I replaced my downpipe with a fancy performance one and took the old one to the scrapyard. Turns out the two catalytic converters on my old one were worth $180. So I bought an expensive bottle of whiskey.

I tell a lie, I actually bought some scotch. Ten year old Laphroaig.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

I’ve heard you can get great handling with beefier sway bars on the stock suspension so I’ll start there and see how I like it. They’re a lot easier to do than coilovers all the way around.

But she’d look really good with about 2” less ride height

My other car is a 2015 Volvo v60 but she’s been rock solid and is the road trip car. My GTI is just for running errands and fun.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The one thing to be careful with swaybars is that it can make the car oversteer/understeer especially in snow/rain. Oversteer in fwd cars is fun because you don't want to let off the gas and transition the weight off the rear. I used to auto-x a dodge neon. I would pump up the rear tires so I could get the car to rotate, of course I had to stay on the gas through long sweepers or it would come around.

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