Rochester

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Or the RWD sport sedan, who's handling characteristics are simply heroic.

Open wound... insert salt.

JSolo

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I don't think bars alone will change the way the car feels in typical straight line driving. You should get some better cornering stability and reduction in understeer. I wonder if the suspension bits (shocks) from a rwd would easily bolt up to the awd model to give you that tighter, more controlled damping.

Rochester

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Yeah, but the bars are a good start at $350 - $400 for bolt-ons, and maybe good enough for what the OP wants.

Goonz

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pretty much

im not looking for a night and day difference, that I know will not happen unless I do serious suspension work which I wont since its a lease. Hopefully this will work out, we'll see

and yes, I'm adding salt to my own wound everyday

Goonz

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Well, today I finally got them put on, took the guys an hour. The settings I chose were the stiffest in the front and medium in the back. I couldn't believe how skinny the rear sway bar was, the front was pretty beefy by the pics will say it all..A review to come in a few days, quite excited!!

stock vs. Hotchkis




a little scratched but oh well

Dj1ofDet

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How'd you scratch them? Didn't you drop the back of your exhaust? Anyways congrats on your purchase. You'll see why many on these forums stick behind these sway bars for a nice upgrade to our stock suspension.

Also I would recommend shooting them with a grease gun soon after running them for a few dozen miles. I don't know if it's because I didn't get a lot of grease in the bushings on install, but shortly after install I got noise until re-greasing.

DeepRumble

Waiting for your review. I am looking into buying these in the next couple months.

Goonz

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yea the guy was having issues trying to figure out which side went where, scratched it up a good bit but oh well, no one see's the sways and as for greasing them up, he did shoot some grease in to the zerks quite generously after the install.

Went to run some errands today, def felt a BIG difference. I can feel the road more, the car does not sway as badly and is quite stable on the highway, so far so good, extreme cornering review to come soon

jmurbas

Thanks to Goonz, my installer and I made sure we dropped the exhaust a bit to install the rears. If you newly install these and want to notice the difference, go play on some 180 degree interstate on and off ramps. All I can say is "WOW!"

*GP*

Goonz, what's the update on the Hotchkis sways? Is it worth the upgrade? I'm leasing my '12 G37xs as well, so I don't feel like doing any major suspension upgrages but I would like to improve the overall handling. Let me know what you think.

OB G

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^^Definitely worth the upgrade. Sways are hands down (IMO anyway) the best bang for buck mod for our cars.

Dj1ofDet

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+1 on the sway bar upgrade. They are one of those things that you may be skeptical about since no one talks bad about them, but they really are that good. BTW the OP is probably still adjusting to the shock of how noticeably better his cornering is. Lol

*GP*

Are the sways noticeable at lower speeds (less than 30mph) or more at highway speeds? I'm not a fan of the understeer at lower speeds and I'm curious if they help with that. My '08 G35xs didn't have much understeer so I didn't expect it on the '12 G37xs, but it's definitely there.

gbest03

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I'll sell you back your snows

I put Pilot Super Sports and Hotchkis Sways on my 2011 XS sedan, it transformed the car.
Handling is similar to my old 08 Sport coupe, without the punishing ride.
The car is very agile and holds the road like velcro.
I have the sways on the softest settings front and rear.

Goonz

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haha Im sure you used them a lot this winter! I may be willing to buy them back if you're interested, let me know