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Installed the rear Hotchkis sway bar on my g37x sedan, purchased from user jfisher, great dude and good sale as I know he is parting out.
as for my initial impression, to echo what everyone here seems to say, if you have an "x" just do it, without question the best mod i've done to this car, the in-corner handling is night and day. the endless body roll and understeer is just gone. Perhaps a placebo but I swear the car feels more on center as well, flipped off the TC and the controlled oversteer is fantastic.
No pics as I did in a time constraint but I figure most here have seen the bars by this point
EDIT: On the front sway bar, which setting is the firmest? innermost or outer hole? thanks
Originally Posted by Nico-derm
Inner most hole would be the firmest... ie. the hole closest to the actual sway bar.
Originally Posted by VIVID
Same with the rear?
Sean
As Nico mentioned, the outermost hole offers the most leverage to twist the bar making it the softest setting. The innermost hole would be the firmest setting. Oddly, my Hotchkiss front sway bar only has one setting, but my rear has three settings. I'm running the rear in the softest (outermost) setting which gives me a bit more lean but WAY more rear traction. Can anyone confirm that the newer Hotchkiss bars have multiple settings for the front bar? My car was the sedan test mule for the Hotchkiss bars, so maybe they've change them since the original prototypes?
As Nico mentioned, the outermost hole offers the most leverage to twist the bar making it the softest setting. The innermost hole would be the firmest setting. Oddly, my Hotchkiss front sway bar only has one setting, but my rear has three settings. I'm running the rear in the softest (outermost) setting which gives me a bit more lean but WAY more rear traction. Can anyone confirm that the newer Hotchkiss bars have multiple settings for the front bar? My car was the sedan test mule for the Hotchkiss bars, so maybe they've change them since the original prototypes?
I bought mine brand new about 5 months again and my front bat only had 1 set of hole as well. Rear 3
93owner, hopefully your tires didn't get too worn w/ that toe being out, how long were you driving it that way? Specs look great now
My toe was definitely within spec before today, because if I had been rolling with that much toe for the last 18 months, my tires would have been roasted long ago. Camber was around -3 though.
Yeah, I wasn't sure what your alignment settings had been prior to that sheet you posted, that was pretty heavy there^^^
Yeah I'm not sure why the computer was reading that much toe in the rear, I was in spec for sure. oh well now I can stop worrying about too much camber wear
Just got back from the exhaust shop. I had my Vibrant resonators paired up with my Tanabe axleback, and I must say, I should have done this way sooner. Definitely beefs up the Tanabe exhaust without introducing much rasp or drone. Still relatively mellow at the lower RPMs, but when you open it up it's a whole different story. If anyone is still on the fence about this, stop thinking and JUST DO IT! You will not be disappointed!
Just got back from the exhaust shop. I had my Vibrant resonators paired up with my Tanabe axleback, and I must say, I should have done this way sooner. Definitely beefs up the Tanabe exhaust without introducing much rasp or drone. Still relatively mellow at the lower RPMs, but when you open it up it's a whole different story. If anyone is still on the fence about this, stop thinking and JUST DO IT! You will not be disappointed!
I have been preaching this for about 4 years now.
Glad you like it.
I have been preaching this for about 4 years now.
Glad you like it.
Originally Posted by the93owner
Just got back from the exhaust shop. I had my Vibrant resonators paired up with my Tanabe axleback, and I must say, I should have done this way sooner. Definitely beefs up the Tanabe exhaust without introducing much rasp or drone. Still relatively mellow at the lower RPMs, but when you open it up it's a whole different story. If anyone is still on the fence about this, stop thinking and JUST DO IT! You will not be disappointed!
I'm curious, are you guys just adding the Vibrant resonators to your OEM mid-pipe or are you having a complete custom mid-pipe made? Reason I ask is because a while back I added a modified Invidia mid-pipe with Invidia resonators to my Tanabe axle back. And although it did sound really good, it still had a bit too much drone for me at highway speeds. Might have been better in a car with 7AT, but in mine with a 5AT I'm running well over 3K RPM's on the highway and that set-up droned a bit too much for my tastes.
Last edited by 2GoRNot2G; 02-21-2017 at 06:03 PM.
Reason: Added pic.
02-20-2017, 02:52 PM
oh well now I can stop worrying about too much camber wear 
