In the video, I forgot to mention something. Since the stock sway bars from the Corolla / Matrix / Vibe can fit the Prius, then it stands to reason that aftermarket sway bars for those vehicles should fit too. That opens up some possibilities.

Thanks for this helpful video. I think the squeaking noise at the end of your video could be D-bushing. Over time that rubber becomes hardened and gets brittle. Thanks!

Really well made video. Only one that had good angles and explained everything properly.

Thats the cleanest salvage yard I've seen

This is a fantastic modification that utilizes affordable resources. As someone in Taiwan, I am truly inspired by this customization. Even though I am not skilled in hands-on work, I can definitely seek out suitable automotive shops to carry out the necessary modifications. Thank you!😃

bought a Prius gen 2 a month ago. Handling is disappointing indeed. Desired to do a research and here you are. Thanks for advice. I will follow your advice!

I have a copy of the Gen 2 Prius Shop Manual. The Torque specs for the rear sway bar is 110 Foot Pounds or 149 Newton Meters or 1,520 Kilogram-Force Centimeter. EDIT: Never mind. You mentioned later in the video that you found a copy of the shop manual. I should have watched the whole video first.

Very interesting that makes my 08 Prius makes noise. I remember going to a few junkyards with my dad and sister when I was younger.

Sweet. Had no idea Corolla stuff would work. That’s my one gripe about driving my Prius. Just handles not the greatest. Even after new control arms and struts. Pick-n-pull is in my future!

Nice vid. That stated if I want my gen 2 to handle better, I’d buy a lotus.

I did this 3 years ago and the car handles soooo much better I have the 16" factory rims too

Getting into the weeds in the theory on hollow vs solid sway bars, if you're able to get the wall thickness of the hollow parts you could figure out how much the weight difference is. And more importantly, how stiff the bars are, relative to one another, or versus aftermarket bars. Solid how-to though, anyone contemplating a swap will know they should maybe get new front endlinks, and know what size tools to have at the ready.

Didn't know this and just the other day posted regarding interchangeability or options for hacking equivalent or better than brake hydraulic systems in the gen 2's. Didn't think about sway bars and what do you know... today I picked up the rear struts from a AWD Matrix for the springs and perches. A few days back I got the front. I'm wondering if those front might fit in the gen 3's? I'll try to measure when I get the time. Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Corolla rear sway bar and hardware, use Corolla torque specs since that is the bolt being torqued, Compare the number of lines cast into the head of the bolt top in order to compare the relative strength grade.

Excellent, thanks

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Great video Michael, thanks. But I can't say that I have noticed too much understeer on my Gen 2 Prius with 121,000 mile on the clock. Maybe ours in the UK are slightly different?

Is mine bent? I pulled a front stabilizer off a 2007 corolla at the junkyard but getting to look closer if your standing up looking straight down and the stabilzer is lying flat on the ground with the ears lying away in front of you, everything looks the same except it looks as though looking from side to side, the left side is slighty twisted a bit compared to the right side. Does anybody know should both sides look exactly identical and even from side to side? Or could mine be slightly bent?

Now, some kind of an upgrade to make it drive up 3 inches of snow in the driveway!

Love this video. What (Corolla) year should I be looking for?

To lower the sub frame did you take out the bolts from both driver side and passenger side? What are the torque specs of these bolts?

Please help my subframe shifted overnight and now the holes wont align properly any recommendations on what to do?

Excellent video! I have a 2008 with 300k on the odo and original engine, tranny and ev battery. I use it for pizza delivery and am going to do a suspension lift for the rough rural roads I drive. I will do these mods when I do that. I have the same wheels, you can take those cheap plastic areo skirts off the wheels and they will look so much better, no effect on mpg. Great car, super reliable.

There's a lot of aftermarket if you look at other models you got the right idea! I'm going to be installing some different rear LCA bushings from whiteline or superpro with a bit more caster (helps with centering on vague racks) motor mount improvements, Tein upgraded struts (got a deal for almost same as OEM) and I suppose now sway bars! Eventually I am going to do a proper suspension lift using as many off the shelf parts as possible. There's a lot to work with

Is mine bent? I pulled a front stabilizer off a 2007 corolla at the junkyard but getting to look closer if your standing up looking straight down and the stabilzer is lying flat on the ground with the ears lying away in front of you, everything looks the same except it looks as though looking from side to side, the left side appears to be slighty twisted a bit as it rises up several inches high off the ground from the very center of the stabilzer as compared to the right side. Does anybody know should both sides look exactly identical and even from side to side? Or could mine be slightly bent? Thankfully I did not pay alot for it at pullapart unfortunately they offered a warranty which i refused. Maybe I should look for another front stabilizer. Any thoughts?

