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I’ve said it more than once (probably): for an IRS, if you want to take out any under-steer, a bigger rear bar is all you need, with stiffer shocks and springs out back as well. The front bar is a waste of money. Here’s a chart that will help.

If the powder coating didn’t hold up, the paint won’t stand a chance. Stay tuned.

Will have a used one available in the next week or so. It’s fairly rusty and might need to be re-coated, but it’s an option.

It is a bolt-in brace - attaches at the third row mounting points. It was a relatively easy mod in my ‘14, other than removing the side panels. I was fortunate to get everything from a wrecked PIU for about $500, but I’m guessing all the parts will run a couple thousand easily. Considering some...

It’s in the owner’s manual…

Totally forgot about the full-size spare being part of the rear crash rating. I think the 5G Explorer wasn’t beefed up as much, but here’s a better image of the 6G PIU frame where I think everything yellow is an upgrade to the frame (with the X-brace being obvious). If you can live without the...

Definitely a different market, and as I surmised up above about the ride height being allegedly different, I figured it was due to load and the tire size (although with that, I’ve never honestly looked at those numbers for the PIU). No doubt there will be more equipment, but interestingly, when...

LOL, no worries. Didn’t think about it from that angle, so that was good for a laugh. Just thinking about getting on the good side of my local guys and just seeing if I could go for a ride - hopefully in the front! Glad to chip in these details since it’s been interesting digging everything up...

Whenever guys slam their cars - most just because they think it looks ‘cool’ - you are throwing the alignment out of whack and potentially adding bump steer issues. Fortunately with plenty of other vehicles out there, parts are available to correct and remedy the situation. Not so here. Now with...

As an update to my second comment above, had a moment to look up my spring codes. They are easy to find on the tags hanging from the springs, or you can see them on the lower right of your VIN label. Mine are ‘DDTT’ - with the front being D’s and the rears T (confirmed by also looking at the...

What makes you think I’d expect the same ride/handling out of my ST that I get with my Cobra? Definitely no illusions there. Totally different ballpark. I looked at all the spring codes between the ST/PIU, and as far as I can tell, they are the same. I’m thinking any ride height difference is...

I’m really surprised nothing has come up from Bilstein or Koni. I do know Eibach has some stuff in the works, but whether it’s just springs or a complete package with sway bar(s) and maybe coil-overs, remains to be seen. I have Bilstein & Eibach struts/shocks/springs and the rear bar on my ‘03...

Yeah, with an IRS car, bigger is better…on the rear. I won’t waste my money on aftermarket bar for the front and am content with a larger one out back. The Steeda/AFE bar at full stiff is all you need, or on the inexpensive side, the PIU bar. If the rear shocks on the PIU’s are firmer, which I...

It’s not a bad “upgrade” - I have a new one coming since I’m taking off the Steeda bar (all rusted and needs to be re-coated). Any larger bar in the rear for an IRS vehicle is going to help with turn-in, so you can’t go wrong! Funny enough, the ST has the smallest front sway bar (34mm) compared...

Just springs. The PIU has struts/shocks that are valved differently (looking in to that now, out of curiosity). The PD sway bars are also slightly larger.

The ST’s rear sway bar has a diameter of 21.7mm…which is just about 7/8”. The next size up is 23mm, used on the police version.

Steeda still sells the Whipple intercooler. Judging by how my intercooler was packed, it does not look like a Whipple unit either, although that’s a simple perspective. Not a hard design to reproduce, and I’m thinking Steeda is making it in-house.

Actually, the factory ST/Aviator bar is slightly larger than 3/4” at 21.7mm. The next step up is the Interceptor bar at 23mm then Steeda & AFE coming in at 25.4mm. The smallest one is 20mm on the base models.

Don’t know. Steeda is pretty tight-lipped about that stuff. They might even be making them at their Valdosta facility, but I did ask Jason at CVF and he confirmed they are not the supplier.

Yes, it doesn’t take much to pump up the fun, for not a ton of coin. A good axle-back and an intercooler/tune kit like this is a great start. It handles pretty well on stock springs, but a bigger rear sway bar is a good add to cut down on some of the under-steer (going the really inexpensive...