Best performance suspension for my 2004 TL 5AT

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Old 07-29-2018, 06:29 PM
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Best performance suspension for my 2004 TL 5AT

Are there any upgraded performance suspensions out there? Preferably sold in a kit but looking for something oem quality and with a better handling. I知 not looking to race it but am sick of the stock suspensions performance. For my 5AT 2004 TL.
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Originally Posted by Drew L
Are there any upgraded performance suspensions out there? Preferably sold in a kit but looking for something oem quality and with a better handling. I知 not looking to race it but am sick of the stock suspensions performance. For my 5AT 2004 TL.
There are two OEM suspensions currently available factory new, and possibly a third. The two OEM suspensions available which are an upgrade over the one on your car were the ones from the 2004-2006 TL 6MT and from the 2007-2008 TL Type-S. Then there was the A-Spec suspension; I'm not sure of that is still available.
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The biggest suspension upgrade you can do on an '04 5AT is to replace the rear sway bar.
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The biggest suspension upgrade you can do on an '04 5AT is to replace the rear sway bar..
Or at this age...possibly just new struts and bushings and go from there. I know for sure my '05 doesn't handle the way it handled when I bought it in 2008 just due to age of the components.

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Would you guys recommend sticking with oem parts for upgrading the rear sway bar / bushings? I know there are some performance parts on endlessrpm.com but I知 personally an oem guy. I would prefer reliability over performance but if I could get away with both I値l be happy.
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Originally Posted by Drew L
Would you guys recommend sticking with oem parts for upgrading the rear sway bar / bushings? I know there are some performance parts on endlessrpm.com but I’m personally an oem guy. I would prefer reliability over performance but if I could get away with both I’ll be happy.
Probably your best bet would be to get a rear stabilizer bar from either a 2004-2006 TL 6MT or a 2007-2008 TL Type-S (if I recall correctly both use the same bar).
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