guess who got sway bars!!!!!

jo · Post by jo » Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:33 pm

Well my car survived a minor ding with a swaybars [it got accidentally run into with one of them by Porter- ouch:( ] , but I *DO* finally have sway bars now-- they just aren't on the car yet. Whiteline 27mm front bar and 24 to 26mm adjustable rear bar. I am sooo excited to get them on the car.

So who thinks they can maybe help me out with getting them on? Dan, I think you owe me some help for all the badgering you do;) Besides, you did yours so you should know what's up with it....[ie taking the jack plate off or whatev] Seriously, I will return the favor to anyone who helps out with food or liquor or something.

please?:)

MTRLevolution · Post by **MTRLevolution** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:35 pm

liquor!? where!? we want pics! (of the sway bars. well ok, and of some liquor)

djdorifto · Post by **djdorifto** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:33 pm

woot you go nobody!! hopefully you'll include a pic by pic like what u did for the coilovers. congrats again

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:06 pm

I'm gonna be pulling the diff out of the corolla this afternoon. Bolting a sway bar on is a fifteen to twenty minute job. If you wanna come over to my apartment's parking lot, I could probably get them both on inside an hour.

jo · Post by jo » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:11 pm

that would work....do you have jackstands to put it up on? Andy's are up at his house and there's no way for me to get them until he gets off work at 8.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:21 pm

yeah. mine are in the corolla. I'll probably need your scissor jack to get it high enough to get the bottle jack under her. Shouldn't be a problem at all.

jo · Post by jo » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:29 pm

awesome... well what time you gonna be out there? I probably will leave here around 4:30 or 5 so I guess anytime after that is good with me. Not sure what your class schedule is.

If it starts to rain, we can always move things into my parking deck-- if you'll be able to drive the GTS home without the diff after.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:32 pm

nobody wrote:awesome... well what time you gonna be out there? I probably will leave here around 4:30 or 5 so I guess anytime after that is good with me. Not sure what your class schedule is.

I'm out of class at 4, so whenever would be good.

nobody wrote:If it starts to rain, we can always move things into my parking deck-- if you'll be able to drive the GTS home without the diff after.

I'm doing exploratory surgery, so I'm going to have to pull the diff, take it up to my room, and open her up for real, then order parts from toyota roswell, and probably have her back in the car around wednesday, and I'd rather not have my baby sleeping over at other people's houses.

jo · Post by jo » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:41 pm

I totally understand! Just wanted to give you the option in case it started raining. I just checked the weather though and it looks like it will be all good.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:50 pm

nobody wrote:I totally understand! Just wanted to give you the option in case it started raining. I just checked the weather though and it looks like it will be all good.

http://mikeegan.stormpages.com/sti_cusco.html

well suck. Apparently you have to remove some of the subframe. I'm not doing that stuff without air tools or some sort of impact gun.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:54 pm

double monkeyshit
on top of removing some of the front subframe, you've gotta work around some of the rear emissions kit, which means you have to let the exhaust compleatly cool.
you're gonna need
Ramps. (which I don't know if you can get up on thanks to low front end)
Allen wrench (to hold the endlink when removing the bolt
Some type of impact, because fuckin' subframe mounts are hell to remove, and you want to put them back just as hellariffic.

See I cheated when doing my accord's. I changed the bar when the car was up in the air, not on ramps, but didn't tighten everything down. Lowered her down and then tightened it up. That works, and works well, but only if you can get at the bolts when she's on the ground. Doesnt look like anything like that is possible on the scubby-ride.

jo · Post by jo » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:58 pm

Actually I'm not sure if you have to remove the subframe. I don't think Dan did it on his, and porter said you can get around doing it.

It's cool though, I'll get it taken care of another day:)

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:01 pm

That page got me worrying, because there's only so much I can do in the parking lot of my apartment, and that's about two steps past that... Well, come to think of it, pulling my diffrerential is way past that too...

then again, that's my car, so fucking up and damaging things isn't that bad.

jo · Post by jo » Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:05 pm

If you take the wheels off, you can slide the bar out without removing the subframe:

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ar+install

That's how Porter told me to do it...although some people say they haven't been able to do it that way.

But, it's probably better for me to wait anyhow for someone who has done it on my car before.

dlowman · Post by **dlowman** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:14 pm

I dont have time at all over the weekend, will be with my son, But that returning "something" sounds like an interesting offer lol.

Dan