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    I recently purchased a kit of all 4 lower and upper adjustable strut bars, so far i put them all in pushing tension outwards on top front/rear and inwards on bottom front/rear which tension is best to apply on front and rear sway and strut bars? i want to know the correct way. inward or outwards? ? ideas and suggestions PLEASE! thanx

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    sway bars don't really adjust and just put your strut bars to where they are even and tight.
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    Exactly, strut bars do not adjust. Just make they are tightened. Adjusting the front and rear sway bars on the otherhand will determine how much more/less oversteer/understeer you want from your vehicle. I don't have an aftermarket front sway bar so I'm not too familiar but I do know that with my rear ST rear sway bar that if I ride on full stiff on the bar then the rear turns around better giving it more of an oversteer; which was fine with stock suspension. I noticed that on full stiff + coilovers it would oversteer too much taking fast corners.

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