Just ordered some Hotchkis sways. Was wondering if more people have the rear set to the stiffest setting or the middle?

 

The middle.

 

+1 the middle...for front and rear.

stiffest setting id only do for track usage but middle will be fine..it was perfect for spirted driving---->like when i drove the tail of the dragon last weekend.

 

why do you guys prefer middle

 

For you guys with sways, is the difference noticeable?? as far as body stiffness goes...I have a sedan and the chassis is already pretty firm but I'm curious to see how you guys like them

 

the difference is definitely noticible. i have mine set on middle AS OF RIGHT NOW. going to be changing to the stiffest setting...just to try out for a bit.

 

Middle on my eibach sways. Just for a change I tried the stiffest setting in the rear. I would advise against that for daily driving as the rear keeps kicking out on turns,great fun but will land you in trouble eventually

 

+1 for middle on Hotchkis. I have a sport which already had sways, and these beefier bars really made a difference in my sedan. I chose middle because I didn't want the rear end to be too tight per Presto's post and at the recommendation of others on the forum.

 

+1i got Hotchkis and have set in the middle setting.

 

I also have the Hotchkis Sway Bars set at the middle and even in the middle i notice a difference, when i installed the sway bars my gf told me i wasted my money saying she didn't feel a difference so i sped up for a sharp turn and gunned it next thing you know my gf tells me ok..i feel it now..lol. I recommend you stick to the middle setting unless your tracking the car considering your rear will kick out especially when its raining, that's when drifting comes in lol.

 

I have my Eibach setup front P2 and Rear P2 . So the front is set to full stiff and rear is set to middle.

I had the front at the softer settings before and it helped some with my setup but not has much. You have to understand all the weight of the Eng is over the front wheels. Eibach makes the 370z and G37 share the same bars! So the G being 400 lbs more then the 370z you would want to make sure on the front it set to to be stiff.

Remember this is only for Eibach, I know Hotchkis is stiffer then Eibach on the soft settings. But you will always want a little more under then over steer.

 

I had the rear set for the middle on the Hotchkiss bars in the rear and the car felt neutral to understeering to me. I changed over to the stiffest setting in the rear. I noticed now that the car seem to point more quickly in the turn and I could now control a slight oversteer with the engine throttle. Once I installed the GTSpec strut brace, this seem to be accentuated to me and on the track the car felt darty. I was able to control it but I had to always be aware of that rear end coming around too easily especially under hard braking before a corner or during some trail braking. I now plan to go back to the middle setting in the rear to see if I can get a little more neutral feeling on the car during hard cornering. Thankfully it's an easy change.

Al

 

OP, take note that a middle setting will not always be the same amongst several cars. Stiffness/softness of your shocks, struts and springs will also come into play. Any aftermarket braces as well as differences in front/rear tire/wheel set-ups also come into play.

Determine where your cars handling is just before installing the sway, then adjust the bars accordingly to your oversteer/understeer/neutral-handling needs.