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Addco owners.. SOS!


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Addco will not be able to help you. You must use the original brackets and you need either rubber or urethane bushings made for that application. IE is the only source I know of at this time.

ST's bars are the same diameter (7/8 and 3/4 respectively) and the bushing set is "stock" replacement.

We'll see what John comes back with later today.

2002 newbie, and dead serious about it.
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The followup, from my Blog:

2/3/2010

OK, so the ST bushings came and they made the rear bar smooth right in..[/b]

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Time to move on to the front!!

Yeah, about that..

So after much gnashing of teeth, dropping of subframes, and removal of struts. I came to the conslusion that the front bar just wasn't going to fit into the car.. and after some closer scrutinizing of the bar itself, I discovered why! The geniuses made the bar from 1" stock instead of 7/8" as advertised! When I tried to test fit the new ST bushings it smacked me in the face!! REALLY GUYS?! I was dumbstruck.

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So back on the horn it is, with Summit and John Wright of Addco. John whipped out a 7/8" bar and had it to me in 4 business days! He also said that he saw my photos of the bushings they ship with these bars and that they are a joke. He said they will be sourcing the proper set for future use. So as of 2/2/2010, the Addco sway bar fiasco is over! The 7/8" bar went in with out a hitch..

The only thing I have to say on the matter is that you will want a longer bolt/nut for sinching the bushing strap down tight with. This allows you to get the other shorter stock piece in, then swap the longer out for the other stock allen head cap screw. Other than that trick, its pretty straight forward.

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2002 newbie, and dead serious about it.
(O=o00o=O)
Smart Audio Products for your 2002

 

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