Originally Posted by
PityOnU
I have the UR rear sway bar and just wanted to inject here that in addition to the bar itself, it comes with two rather thick metal ring/disk inserts which sit inside the spring perch to try and distribute the additional load a bit. I'm not sure how it will hold up over time, as I have definitely seen pictures of people's torsion bar with the spring perches starting to crack/break off from the load the sway bar puts them under.
That being said, I would go as far as to say that for driving USA-style at the speed people expect you to, the rear sway bar is absolutely necessary. The car is way too wibbly-wobbly otherwise, meaning that you need to slow down more around corners, and then you end up with people road raging at you or accidentally rear-ending you.
When I purchased mine we were pretty well into the first throes of COVID shipping issues, so I ended up having to import it direct from whatever ASEAN country it is made in. I got a front strut brace at the same time. The items arrive pre-dropped/scratched, so I took it to a local place to redo the powder coating in black (why do they make it white????). Turned out the front strut brace was either damaged or just the plain wrong model, so it wouldn't fit. Like $300 wasted there.
The rear sway bar is still in place and working well, though. I've lost traction with all 4 wheels more than a few times in the car at this point, and (happily) it remains controlled - just standard FWD understeer that just continues back on its way whenever it gets grippy again. Considering this and the fact that I am not dead yet, I've decided to just forgo trying to track down another front strut brace as things seem fine and balanced as they are already.