Best mod to reduce body lean in Prius?

IMHO. TRD anti-sway bar and springs. Transforms the ride! Nice and tight.

 

17's!

I used to own a prius 3 with the stock 15's, never drove one with 17's till now.

I owned a few cars in between so I kinda forgot how they handled...

Prior to my most recent prius purchase I test drove a prius 2 liftback with the stock 15's immediately followed by a persona with the 17's.

My gosh what a difference between the two cars, Honestly taking corners a little too fast or making a quick evasive maneuver with the smaller 15's felt like the tires were going to roll under themselves. It was slightly unnerving. I never noticed this and always just thought this was normal as that was all I knew. After driving the Persona I then proceeded to sign on the dot and gladly took the mpg hit for the better handling car.

The personas 17's make the car feel sporty! It really does improve handling I feel and prob makes the car a little safer in knowing if you had to swerve to avoid a collision it will prob fare better.

And to answer your body roll question yeah the bigger rims def feel like they stiffen up the perceived body roll. Even still I'll prob be following above poster reccomendation for braces and TRD springs eventually.

 

17s and these suspension upgrades.



Also Cusco Undercarriage upgrades if you want an even stiffer ride.

 

link to where you got the first two (the white ones) from?
(actually, that's pretty much exactly what I was looking for a couple weeks ago & was unable to find nething like that)

 

I take a tight turn fairly often, sometimes on the stock 215/45R17 Michelin Pilots, last night on Michelin X-Ice 195/65R15. I try to avoid touching the brakes, just let speed fall off as I approach, still going fairly fast into the curve.

Can't say I notice much difference with either setup. I'm definitely not testing the limits, though.

 

Ebay

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The TRD rear anti-roll bar is the best use of your money.

 

Cusco bar. ...

 

I agree, and nice ride @Xterra72

I went with Cusco because I thought they tuck up nicely to the bottom of the Prius. Which is best since I was going to lower it. Plus they make a matching front sway bar and more......
Sorry I have no experience with driving in the snow, but I've creeped over some mean speed bumps without hitting them.

Here's some old B.C. pics. Lots of clearance.

 

The end-links are part of the TRD kit. But they do need replacing after 50/60 K miles. You might have problems with mounting causing them to rattle.

 

I only swapped my springs to TRD's and very happy with results. My friend with a Prius trim level 5 complains about his Prius diving and leaning so springs does in fact reduces that a lot... I've owned many BMW's with aftermarket suspension kits in the past and this is a great compromise and fits the car well...

At the same time, sorry but don't understand the justification for the stress bars. I've thrown the Prius around here and there but it always comes back to the same things, lack of power or able to control the power to justify those items...

The rear shock tower brace takes the cake though.. on the Prius with the rear being a trailing arm n, no lateral loads are transferred.

 

I agree with @Sfcyclist. The rear shock tower brace is way unnecessary on a Prius. I just thought it looked cool, plus it keeps my groceries from sliding around.

 

Agreed! Not a brace but a beer and grocery bar. Good to see the humor along with the facts.

I've had my days at driving events at the track that are which are a blast.. but even with all these braces and suspension work.. I still would never do it in a Prius due to the CVT! IF there was some transmission control or a manual tranny, then... maybe....