Monday, April 28, 2008

Toyota Avanza enhancement - Ultra Racing bars

This is a major modification I've done to my Toyota Avanza. It is significant in term of cost, which is RM1xxx for 4 state-of-the-art powder coated steel bars from Ultra Racing (M) S/B. It is even more significant in term of enhancement in safety, handling, comfort and performance of the car. Driver and passengers of the car will feel a completely different ride experience after the installation.

The original Toyota Avanza already comes with a front anti roll bar to tie together the 2 front wheels suspensions. The 4 bars I've installed are:

1. 4-points strut bar (stabilizer bar): provides better handling and control by tremendously improves in stability and road traction, especially during cornering or driving with high speed. Strengthening the chassis to reduce chassis flex and improve reaction to sterling movement.

2. rear anti roll bar (anti-sway bar): tie the lower suspension components together across the 2 wheels. It keeps the car flat in turnings instead of leaning over to one side, and keeps the traction by preventing understeer or oversteer. Also makes the suspension feel stiffer, therefore effectively reduce in bounciness.

3. front lower arm bar: increases overall rigidity and reduces body flexing of the car's front body. Improves suspension effectiveness and eliminates unwanted car rolling movements.

4. rear lower arm bar: increases overall rigidity and reduces body flexing of the car's rear body. Improves suspension effectiveness and eliminates unwanted car rolling movements.




Ultra Racing bars work together as a system, therefore it is recommended to have all of them installed to the car, although they can also work individually with lesser effect. These products are widely used by AOCM members and proven to be effective in transforming the Toyota Avanza ride to a totally new experience. The Toyota Avanza will feel like other sedan cars, and you'll notice the bounciness and body roll has been greatly reduced.

Kindly be reminded that there are many similar products in the market, some even imitate the Ultra Racing products. Not all of them can produce the same result and performance. Only the original Ultra Racing bars are highly recommended by AOCM. These bars come with at least 3 years warranty and guaranteed trade-in value.

My feelings to the car after installation:

  • bounciness reduced substantially.
  • body rolls eliminated.
  • great improvement to handling and response.
  • feeling like driving sedan car, and still maintain the high clearance view.
  • driving at the speed of 110km/h has the same feeling as driving at the speed of 50km/h. The handling is the same, and you won't feel the car is "floating" at high speed.
  • driving on curvy road has almost the same feeling as driving on straight road. The handling is superb. There is not much body roll, and you don't need to press on the break as much as before.
  • cornering (eg. going down highway) can be made at the speed of around 80km/h and the car is still stable.

4 comments:

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

请问,你的avanza在110kph时,分转有多少?纯粹问一下,没啥特别用意。

Voyager8 said... Reply To This Comment

稍微高过 3000 RPM。

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

so do the roll bars really smooth out the ride? how much is it? and how much is the rear bumper protector you got?

Voyager8 said... Reply To This Comment

Hi,

AOCM members got a very special price for Ultra Racing bars which I'm not suppose to disclose.

If you own an Avanza, you can join our TT and find out more. If you don't own an Avanza, there are also UR bars tailor made for many other car models, you can find out the price from UR. You can find their contact at their website, which is linked out in my post.

The rear bumper protector is around RM35.

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