All fellow YF/i45 Sonatarians,
As promised, my review of the Ultra Racing Anti roll bars that I have installed on my Sonata YF since begining of this year. Sorry for taking so long to review as I also wanted to make sure Ultra Racing has the stocks for it before making you guys/gals salivate to get it done. I am going to make the review simple so you get the gizz of it :
1. Ultra Racing Anti Roll Bar front is 24mm thick (original 20mm) and the rear anti roll bar is 20mm(original 14mm) thick. It comes with PU bushes which is silicon and long lasting. should even last longer than the original bush.
2. The thicker anti roll bar helps to improve the steering feel to make it more tighter and taut. It also helps to improve the car handling by quite a margin. Don't sway so much and the improvement is about more than 30% than original. I must say the steering feel has improved by quite a margin.
I was at Ultra Racing today with Fsrfaee who took delivery of his car couple of days ago and have tested my car 2 days ago to feel the difference of the car after installing the anti roll bars. He loves the feel so much that he got it fixed today at Ultra Racing HQ. He commented the steering now feels right and taut and so much better than before. I am glad he likes it as I have enjoyed it for the last couple of months. Infact today I did something more than the anti roll bars that I will share with you guys later.
Now the good part , after talking to the boss of Ultra Racing, he decided to give us the buddy of "Ricky Lim" Sonata YF in Autoworld a special deal. The usual selling price of the front & back anti roll bar is RM 650 + RM 580 = RM 1,230 without installation. For us the members, he is giving us the front & back roll bar package at RM 1,100 plus Installation. You will need to get it from Ultra Racing directly and installed there in the HQ. (you will be sure that it is genuine parts as u got it done in the HQ). Just call me at 012-2244122 to set up the deal for you with Ultra Racing. FYI, u can visit Ultra Racing site at www.ultraracing.com.my for more details.
Attached picture is the original (black) and Ultra Racing (white) anti-roll bar comparison in thickness.[attachment=4025:antiroll_bar.jpg]
Just a personal view...
If your car is already equip with Traction Control, EBD, TPMS, or any other safety features etc., there
no need to change anything on the said car except for
your passion if for more joy of driving and performance...
Visited UR Racing in Cheras and installed UR bars on all parts of my car, and I must say that, there was amazingly improvement in car handling and confidence...
You see, we read foreign reviews with all those safety specs, and when the said car being
sold locally, most of them came with basic specs... in other words,
first world countries gets high standards of safety features, whereas, the third world countries people gets only one or two choices or
basic specs... (that's why people who can afford BMW, Merc, Audi etc... buy them beside status and standard...)
I know so because driving an E-Class at 160km/hr with suddenly a rear punctured rear tire, just gave a shaky vibrating steering feel but the car still being full controllable and manageable and happy to be alive and sharing the story...
Bare in mind, UR Racing struts bars does sacrifices comfort on the car suspension, but you will be smiling when you see winding roads and corners...
You know this, when you own one...
My 2 cents...