solid or spherical endlinks

this may have been discussed before but oh well ..

 

I just bought a set of F/R Zero/Sports sway bars and I'm still debating if I want to go with solid or spherical endlinks. I'll buy the AVO reinforcement bracket to go with it.

 

The car is mainly for DD but will see a few track days this summer ...

Kartboys

 

http://www.fredbeansparts.com/index.php/suspension-parts/sway-bars-sway-bar-links/kartboy-subaru-legacy-gt-sway-bar-end-links.html

 

Currently on my wishlist

im using rallitek endlinks which are similar to stock but stronger with 5yr warrenty. great price too and fits great. good luck with avo rbs i had a hard time. if you dont have a high torque air wrench take to to a shop and ask if they can loosen it for you after take it back and tell them to tighten it for you.

I just bought Parin's from my Tuner I'll put them on over the long weekend, $135.00 for the fronts.

Im a fan of the Rallitek links. Stock design, stronger, affordable, warranty.

alright thanks for your input ! So far the best choice/bang for the buck seems to be rallitek HD's ....

Tjanks for the input on the AVO rsb, I only have an electrical impact so that won't do

FWIW, I just had to use a cutoff wheel to remove the end links on a 97 Honda Prelude. There end links mount the same way as the Subaru's. Some engineer thought it was a good idea to put a internal hex in the stud with a big nut that rust's onto the stud.

 

Hint, cut the end link off close to the bar and then use a punch to drive the stud out towards the nut.

Yea that internal hex thing F'in sucks

thanks for the heads up on the endlink ! I'll do that if I can't remove them with the rusted nut ...

 

do you know if there's a writeup somewhere for front and rear sways installation ?

Real simple on the front.

 

1. Take off the under tray

 

2. Remove the brace that is bolted to the subframe, its like 8-12 bolts

 

3. Remove swaybar

 

4. Repeat in reverse

Oh and dont burn yourself on the exhaust if the car happens to have been on for a bit

ty very much ! i guess that the rear is pretty much straight forward too ?

Yea, you'll have to remove the y-pipe to get the bar out

Yea, you'll have to remove the y-pipe to get the bar out

you dont really have too but may be easier and faster. i took it out through the driver side and put a heavier and bigger new sway through the same way.

^ same here. Took a little bit of finesse, but i didn't have to remove the y-pipe.

 

i did drop my mufflers, though.

I tried to finesse it out, but I have having no luck

haha well guess i'll have to find if finesse works for me

 

Since I will be pulling out the oem shocks and struts to replace them with biltsteins with swifts , can I pre-install something while i'm there or should I put the biltstein and then put the sways ?

 

Yet another newbie question ... what king of grease did you use for the swaybar bushings ?

 

I'm not a mechanic n00b but its my first mods on the leggy so I want to take all the precautions !

I used wheel bearing grease. The toughest stuff you can find, the better.

didnt ur sways come with grease? i got extra from here: http://www.jegs.com/i/Prothane/311/19-1750/10002/-1

since i wiped out most of the grease that came with my sways. im installing my fronts tomrw since my raceramps came today, hopefully i wont have any problems.

nope no grease with the Zero/Sports sway i'll try to find a good synthetic grease like yours I think ...

Seriously, wheel bearing grease. Toughest shizz out there.

ok installed my fronts in 2hrs going back and forth to get tool form the house. pic of sway compared to oem http://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2934542&postcount=3

 

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4827/0525001214.th.jpg raceramps expensive but makes everything easier

 

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2332/0525001326.th.jpg passengerside rallitek endlinks with whiteline sway

 

Sweet, another guy with two-piece RaceRamps!

For the rears, it makes it easier if you just unbolt one of the mufflers from the y-pipe. Removing them from the hanger isn't necessary, but the gap makes it easier to get the old one off, and the new one on.

 

After that, just unbolt the mounts, unbolt the endlinks, remove the sway bar, and reverse it for the install.

I didn't bother to remove the front splash guard. All I did was remove that plate that has the 20 million bolts in it and slid the old bar out and slid the new bar in.