Front Sway bar question

[impactX]

how thick is the stock front sway bar for solara?

Whiteline bar is 24mm btw

[impactX]

and is whiteline frontsway as easy to install as the TRD rear sway?

[Vampire]

17 mm.

how thick is the stock front sway bar for solara?

Whiteline bar is 24mm btw

[MonkieX]

which is better the trd or the whiteline??

[impactX]

which is better the trd or the whiteline??

TRD doesn't make front sway bar for Solara.

[MonkieX]

my bad... should be more specific... rear sway bar?? whiteline or trd?? and what is the diff between a sway bar and a strut tower brace??

[cdssolara]

which is better the trd or the whiteline??

I don't think that either one is any "better" than the other. The TRD rear sway bar has two settings, which allow you to adjust the stiffness, while the Whiteline only has one setting. The Whiteline bar's stiffness falls between the two TRD settings.

A lot of people complained that the TRD bar would start squeaking after it had been on the car for awhile, and needed to be regreased on a regular basis. Some people felt that the Whiteline bar didn't squeak as much, but I have one, and it's beginning to squeak a bit.

[cdssolara]

my bad... should be more specific... rear sway bar?? whiteline or trd?? and what is the diff between a sway bar and a strut tower brace??

The strut tower brace connects the tops of strut mounts and goes across the top of the engine. The front sway bar connects the suspension on either side of the car, and runs under the engine between the front wheels. Both are designed to stiffen the front of the car, but the sway bar is much more effective, due to it's location.

[cdssolara]

and is whiteline frontsway as easy to install as the TRD rear sway?

No, it's quite a bit more difficult.

[impactX]

and is whiteline frontsway as easy to install as the TRD rear sway?

No, it's quite a bit more difficult.

Is it just like the rear sway that I just swing around and get it out or I have to take out extra stuff to pull it out??

[cdssolara]

No, you shouldn't have to remove anything. It's more a matter of working the bar out, and then working the new one back in. There's just more stuff to maneuver it around.

[Vampire]

Just a note. I got my 02 Solara in Sept and ordered a TRD rear sway bar. What I found is that they modified the poly bushing so it has small circular ridges that are supposed to hold the grease better. The original bushings were smooth when I got it for my 00 Camry. It seems to be working so far after 2 1/2 months. We'll see. I also have universal greasable bushings from Energy Suspension that I will use if squeaking becomes a problem. The only problem with the greasables is that the mounting bracket has to be modified and the bushing is wider so getting it on there is more cumbersome.

which is better the trd or the whiteline??

I don't think that either one is any "better" than the other. The TRD rear sway bar has two settings, which allow you to adjust the stiffness, while the Whiteline only has one setting. The Whiteline bar's stiffness falls between the two TRD settings.

A lot of people complained that the TRD bar would start squeaking after it had been on the car for awhile, and needed to be regreased on a regular basis. Some people felt that the Whiteline bar didn't squeak as much, but I have one, and it's beginning to squeak a bit.

[ToyGuy]

my bad... should be more specific... rear sway bar?? whiteline or trd?? and what is the diff between a sway bar and a strut tower brace??

The strut tower brace connects the tops of strut mounts and goes across the top of the engine. The front sway bar connects the suspension on either side of the car, and runs under the engine between the front wheels. Both are designed to stiffen the front of the car, but the sway bar is much more effective, due to it's location.

Actually the brace and bar do 2 completely different things. The brace stiffens the front of the chassis, preventing the strut towers from actually moving toward each other during hard corning. The (anti) sway bar prevents the car from leaning to the outside during cornering by connecting the 2 front springs together through the bar and increasing the effective spring rate. You probably would never notice the difference with or without a strut brace except on a roadcourse taking lap times. The rear swaybar is a different story. It will definitely loosen the back end up under hard cornering. If you install one go somewhere safe and get a feel for the difference. If you don't corner hard enough to get the car to understeer now the rear bar is unnecessary. Both pieces are cool upgrades but if you don't corner hard and fast they're eye candy. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

[impactX]

BTW, how much improment am I looking at with upgrading the Front Sway bar from 17mm - 24mm (I know it's 297% stiffer haha)

My setup is Eibach + TRD Bilstein + TRD rear sway.

The front still rolls a bit during hard cornering... So I will probably get better steering response when I upgrade the FSB? hehe just want to know cos I order it already.

[Iflyhd]

I have been running the Whiteline both front and back for over 18 months or so and I have to admit there is quite a bit of difference from stock. My setup runs Tokico struts and Eibach springs. You will find the ride a little harsh for some, but the cornering is about as flat as anything I have ever driven. It is stiff enough with the TRD strut brace that while pulling out of a parkinglot across a gutter at an angle I will sometime loose traction to the lower wheel. I would call that pretty stiff.