Your sway bar is flipped

Old Apr 15, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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Your sway bar is flipped

Total long shot with little hope of the actual driver seeing thus... but...

April 14 around 9:30am north bound san thomas expwy, turned right near Nvidia.

silver bugeye sedan WRX, aftermarket wheels (silver) and round exhaust, stock sway bar and endlinks....

YOUR REAR SWAY BAR IS FLIPPED

Ah well.. had to get that off my conscious.
Old Apr 15, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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meaning he put it on upside down?
Old Apr 15, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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lol it was a rotated swaybar setup brah
Old Apr 15, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ry's_shagnwagon
meaning he put it on upside down?
meaning he somehow fully extended his rear suspension and the bar flipped down.

It's not pointing under his lateral links instead of over them.

He should feel like his car is understeering like a family van now.
Old Apr 15, 2011 | 11:10 AM
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crazy!
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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Sadly, this is a fairly common mistake when installing a rear sway bar. LOL.
Old Apr 15, 2011 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by chimchimm5
Total long shot with little hope of the actual driver seeing thus... but...

April 14 around 9:30am north bound san thomas expwy, turned right near Nvidia.

silver bugeye sedan WRX, aftermarket wheels (silver) and round exhaust, stock sway bar and endlinks....

YOUR REAR SWAY BAR IS FLIPPED

Ah well.. had to get that off my conscious.
if you ask him he'll probably still say his car handles better now lol
Old Apr 15, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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Have i-club members help me install my rear sway bar when I purchase one.


LOL!
Old Apr 16, 2011 | 07:01 AM
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 08:58 AM
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Hollandaze
Sadly, this is a fairly common mistake when installing a rear sway bar. LOL.
its not even just the install, I had steep driveway at my old place i had to drive in at a funky angle, it flipped my rear whiteline swaybay twice


your speaking of this correct? (BTW, not my car, just found that on google)

Old Apr 16, 2011 | 11:52 PM
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^^ That is indeed a flipped sway bar.

And the guy I saw seemed to have stock sway bar, stock end links... which means he probably flipped it on a steep on ramp, jacked up rear with suspension install, rally jump... etc.
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