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osbornsm 02-04-2016 11:59 AM

Front Sway End Links ?
 
Happy afternoon all,

I am looking for any replacement for the front sway bar end links.
- I've seen SPL, but those apparently do not stay tight.

What is available for the front?

:driving:

Z_ealot 02-04-2016 01:27 PM

Pretty sure whiteline has front end links available

Jimbo370 02-04-2016 01:49 PM

I keep reading about swaybar links. Are these a problems? I currently only have ft eibach swaybars do they come loose or something?

osbornsm 02-04-2016 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z_ealot (Post 3404953)
Pretty sure whiteline has front end links available

Whiteline only makes end links for the rear of the 370z. :(

Chuck33079 02-04-2016 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osbornsm (Post 3404971)
Whiteline only makes end links for the rear of the 370z. :(


And they're garbage. They fail faster than oem ones.

osbornsm 02-04-2016 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 3404973)
And they're garbage. They fail faster than oem ones.

Good note Chuck... thanks!!

gomer_110 02-04-2016 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osbornsm (Post 3404880)
Happy afternoon all,

I am looking for any replacement for the front sway bar end links.
- I've seen SPL, but those apparently do not stay tight.

What is available for the front?

:driving:

I have SPL links and haven't had any issues so far.

TerribleONE 02-04-2016 03:03 PM

Yea I think SPL is your only option. Havent heard about them loosening up either. :confused:

Rusty 02-04-2016 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomer_110 (Post 3405003)
I have SPL links and haven't had any issues so far.

Me either. Issue free so far. :tup:

osbornsm 02-04-2016 03:19 PM

Okay, so presuming they DO stay tight.

Any handling/feeling difference before/after installation? :confused:

:tup:

Rusty 02-04-2016 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osbornsm (Post 3405034)
Okay, so presuming they DO stay tight.

Any handling/feeling difference before/after installation? :confused:

:tup:

Not that I could tell. But you can preload the bar if you want.

McLovin2010 02-04-2016 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TerribleONE (Post 3405013)
Yea I think SPL is your only option. Havent heard about them loosening up either. :confused:

There is another post about them being loose, I have them now and I put a lock washer and Loctite and still came loose after 2 months, so I'm waiting to get my camber arms in so I can do my whole suspension and really wrench those nuts down. I get a little dull clunk on driveways and bends but nothing crazy just annoying to know its there.

kenchan 02-04-2016 05:44 PM

enough thread to do 2 nuts to jam them? dat will keep them nuts tight...usually. worth a try.

Hotrodz 02-04-2016 11:02 PM

No problem with mine as well.

14BlackCherry 02-05-2016 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osbornsm (Post 3404880)
Happy afternoon all,

I am looking for any replacement for the front sway bar end links.
- I've seen SPL, but those apparently do not stay tight.

What is available for the front?

:driving:

Well I'll provide my experience with SPL endlinks. I put them on, correct length, verified by SPL. Whenever I'm driving I can hear clunks as the road surface changes or if I hit imperfections in the asphalt. Even backing out of my driveway is a small curb and they make noise on that. I thought maybe they were loosening up, I bought some really good locking nuts from McMaster Carr. Installed those torqued them to the correct torque. Same issue happened again on the test drive within a block from my house.

So I decided to blue loctite with new locking nuts. Let it sit the night, drove it the next day same issue. So I doubled nut it (keep in mind each time I added a locking nut it was new not reused) and the same issue. So I left it double nutted and it makes noise still but doesn't loosen up. The nuts have remained the same torque each time I checked, even after autocross events. I'm just wondering if they clunk due to the spherical bushings they use?

If you can deal with the clunking like I do then they're not an issue. Keep in mind my car is a autocross car only, and is hardly driven on the street.


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