# Larger front sway increases understeer?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/larger-front-sway-increases-understeer/241439>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 17, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/larger-front-sway-increases-understeer/241439 "2009-01-17T13:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/larger-front-sway-increases-understeer/241439/12 "2009-01-17T17:10:24Z")

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> [@FS: WORK RSZ EWING wheels](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-work-rsz-ewing-wheels/12588/11):
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> Ok so my friend recently got a larger rear sway bar for his car so I told him he could make his car handle even better with a larger front sway bar. :up
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> My ignorant friend (who is a member on here) told him that a larger front sway bar would make the car understeer more. :facepalm
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> This is not true. It would help with his weak spring rates because it adds a lot of rate to reduce the loss of camber curve on the car, thus REDUCING UNDERSTEER. This actually IMPROVES handling rather than throwing on a larger rear swaybar and creating some sort of magical oversteering facade.
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> Please let me know if I am right.
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> The ignorant person drives an Altima Se-r by the way :rofl

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