Ok, this isnt gonna sound too pleasant, but I had a hell of a time doing this swap. Not because of poor factory set-up or anything of that sort, I didnt have the original swaybar mounting bolts and clips. From the factory you have a bolt and the nut on the fram is held on with a plastic clip, and there are 4 of those. The car I pulled the swaybar from had that setup and made it so easy for removal. My mounts only had a nut, bolt and lock washer. If you have a similar setup, i recomend the use of Vice-Grips, they made my installation so much easier. The swap took me 2 days, on the second day I had Vice-Grips and spend 20 minuets under there finishing up.
I recommend jacking the car up for this job, i did not and it was a pain. If you have the factory endlinks, grip them from the center of the skinny shaft with Vice-Grips and remove the bottom nuts of the endlinks only. No need too remove the top ones since they come off with the swaybar. Then I removed the 4 bolts holding the bar to the frame. Took me a while since the previous setup was crap. Installing it was a battle for me since i was brutally sick. Since there is a mud gaurd the swaybar has to pass through, set one side of the bar into that and it makes it easier to put in the bolts on the opposite side. Then put the bolts in for the other side. Once those are in, install the endlinks and torque em down untill theyre pretty tight. Lower the car and double check the endlinks and enjoy. |