

BRZZZZZZZZZZ · 10-08-2014, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SkAsphalt

Rigidity it looks like

This

ZionsWrath · 10-08-2014, 05:09 PM

Um that looks pretty important... I see the engine and transmission attached to a crossmember and the part you want to remove looks like it connects that crossmember to the unibody. But hey, leave it off and see what happens. YOLO weight reduction

slava · 10-08-2014, 05:25 PM

K I'll leave it on. Thanks you dude with million posts for scientific explanation.

wheelhaus · 10-08-2014, 05:26 PM

I'd put them back on immediately before you drive the car. They appear to be a major structural bracing member connecting the LCA suspension points to the chassis. Just because the swaybar bolts to them doesn't mean that's their only purpose.

On a related note... Why exactly are you removing the front swaybar?

Reaper · 10-08-2014, 05:30 PM

No front sway means drift machine.

slava · 10-08-2014, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelhaus

I'd put them back on immediately before you drive the car. They appear to be a major structural bracing member connecting the LCA suspension points to the chassis. Just because the swaybar bolts to them doesn't mean that's their only purpose.

On a related note... Why exactly are you removing the front swaybar?

Just wanna test out how it feels, for drifting specifically. Also would be nice to eliminate endlink bind. FC feels good with no front sway, so im gonna give it a shot.

wheelhaus · 10-08-2014, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slava

Just wanna test out how it feels, for drifting specifically. Also would be nice to eliminate endlink bind. FC feels good with no front sway, so im gonna give it a shot.

Just to be clear, I was referring to reinstalling the chassis braces/crossmember brackets before driving, not the swaybar. I forgot drifters do some odd things with suspension setups sometimes, so no front sway makes perfect sense to maintain as much front end grip as possible.

slava · 10-08-2014, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelhaus

Just to be clear, I was referring to reinstalling the chassis braces/crossmember brackets before driving, not the swaybar. I forgot drifters do some odd things with suspension setups sometimes, so no front sway makes perfect sense to maintain as much front end grip as possible.

Yea I understood

slava · 10-10-2014, 11:47 PM

No sway bar for drifting is awesome btw.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCflg-H5YoU&list=UUOwUQS-xbkHEusRba2hXNhQ&index=1"]Breakfast Club DD01 - Slava - YouTube[/ame]

NABoxer · 04-17-2016, 09:26 PM

Running without rears also? Or just the front sway and end links?

Revived from the dead lol

10-08-2014, 04:31 PM	#1
slava Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: brZed Location: colorado Posts: 388 Thanks: 180 Thanked 362 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Front Sway Bar Removal Quick questions (without looking underneath car). If I'm just removing my front sway bar, do I need to put the brackets they bolt onto back on the car? Do they serve any other purpose? Pics from @Hotchkis diy thread.

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ZionsWrath Thanks Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 4,163 Thanks: 5,989 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,498 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Um that looks pretty important... I see the engine and transmission attached to a crossmember and the part you want to remove looks like it connects that crossmember to the unibody. But hey, leave it off and see what happens. YOLO weight reduction __________________

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10-08-2014, 04:35 PM	#2
BRZZZZZZZZZZ Car Nut Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: BMW 335d, Toyota Echo RS, FRS Location: Calgary Posts: 1,557 Thanks: 368 Thanked 603 Times in 346 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Uhm. From what I am seeing you are asking of the actual brackets that the bar attaches to are needed? Yes they are very much needed, if you are running the sway bar. I would still put them back on if you are running no sway bar, but that's just me.

10-08-2014, 04:50 PM	#3
slava Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: brZed Location: colorado Posts: 388 Thanks: 180 Thanked 362 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm not asking if they are needed if I'm running the sway bar lol. Just asking if they have any other function (support?) other than holding the sway bar in place.

10-08-2014, 05:25 PM	#7
slava Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: brZed Location: colorado Posts: 388 Thanks: 180 Thanked 362 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	K I'll leave it on. Thanks you dude with million posts for scientific explanation.

10-08-2014, 05:26 PM	#8
wheelhaus Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ, 2020 KTM Super Duke 1290R Location: Denver Posts: 1,788 Thanks: 714 Thanked 1,141 Times in 624 Posts Mentioned: 49 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I'd put them back on immediately before you drive the car. They appear to be a major structural bracing member connecting the LCA suspension points to the chassis. Just because the swaybar bolts to them doesn't mean that's their only purpose. On a related note... Why exactly are you removing the front swaybar?

10-10-2014, 11:47 PM	#13
slava Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: brZed Location: colorado Posts: 388 Thanks: 180 Thanked 362 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	No sway bar for drifting is awesome btw. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCflg-H5YoU&list=UUOwUQS-xbkHEusRba2hXNhQ&index=1"]Breakfast Club DD01 - Slava - YouTube[/ame]

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NABoxer Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Drives: 2013 DGM Brz Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 29 Thanks: 81 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Running without rears also? Or just the front sway and end links? Revived from the dead lol

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