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Focus St 185 2016 handling upgrades

Cossie3k
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Hey all, Looking for a little advice on ways to improve handling and torque steer....

I was looking at changing the Antiroll bars and fitting a strut brace

Does anyone have any recomendations?

Also does the ST250 parts fit the TDCI variant? 

All the ones i have seen only seem to list for the petrol and I seem to be going around in circles at the moment

TIA

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    What's an ST 185?

    Do you mean Diesel?

    The Diesel ST MK3 is identical to the petrol in every way except engine, gearbox, fuel system and front spring rates

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    Sorry yeah the Diesel, seems to be listed as 185 on alot of sites ive been on lately.

    Perfect that makes life simpler.  

    Any Recomendations on Antiroll bar upgrades and strut brace?

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    I don't know if it exist for your model,but a quaife diff will improve the handeling.

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    Think it would be worth researching the changes made when the mk3 ST was facelifted as I believe they tried to address issues like you’ve raised. 
     

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