Does this happen often, my friend was driving the other day and found a weird noise.. then when he looked at his car.. the stablizing bar broke.

 

That sounds highly unusual. Did he drive over a sidewalk?

 

And people are saying STB isn't effect the handelling! Can you give us more details on this please, how does it happend exectly, were you in the car too?

 

Well, was it the stabilizer bar (anti-roll bar or sway bar) or the strut tower brace?


If it's the former, he must've clipped a curb or something. Suspension pieces are designed to crumple catastrophically under severe impact, to prevent frame damage. The suspension pieces act like a cushion. But I wonder why the wishbones (or tie-rods) did not fail...

If it's the latter, either it was installed incorrectly or it was just a shitty piece.

 

He looked at his car and the bar broke? Can I borrow this guy? I've got a few deadbeat customers whose kneecaps could use this treatment!