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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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After recently slamming my car....i could barely fit my face under it to inspect the suspension, but when i did....i noticed that the rear sway bar link is making direct contact with the LCA....like literally bending on it. wtf?

Anybody else experience this on their slammed SC


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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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Pics of the stance please! No havent heard of that, sorry to hear and good luck
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:28 PM
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i haven't dialed in the stance yet, so nothing pic worthy at the moment.

i'm trying to figure out the whole sway bar link hitting the lca before i take car to get alignment, cause obviously that's not gonna fly.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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either the car is to low which is probly not it...something is bent sway bar, LCA, or the whole sway is off alignment due to bad sway bar links....how does the other side look?
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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trust, the car is slammed. 19's are tucking.

sway bar not bent, LCA's not bent either. the sway bar links are definitely rusted/rotton, but that doesn't explain why they are touching lca's.

the links are bending on top the lca's, on both sides of the car.

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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Doesnt the sway bar sit on top and the end link goes down to the lca? It looks like yours is like . . . dislocated? Id check my car but i removed my rear sway bar.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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This is a simple fix, all you need to do is re-adjust the sway bar. I've seen other threads about this, plus this has happened to me as well.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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push the sway bar up, the end link isn't oriented properly. This happened to me when I installed my Tein SS, but I caught it as it happened
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Bender25
push the sway bar up, the end link isn't oriented properly.
but the sway bar is basically 'secured' in place. I dont understand what u mean by push the sway bar "up"?
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 05:38 AM
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I sw where this had happened to somebody else. If you are on the sc crew facebook page you may be able to find out what they did to fix it.
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 09:36 AM
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What kind of coilover?
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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Your sway bar should be on top of the LCA, not below.

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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 04:35 PM
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^^^^^^ What he said & stuff !! LOL.
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 06:07 PM
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i wanna see the stance on this car
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by MIGS
but the sway bar is basically 'secured' in place. I dont understand what u mean by push the sway bar "up"?


Jack up both sides of the car to relieve the tension on the sway bar if that's not enough, then unbolt the endlinks and re position the sway/endlinks

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