While getting prepped for my Megan Track Coilover installation and diff support collars I was looking at the endlinks and I had an idea...

I can make my own solid endlinks....

And I came up with this...

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Whatcha think...

 

those links give me nothing. they just give me a quanity list of how many of nothing i want. lol

 

Lets try again..

For the front:



For the back I need to add this...



Attach to control arm and sways with this...

 

mcmaster is great if you dont have a decent hardware store locally, people around here can get those locally and they are great little mod.

they tense to make noise, nothing wrong with that if you dont mind the chatter.

 

These are referred to as "Adjustable End Links", not solid end links. They are really no more solid than the stock end links. The benefit comes from the ability to remove preload from the sway bars.

 

BTW, I believe these might be a better choice, since they include an integrated stud.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...ic=131900&st=1

 

I thought about going with a studded set-up but opted for regular endlinks to make for an easier installation.

 

suspension newbie question: but what dies that do?

 

Basically when you lower the car you can preload the sway bar with the stock endlinks. It makes it load up because the geometry changed a bit. With adjustable end links when the car is just sitting there you can adjust the length of the endlinks to make the sway bar sit level to the ground or neutral which helps with making the car feel a bit more neutral on turn in. Some guys add a bit of preload on the track but on the street it really isn't ideal.

 

When a car is at rest on an alignment rack with typical contents (driver, etc.), your sway bars should NOT be applying any force to the suspension. Any force that the sway bars do apply while the car is at rest is called "preload". Preload throws off the corner balancing, and will make the car handle differently turning one way verses the other. For example, you could have understeer to the left and oversteer to the right.

If you replace one end link on each sway bar with an adjustable end link, then you can dial out the preload. You would just need to put it on an alignment rack, and adjust the length of each of the 2 end links so that the bars aren't being preloaded. Of course, if you are going to this amount of effort, it should be done after an alignment and corner balancing, and probably with the driver in the driver seat.