TRD CAI or TRD Rear Sway Bar

[WhiteLB]

why not do both. the ultimate racing sway bar for 135 and then go buy a 20 dollar cone filter and modify the top f your stock intake box to fit the cone filter. There is also plenty of diy intakes on this site. Its very easy.

[cali yaris]

What does that mean?

It means you should get the sway bar.

LOL

[Chaldon]

How much faster will my brand new stock tires burn out with a sway bar up front?

For example, I take clover style off-ramps at speeds just under lost of traction. (stock vehicle) & I'm sure it's hard on the tires now...

With a sway bar I'd be getting to the burger and toy faster.

[Freedan]

Originally Posted by Chaldon

How much faster will my brand new stock tires burn out with a sway bar up front?

For example, I take clover style off-ramps at speeds just under lost of traction. (stock vehicle) & I'm sure it's hard on the tires now...

With a sway bar I'd be getting to the burger and toy faster.

You already have a front sway bar. Just that Toyota was too cheap(?) to install a rear one.

Your tires will wear out the same if you didn't have a rear sway bar installed. It's just that your driving habits may change once you install the sway bar.

Rear Sway bar is one of the easiest mods to do that will have very noticeable impact. The other would be slapping on those Micro Image/Yaris World decals and gain 50hps.

[djct_watt]

If you drive the same, you will wear the tires the same, if not better, since the reduced body roll will wear out the tires more evenly. However, because you have increased handling ability, if you drive it HARDER than you did stock, you will wear the tires faster. How much faster is entirely up to how you drive and how much you abuse the car.

Honestly, if you are worried about tires and fuel economy, you shouldn't be looking to go faster. More acceleration always means burning more fuel (unless you strap on a nuclear generator or some sort of electronic hybrid battery assist) which in turn will wear the tires faster.

If you are worried about your tires, you should probably try to make your car slower and more dangerous, so that you drive slower, thus wearing them down slower. The best mod I would suggest is free (thankfully). . . and it should make your tires pretty much last forever.

1. Engage parking brake, jack up and support the car properly. Please use jackstands.
2. Locate the bolts on the front wheels (there should be 4).
3. Remove the retaining bolts and store them in a safe area
4. Remove the wheels and look for the flux bolt (slightly orange), and tighten to 98lb/ft.
5. You're done. Don't proceed with anymore steps. You now have infinite tire life. Unfortunately this mod ends up reducing your MPG's to near 0. Start up the car and enjoy your new noisemaker.







/sorry for the long and unfunny joke.

[MUSKOKA800]

CAI = a possible wanna have

Rear anti-sway bar = a must have (unless you drive like Grandpa, and even then)

[why?]

Originally Posted by djct_watt

If you drive the same, you will wear the tires the same, if not better, since the reduced body roll will wear out the tires more evenly. However, because you have increased handling ability, if you drive it HARDER than you did stock, you will wear the tires faster. How much faster is entirely up to how you drive and how much you abuse the car.

Honestly, if you are worried about tires and fuel economy, you shouldn't be looking to go faster. More acceleration always means burning more fuel (unless you strap on a nuclear generator or some sort of electronic hybrid battery assist) which in turn will wear the tires faster.

If you are worried about your tires, you should probably try to make your car slower and more dangerous, so that you drive slower, thus wearing them down slower. The best mod I would suggest is free (thankfully). . . and it should make your tires pretty much last forever.

1. Engage parking brake, jack up and support the car properly. Please use jackstands.
2. Locate the bolts on the front wheels (there should be 4).
3. Remove the retaining bolts and store them in a safe area
4. Remove the wheels and look for the flux bolt (slightly orange), and tighten to 98lb/ft.
5. You're done. Don't proceed with anymore steps. You now have infinite tire life. Unfortunately this mod ends up reducing your MPG's to near 0. Start up the car and enjoy your new noisemaker.
/sorry for the long and unfunny joke.

dude that was funny.

[2005rs]

just installed a used aem cai. I gotta say, if I'd spent $200 for the thing, I'd probably think it improved performance. since I bought it used and don't have that much investment in it, I'd have to say improvement is marginal. Perhaps when I upgrade the exhaust...
now the ralco short shifter was definately worth the money

[TheDriver916]

i have the afe intake and a magnaflow muffler (not complete exhaust) and i noticed a decent amount of power increase. i bought them so i could get better gas milage and of course the performance. But like stated before me i have no suffered a gas milage decrease because of the fact that it does feel more go kart like and makes you want to drive fast.

[rye7jen]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

LOL

+1