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Got my set yesterday, and they look spectacular. I have an immensely silly question, born of problems with the PO assembling the ass end of this car hilariously badly: should the rear ends of the bar should be angled out or in? As in, looking at the bar on installation, should they look like /____\ or \____/? Top in seems to keep them parallel to the mounting tabs on the strut.
 
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Got my set yesterday, and they look spectacular. I have an immensely silly question, born of problems with the PO assembling the ass end of this car hilariously badly: should the rear ends of the bar should be angled out or in? As in, looking at the bar on installation, should they look like /____\ or \____/? Top in seems to keep them parallel to the mounting tabs on the strut.
Awesome! Glad you got them. You want them to be parallel so top in is the way to go.
 
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Got a set today (thank you Two Step!) and installed them. The front was such a pain! No fault of the product, but fishing the bar through was a challenge. Plus the slotted brackets were a little annoying, trying to keep them centered. The rear was a breeze. Haven't driven the car yet.
Glad you got your set on. Front bar is always a little annoying.
 
Front Sway Installation

Glad you got your set on. Front bar is always a little annoying.
I pulled both front tires, the frunk plastic, the spare tire carrier (tire and 4 x 10mm bolts) and the install was strait forward after that. Doing the plastic sounds like a hassle, but to be honest it takes maybe 10 minutes even with a TRD bar and in the end you can see everything and keep from possibly scratching the sway or pinging the water lines. Just an option, particularly when you don't have a lift and the car is only inches higher than your chest.
 
I purchased the front bar only (for autocross in the E Street class where only one bar mod is allowed) I put it on and started pushing the front too much. It was too stiff with the front bar alone to be ideal for my driving style. So now I have it up for grabs to anyone still looking for a front only. It has 2 autocrosses on it. Best offer gets it. Or twostep, would you like it back so that you can re-sell it? You would have better luck selling it than me. PM me if you have a buyer lined up. I'll give you a share of the $$.
 
Hopefully there are several of those that purchased this bar still following this thread. I need a favor. With the car on the ground with full weight on all four wheels, please take photos of the bar ends where they come close to the strut base. I welcome you to either post them here or send me a PM. I would be grateful.
I have noticed that my passengers side touches the bottom of the one strut and actually digs in a little. I discovered this while doing a wheel alignment. My sway is set at the center position.
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Thanks in advance.
 
Okay. Update on sway bar positioning. Despite applying an adequate amount of poly lube to the bushings upon installation 2 years ago on a car that sees rain from surprise storms and no snow, my bushings were dry and binding. Removed them, cleaned, re-lubed, centered and torqued. Gap between sway and strut is equal after 90 miles of spirited driving. Gap is roughly 0.5 cm (1/8"). Solved.
 
Yeah those bushings kinda suck and need to be greased often. Mine dry out after around 3-6 months. Also one of my sway bars is crooked, as in twisted at a resting state. Put it on the ground and it rocks. Only learned this after removing it, which explains why installing it was so hard. One side never lined up once the other was connected.
 
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