crazylegs
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- lawn guy land, new york
My car had the stock sway bar and end links on front and rear up until 123k miles. Went with the 034 Rear Sway Bar and 034 spherical end links at 123k miles. The 034 end-links ended up failing due to the heim joint I believe, rust developed in the bearing within 2 months. I then replaced them with Whiteline ball joint end-links and those lasted 4 months with 4,000 miles driven on them. I heard a squeek in the rear, thought the bushing needed greasing but it turns out the noise is coming from both end-links and the ball joint failed. I hear the noise best when I am going 5 mph or slower in the parking lot over a slightly un-even surface.
Both end-links were connected to the stiffer selection of the sway bar, it has two options, one is 290% stiffer than OEM and the other hole is 215% stiffer than OEM I believe. Are these end-links failing due to the sway bar being too stiff? Mechanic suggested to go strictly with OEM end-links, especially because now I am not that much lower than stock with the koni fsd/eibach pro kit combo.
What end-links are you using if you have an aftermarket rear sway bar?
Both end-links were connected to the stiffer selection of the sway bar, it has two options, one is 290% stiffer than OEM and the other hole is 215% stiffer than OEM I believe. Are these end-links failing due to the sway bar being too stiff? Mechanic suggested to go strictly with OEM end-links, especially because now I am not that much lower than stock with the koni fsd/eibach pro kit combo.
What end-links are you using if you have an aftermarket rear sway bar?