Krinkov

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well those solid rear endlinks they started putting in 04+ cars that were supposed to be such big improvments over the plastic ones are turning into one big PITA. Ive read multiple reports of these bending and swaybars flipping under normal conditions and this time by simply JACKING UP THE CAR!!! I jacked up the car at the factory right/rear location, once the right/rear tire was off the ground a couple inches I hear a 'THUNK" and the whole car shudders, I look underneath and sure enouigh the bar flipped and bent both links, now I have 3.

Krinkov

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picked up a couple sets of rod ends from the local bearing/hydrolic supply place today, this ought to take care of it

Krinkov

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here they are mocked up, I ended up using 1/4" longer bolts. you will also need about 1/8" spacer/washer between the ends of the link and both bars so it will stand off a bit and not rub when it moves up and down. I saw hotchkis sells a set of rod end style endlinks for $150+ a set, these cost a total of $24, haha cant blame them I guess

Egan

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Now you need to sell the "Krinkov" endlinks for $75 and pocket $50 each time.

doodoobrown

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is there a difference between the endlinks shaped like a "C" vs these that are straight?

Krinkov

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STI mounts the swaybar on top of the control arm, the "C" shaped ones are for the WRX bars mounted on the bottom of the control arm like this...

Krinkov

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ebay here I come!!

Wrx17

I've never seen that done...but it looks nice. You bought those at a "bearing/hydraulic store?" I just got some Perrin front endlinks...wish I had seen what you had done. That's looks really sweet!!!

Krinkov

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yeah every town has a bearing/hydrolic supply place in it, look in the phone book, they are called alot of thinkds, rod ends, heim joints, sphereincal bearing joints, but calling them rod ends will work best when asking for them at bearing places, and they do come in all trim levels, these are the standard style that cost 5 bucks each, depending on materials and tolerances they can go up to and over $50 each, though you would never need anything like that just for an end link.

kravdra

Don't lie, you know you were going off jumps again

Seriously though, thats pretty sad if they bend from simply jacking up the car
Such great crafsmanship

Krinkov

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haha busted!

nope, not this time, alot of STIs are flipping thier sway bars for no good damn reason

sykosis

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Yep seen this bent endlinks thing myself. Kind of stinks but it's a nice excuse to get some nice beefy upgraded endlinks.

GotBoost?

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NICE Krinkov! I like the way you think....I gotta pick me up some of those "endlinks" great Idea, and cheap compared to getting ripped for $100+ for some machined aluminum ones that are pretty much the exact same thing.

+1 for the "Krinkov" endlinks

-Ted

Liigod

The BMW community uses endlinks like this all the time, so its not a totally untested idea ;-).

http://www.uucmotorwerks.com/html_te..._bar_links.htm

I am considering making some for the front swaybar for my 2.5rs. Keep us informed as to how your setup works. I would like to know how they feel versus machined ones if at all posible ^_^.

Peaty

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You have to make them longer to prevent them from flipping. a half inch did it for me, Collars help too:

I put some on last weekend:

http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4214

there is a GB going on here:

http://www.subaruforester.com/viewtopic.php?t=6027

In the forester fourm but I'm guessing they will word for an Impreza.