The result is less side-to-side lean in turns and less understeer, which means that your vehicle will handle better under most conditions. Q: Are sway bars available for the front and rear of each vehicle? A: One sway bar is used to tie the front suspension together, and one is used to tie the rear suspension together, so for maximum suspension upgrade, you could buy a front and rear sway bar.
When available, they are often sold in complete sets that include the front and the rear. Q: How do you install a sway bar? A: Sway bars are installed by removing your factory end links and sway bar. Re-install the new bushings and position your new sway bar on the vehicle in the OEM location and secure it with the same bolts.
Q: Is an anti-sway bar the same as a sway bar? A: Anti-sway bar and sway bar are two terms that mean exactly the same thing. Q: What are sway bars? Why buy a sway bar? A: Sway bars give your car additional stability. A sway bar is a metal bar that spans the whole entire axle and joins each side of your suspension together. Aftermarket sway bars they are usually thicker than factory ones, which means they will create a more level ride, reducing body roll and under steer.
With a new sway bar, you can accelerate into turns instead of braking through them. Filter Your Results. Sway Bars Addco 2. Cusco 4. Godspeed Project 2. Megan Racing 8. Progress 4. Suspension Techniques 6. Notice that it is held on by 2x u-shaped brackets and bushings and 2x thin metal rods with more bushings at the ends endlinks. If you look closely at the endlinks, you will see a squared section just above the lower bushings highlighted.
Put your adjustable wrench there and secure it, then put your 12mm socket wrench on the upper bolt and start turning to remove it. Space in this area is limited, so a stubby or short-handled ratchet would be a handy tool. After the 12mm bolts on the top of the endlinks have been removed from each side, you can pull the 14mm bolts holding the brackets and bushings to the subframe.
There are two on each side, and they may be stuck from age and crud. You can spray them with your chemical penetrator if need be, then attack them with the breaker bar. After they are out, you should be able to drop the sway bar and pull the bushings and brackets off. You can chuck the old bushings if you like, as your new bar will more than likely be too large for them to fit on.
Retain the brackets. This is NOT absolutely necessary but makes the next step about ten times easier to accomplish. If you are keeping the links, set them aside. If you are replacing these bushings as well, you can go ahead and put the new ones on the links most aftermarket endlinks come with new bushings.
Time for the fun part: snaking the old bar out from in between the chassis and exhaust system. With your endlinks removed, this should be very easy. If you need to, there is a rubber exhaust mount with a single 12mm bolt attached to the first muffler you can pull to give yourself more room.
This is where your helper comes in handy as they can sit on the other side of the car and help you guide the bar out. Tire rubbing on the bar is no longer an issue even with extreme angle spindles No longer need adapter brackets, spacer blocks to run front sway bar High quality design and construction that rivals any bar for the sx that is currently available.
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