Sway Bar Thoughts

[Airgne]

so im looking into swaybars for my car. im looking at rallitek 22mm swaybars front and back. what do you guys think? will also get endlinks to finish the job.

http://www.rallitek.com/rafrswbarkit1.html

[KAG]

I'll be getting them soon. I wanted to get the Whiteline ones F/R but they supposedly stopped making them for the time being.

[peugoby]

Brandon, get the RalliTEK bars. They are some of the nicest bars I've ever seen. They are on the same quality level as Whiteline.

I'm getting there GC Impreza bars for my Legacy. Its a crazy good deal.
22mm FSB
22mm RSB
Rear endlinks
Rear heavy duty sway bar mount kit
all bushings
$325!!!

[deadlydave]

I just bought a set of used whiteline sways. They were used 2-3 years, and the paint is utterly destroyed, they're really rusty.

[rougeben83]

I just bought a set of used whiteline sways. They were used 2-3 years, and the paint is utterly destroyed, they're really rusty.

My WL bar is beginning to do that too and it's not even 1 year of winter. I don't think aussies know what that is :lol: The IPD/Rallitek bar's lost its golden sheen but I don't see any corrosion after 3 years though...

Anyway, search on Rallitek bars. Theyve been discussed ad naseum and I'm too lazy to reiterate...

[Airgne]

well i bought a 92 Legacy instead, so this is goin to have to wait.

[ScaryFatKidGT]

i dont think ralliteks are adjustable at all where whitelines are

[KAG]

Well, I pulled some strings and managed to find a vendor who was able to hook me up with a Whiteline rear sway bar for my BE.
Already in the mail, scheduled delivery is this Friday. :smt026 Can't wait!


i dont think ralliteks are adjustable at all where whitelines are
That is correct. Several people have reported clunking with the Rallitek bar though, which is why I opted to stick with the Whiteline one.

[rougeben83]

Well, I pulled some strings and managed to find a vendor who was able to hook me up with a Whiteline rear sway bar for my BE.
Already in the mail, scheduled delivery is this Friday. :smt026 Can't wait!


i dont think ralliteks are adjustable at all where whitelines are
That is correct. Several people have reported clunking with the Rallitek bar though, which is why I opted to stick with the Whiteline one.

Adjustable endlinks and some rubber tube ziptied to the bar and I haven't heard from it too much in the past 2 years :lol:

[aznguy0087]

[quote="KAG"]Well, I pulled some strings and managed to find a vendor who was able to hook me up with a Whiteline rear sway bar for my BE.
Already in the mail, scheduled delivery is this Friday. :smt026 Can't wait!

well i wanna know where your getting ur whitelines from, cuz i wanna do very soon to my BE!!!

[rclsubaru]

I bought a rear sway from Rallitek last week, still waiting on it :roll: but anyways, I read that its not necessary to change the endlinks on the BE GTs due to the multi-link rear suspension. I'm guessing the L's don't have this rougeben83? Seeing you got the adjustable endlinks...?

[KAG]

I bought a rear sway from Rallitek last week, still waiting on it :roll: but anyways, I read that its not necessary to change the endlinks on the BE GTs due to the multi-link rear suspension. I'm guessing the L's don't have this rougeben83? Seeing you got the adjustable endlinks...?
It's not necessary to change out the endlinks on the BE/BH because they're metal-ball joint type, rather than the type of endlinks which use bushings, so they're pretty strong as is (see post #43: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=322269&page=2) The multi-link suspension you referred to is just the design of the suspension which is shared from 00+ Legacy's to 08+ Imprezas.

IIRC, Ben only got new endlinks because he got sick of his Rallitek bar clunking over larger speed bumps, and the adjustable Miata links fixed it.

[rougeben83]

I only got the longer endlinks because of the clunking. Some of the others have also done the endlinks because of this issue as well. If you don't hear it, that just means you have better roads than Detroit (no surprise :roll: )

[rclsubaru]

Okay guys,

I just got my Rallitek bar in the other day, looks great and feels extremely rigid along with the included mounts...

BUT I cant seem to loosen the endlink bolts. The nut and the bolt are basically rusted together and won't budge. I tried spraying them with WD-40 and Liquid Wrench but it hasn't changed much. My Torx key barely fits in there and I cant get enough leverage/room to break them apart and I dont want to ruin the endlink (if thats possible). :smt017

Any suggestions would be well appreciated!

[rougeben83]

Okay guys,

I just got my Rallitek bar in the other day, looks great and feels extremely rigid along with the included mounts...

BUT I cant seem to loosen the endlink bolts. The nut and the bolt are basically rusted together and won't budge. I tried spraying them with WD-40 and Liquid Wrench but it hasn't changed much. My Torx key barely fits in there and I cant get enough leverage/room to break them apart and I dont want to ruin the endlink (if thats possible). :smt017

Any suggestions would be well appreciated!


Just try to loosen the nut without using the hex key first, when the endlink bolt started to spin with the nut, I used a star bit (like those safety bits used on fords) because there was so much rust in the hole I couldn't get a regular allen wrench in there. You can also try to use a metal brush to clear some of the rust from the hole as well.

If all else fails, use a blow torch on the bolts holding it to the control arm. Take the nuts off that hold the endlink to the control arm first, you should have enough room there to get it loose. Get the swaybar and endlinks off the car, and then get the top nuts off from the swaybar.

[ScaryFatKidGT]

Okay guys,

I just got my Rallitek bar in the other day, looks great and feels extremely rigid along with the included mounts...

BUT I cant seem to loosen the endlink bolts. The nut and the bolt are basically rusted together and won't budge. I tried spraying them with WD-40 and Liquid Wrench but it hasn't changed much. My Torx key barely fits in there and I cant get enough leverage/room to break them apart and I dont want to ruin the endlink (if thats possible). :smt017

Any suggestions would be well appreciated!

if you break um its a good excuse to get solid links :) lol

[rclsubaru]

Sway bar installed! First thing I thought when I took her out was why the hell did it take me this long to buy this mod, so worth it. :smt023