yeah finally installed my lower bars for the GE8

this is my first step into my mods!!! yeah!!!!

super easy to install

 

review? impressions? handling improvements/ride worse?

 

Looking good!

Regards,

Jason @ AJR

 

to be honest this is my ONLY handling mod on the FIT.....so can't tell much of a different with or without the bar on the car!!!!

but once I finish everything I can tell you the different!!! hehe =)

upcoming:
C pillar upper bar
Rear strut bar
UR mid lower bar
Cusco front strut bar
progress or UR anti roll bar
UR fender brace?? (maybe)
Tein Basic or SS
wheels?? (don't know yet?)

 

that response sounds like the bars are not effective enough to make a difference alone.

 

if you ask me.....I say no.....

b/c right now my car is pretty stock!!!
stock suspension, stock wheels, stock tires, everything stock
hehe =) except for my HID hehe =)

by adding only the 2 lower bars to a stock setup, I think it does nothing!!!
at least that what I feel!!!

but I can tell you this once i lowered my car then i will for sure feel something!!
the reason y I said that is because my Toyota Vitz (well, HB Echo in Canada)

I lowered first (drive for couple of months) then installed 2 lower bars and strut bar, I can tell you there is a major different when cornering after those bars were installed!!!

don't think the bars are useless...they are not!!! They do stiffen your chassis somewhat!!

but on my GE8 I did it in a way that I won't tell the different with or without the bars on the car!! Because I did it in a ... so call wrong order!!! hehe =)

but I know I will lower my car sooner or later and I know I need those bars thats y i got them first!! (plus is a cheaper mod then buying coilover) hehe =)



I like handling over performance!!! I don't care if my car only have 110hp as long as my car can turn then I can be faster then a high hp car!!!

plus we don't have that many Highways here in Vancouver, mainly City street!!

what am I going to do with a car with more than 200+ hp???
once you step on the gas then you are at the next light already!!! so just a waste of gas!!! hahahaha =)

sorry for you people out there looking for more hp!!!

hehehe =)

for me handling first then hp

happy driving!!!

 

i did the rear swaybar and the strut tower bar and i felt a difference i also did a smaller tire that the stock one 205/50/15 i believe, combination helped alot! less roll in the back end, then springs and im happy for the time being, need to be lower though!

 

I think these should be effective when combined with extreme driving, or more suspension mods, but personally, I want to try out something for the rear, because since installing the Depo tails, they creak a little bit under chassis flex. If that goes away, I know I've done something, at least.

 

Looks great