Upgraded suspension with stock struts?

[goober5904]

This might be a stupid question but with stock struts and intrax springs...will adding speedbuilt sway bars and strut tower braces make a big difference? will i notice better handling or is it pointless to do these mods without kyb struts?

[nice96gt]

You will just wear out your stock struts very quickly. If you are paying to have them installed then I would do the KYB or some kind of upgraded strut when you have the springs put on. It will just be cheaper having to do it only once.

The strut bars and the swaybars will make a big difference in handling

[goober5904]

well i will be doing the springs myself along with the other upgrades. my struts now are shot so i thought i'd get another set of stock and save some money but if the kyb's will last that much longer i guess i will go that route. do the kyb's make THAT much difference to pay more?

[JoeyK]

Originally posted by goober5904
well i will be doing the springs myself along with the other upgrades. my struts now are shot so i thought i'd get another set of stock and save some money but if the kyb's will last that much longer i guess i will go that route. do the kyb's make THAT much difference to pay more?

From what I've been told by several KYB owners they are not a huge improvment but a somewhat noticable improvement. But if you're practically going all out w/ the sway bars & everythin, why not? May as well tweak it to the max if you're going that far right?:)

[goober5904]

yeah you're right. i thought kyb's cost a lot more than stock struts but i found them on summit racing for about 270 for front and rear. so might as well spend the extra and get nice struts. thanks!

[JoeyK]

Do the speedbuilt sway bars come w/ urethane bushings? If not that's another small investment I'd recomend.
I plan on getting the KYB myself next spring, along w/ Eibach springs. Right now my lower control arm bushings are about done for so I'm replacing those w/ urethane and also the sway bar bushings.