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Steeda or aFe Sway-Bar?
- Thread starter MilosDad627
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Many, many years ago I owned and drove a dirt track car and Bobby Allison put some time and money into it. He did that because a close friend was a member of the team and his brother was a NACAR driver. He taught us about suspension to a small degree and all I can remember from that is "roll out" as it applies to tire diameter. Not applicable if you're turning left AND right.
So, when stiffening only the rear wont that result in a bit of front end push or a bit of dive?
Thanks again.
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- Sacramento, CA, USA
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- 2021 Explorer ST Carbonized Gray
Yes, I drove the stock ST on the Park City auto cross track in the rain, and it was obvious the amount of 'push' in the stock set up. The Steeda Sway Bar is stiffer than stock and gives the ST a more balanced handling characteristic, although I have not driven my own vehicle to the same extremes in the rain, I can tell the difference. And another user posted that he had tested with the Steeda bar on all three settings, he said there was not much difference but very little push. So that tells me if a larger front sway bar is installed then a much larger rear sway bar is also needed. The AFE specs state their rear sway bar is stiffer than the Steeda so my guess is that it matches better with their larger front bar. They should be matched to create a more balanced handling experience. But for my grocery getting ST I thnk the Steeda rear is more than adequte. Just my opinion.
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I've searched high and low for an honest review or video of the AFE rear swaybar to no avail,so I'm going to take one for the team and install just the rear swaybar alone.
I will be starting off with it in the middle position.
I will do this before adding any of my other suspension bits just to get a final answer to this all to evasive question of is it good or not.
Wish me luck as apparently I'll be the only one in the world to actually do it.
I've searched you tube,google,these forums etc and all I can find are reviews of the ole blue and rusty steeda swaybars,so no sense in discussing as we all already familiar with those.
I do not want a blue bar that's only going to end up looking worse and I like to be able to grease mine without taking it apart.
I will be starting off with it in the middle position.
I will do this before adding any of my other suspension bits just to get a final answer to this all to evasive question of is it good or not.
Wish me luck as apparently I'll be the only one in the world to actually do it.
I've searched you tube,google,these forums etc and all I can find are reviews of the ole blue and rusty steeda swaybars,so no sense in discussing as we all already familiar with those.
I do not want a blue bar that's only going to end up looking worse and I like to be able to grease mine without taking it apart.
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Dunno where you get that from but plenty have installed the afe rear bar only and even more have played with the settings if you take both bars into account. Save yourself some time and just set it on the firmest setting to start…that’s where you’ll wind up anyway. The afe bar is just as good as the Steeda bar. I have a first run Steeda bar with zero rust…not all of them have an issue.
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