Pretty much like the above says. I just finished installing my new Noltec front endlinks on my 04 WRX sedan, and the lower bolts are resting against the swaybar. I've double and triple-checked to make sure that everything is pointing the right direction and that everything is torqued down properly, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm scared to death to drive it like this - is this normal?

 

I don't see how this is possible. Front endlinks aren't curved or anything.. and one end of the endlink is attached to the end of the swaybar.. ?

 

Well, I went back and ripped the whole thing apart and put it back together again, but reversed the order I tightened the bolts, and now I have somewhere between 1/8 and 1/4 of an inch of clearance off of that bolt on both sides.

Hopefully this'll be the end of it.

Also, Noltec needs to go to some sort of standard bolt for these links, as opposed to the current bolts that require use of a hex key. The ability to use a standard combination wrench on that side would have cut the install time in half.