How can I improve my handling without lowering the car

[Astroman]

Originally Posted by black2yaris

Yeah i've heard real good things about the mid & rear tie bars (i think i'll do all three ) Seems to keep the frame from flexing ,puts all the work on to the sway bars & springs (did u install the tie bars yourself ?? ) & yes it's the Tanabe front strut bar that i want for sure . that TRD one looks crappy as it's a single bolt to the top of the strut ..

I held off on the front one because it's only a 2 point brace. There are 4 point braces available, but they are pretty spendy compared to the 2 point one. I did install them myself. They didn't come with any instructions but looking at the ebay pics I figured it out pretty easy. I just backed my car onto a couple ramps, set the e-brake and in about a half hour I had the two on. It took me a bit longer to figure out the rear bar (it uses existing bolts attached to the gas tank.) The Tanabe bar works great, and is quite cheaper than the TRD. I know what you mean about crappy roads & low profile tires. I had a dodge omni with 16s and when there was some road construction the asphalt had been cut off at a point and they used gravel. It wasn't even and I was going too fast and it ripped (pinched) my sidewall open. Wasn't too happy about that, nothing worse looking than a donut with 3 nice rims.