Hey all, just wondering how difficult it is to install anti-sway bars on a 4th gen (i'm getting some BMR fronts/rears soon) and wondering what all is involved (i'm reading the haynes manual as i type this) - thanks!

 

I haven't done the rear, but the front is very easy. Hardest part is just threading the first bolt or two on the vertical stabilzer while holding the bar in place--helps to put it on something or have a friend hold it. Make sure you use a torque wrench, as always.

 

Actually very easy to bolt them on.

However, I recommend the following, to get them mounted right:

If not included, buy extra greaseable frame mount bushings to prevent squeaks. Energy Suspension makes them.

Buy a couple of extra sets of links to optimize the parallel location of the swaybar arms to the links. Energy Suspension sells them in various lengths and they are heavy duty. Send back the ones you don't need.

Adjust the bars with the car raised, level and supported by the wheels.

Measure the ride-height of your car.

Make sure that the sway bar does not preload, when tightened down (ie lowers 1 side of the car while raising the other). If so, you need to loosen or add extra washers to eliminate the preload.

Rick R

 

Oh.

I recommend using slightly longer links and double-nutting them to keep them from loosening.

Also, I find it helps to mount them with the bolt head on the top, so that when assembling/disassembling all of the washers/spacers/poly-bushings stay in place until you are ready to remove/install them. Otherwise, as soon as you remove the nut and let go everything falls apart on the floor.

Keep the link bushings as parallel as possible to the sway bar flattened link mounts.

 

yeah sort ofwhat he said...

In total though takes maybe hour to hour and a half, pretty simple, rear is easeir then fornt in my opinion.

 

and to answer your next question....17 ft. lbs.