2019 suzuki swift sport zc33s

I believe it was your thread that peaked my interest we originally went for a sport for the missus 2 years ago but space wasn't enough for her and kids. Then I drove her Vitara with boosterjet engine and thought this goes half alright. With less weight and lower centre of gravity we might be onto something here.

I'll need to familiarise myself with your car again. Have you added much bracing? I've seen loads available but don't want to add to much weight to the car.

After I made my post, I took my son to his afterschool class. I was about 9 metres from the car infront slowing down yet it decided to apply the brakes for me, I was even tempted to save the recording on my dashcam for my own sanity but thought that's taking it abit far ha.

I have added quite a bit of bracing. My rough idea was to try and strengthen the belt line with a c pillar brace, TRD door stabilisers and front strut brace, and strengthen the floor with rear exhaust tunnel brace, lower control arm brace and front subframe brace.

I started with the c pillar brace which made the rear more settled over poor surfaces and also gave a slight understeery edge, the door stabilisers returned the neutral balance and gave the whole car a more solid, yet soft feel if that makes sense? After that it seemed to be a game of diminishing returns. The car does have a solid feel that absorbs suspension impacts better without making it crashy. I actually ended up removing the LCA brace because it rubbed on the exhaust front pipe.

I really rate the door stabilisers as they seem quite effective on the Swift and as I imported them should be a fairly unique thing in the UK. They were kinda pricey though as you need two sets to do all 4 doors.