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Can anyone tell me which model in Europe will have the same Sway Bar like Prius 2 please anyone have some information

I wonder if my 3 gen is the same way with others too

Is it possible to only just replace the rear sway bar and still get all the benefits since both front sway bars are solid?

Hi Mike. Great videos! Just to confirm that the rear has no end links. Only the front has endlinks correct ?

Removing Original Front Sway Bar: You Mentioned having to disconnect the Steering Column and tried to disconnect the Exhaust without success. Is it mandatory Step to Temporarily disconnect the Steering Column to remove the front Sway bar. Or can you get away with just loosen the Frame/ Chassis Bolt to take out the Front Sway Bar?

i've just bigger wheels. 17" 225/45/17 instead of 16" 195/55/16. Handling is more better now

What state are u in I have 2007 62k mikes Prius I want u to look at thanks

I wonder if XRS Corolla is thicker than base Corolla

What, exactly is your complaint about the Prius handling? I have a Touring so maybe is different?

I was just discussing this on the fB Prius DIY group and someone suggested a link to Corolla (Blue) EBay sway bar for $149.00. The rear looks relatively easy the front is a little intimidating. Great Video, really good Cadence, a little fun humor, great patience and very well explained. Many videos go too fast or don’t offer such detailed explanation. 5 stars my man. Thank You for taking the time to share this Michael. 1. What did the front & rear end up costing you at the junk yard? 2. If you were to only do 1 Sway bar which do you feel would offer the most noticeable performance Front or Rear? Thank You

17:50 is that the control arm bushing?

Nice Job! But ..... i am sure some Parts on the Prius are as light as possible in case of consumption. It is a efficiency Car, not race .... greets from Europe

I did this same swap on my 2004 prius with matrix front/rear sway bars, 24mm front & 22mm in back, after a year of driving the whole interior in car started to rattle & got.loose including windows, now I have to reswap old sway bars back on & redo alignment... worst mistake ever

Great video! I would love to know if there is a fuel penalty for the added weight. It sounded like the new sway bar is significantly heavier.

I wonder how many other people have said "I wanted to improve the handling of my Prius."? Could be a first, haha. :)

Its for MPG IN THE PRIUS

The downside of using the bigger sway bars is the lower gas mileage. I upgraded the tires by using P205/60R15 instead of the factory P185/65R15 and it takes a tight turn without squealing the tires. However I lost about 5 MPG (47 to 42). So I'll probably go back to the factory size when I get a new set of tries for the better MPG. But if the MPG hit is not important to you then I would recommend that as an upgrade. The speedometer is only off by 2 MPH at 70 MPH so the car show 72 MPH when doing 70.

Use German torque "gut and tight"

Any comment on the relative improvement rear vs front vs both?

A bit of feedback, for what it's worth: I think you missed an opportunity here to explain in more detail or actually demonstrate what you consider bad (and then better) handling with the car before (and then after) the mod. I'd say the vast majority of mainstream front-wheel drive cars roll and understeer, so for me it's not self-explanatory why those might warrant a fix or upgrade. Nevertheless, since people can have different expectations (and ways of driving!) it would have been useful for you to actually show us the handling you were unsatisfied with. I say this because I haven't noticed anything in particular which might be considered problematic with the handling of my used 2007 euro gen 2 with about 130K miles as a regular driver for a couple of years. Not sure whether the majority of other Prius owners would call its handling bad but for me I'd even say it's quite the opposite because I have also had one occasion to experience its handling in an emergency situation...on the freeway at about 70 mph a car of teenagers swerved right into my path trying to reach an exit a bit too late and all I had time for was a reflex hard tug on the steering wheel right and left to avoid the collision...yes there was a corresponding hard roll of the car but I was * very * impressed with how the car handled the brutal slalom maneouver and how quickly and serenely it recovered to track in a straight line again. I am wondering if the suspension in yours has maybe had a longer or rougher life and is/was maybe just worn out. I also believe some gen 2's have a stability control feature but I confess I'm not sure if mine has it (did not have time to notice whether a dash light flashed on the freeway event) and maybe yours might not have this feature. I also have the larger euro rim size but I would have thought the smaller ones actually handle better.

They make it so hard to do, but I guess they dont expect you to do anything like this with a Prius

i did not know rear bar is hollow

im here

😂 didn’t know the torque specifications … 😅, do you think the suspension shop even has a torque wrench? No chance. Do them bolts up shit tight and go live .