ambainb

anyone ever cut down there endlinks after lowering there car? i installed sportlines and noticed the sway bars were at a extreme angle, cut down the endlinks 1/2in and the diffrence in handiling is night and day... anybody else mess with this? thinking about cutting them shorter

Drkhrse89

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Just buy shorter ones from your local parts store. They are probably $20 or so, per pair, and will save you lots of hassle getting them even. That and if the current ones have any age on them at all, it will be best to replace them.

ambainb

there new moog with poly bushings.. how far should i go with them? not trying to buy new ones ... then again i belive they were getting close to the bump stops

sofakingdom

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Only an idiot would do that. That's pushing $1 bills out of the way so you can collect the pennies hidden below. You'll spend more in abrasives and cutting tools than a new set will cost.

Use common sense. Go get new ones. Get Energy Suspension ones hanging in the "performance" aisle at your local "parts" store.

ambainb

mine are only like a year old and its simple too just cut the sleves with a pipe cutter i mean itd literaly be more of a hassle to drive to the parts store and cost me 50 instead of 0 but thanks for the help bro

ambainb

people on this form are" retarded", i forgot how many "*******s" there were

sofakingdom

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They're not $50. They're like $15. You're making a mountain out of a molehill. Actually, more like an anthill.

Since the installation is so fresh on your mind, no doubt you'll recall that the bolts are only threaded just barely long enough for them to work as-is; there's NO WAY you could run the nut down onto them any farther.

And of course since you screwed up and bought stock replacement ones instead of taking advantage of a SUPER CHEEEEEEEEEP opportunity to make a MASSIVE improvement in the overall handling and "feel" of the car, and now they're a year old so they're wore out ANYWAY, now's your chance to straighten out your earlier mistake.

As always, glad to be the voice of common sense, even if I do have to take some silly abuse from .... them ..... over it. Thanks for the chance to help out.

GOATS2QUICK

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the ignore feature is very handy.

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TraviZ

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Your ignoring the wrong person GOATS2QUICK, sofakingdom has a valid point.

sofakingdom

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novaderrik

i've seen home made adjustable end links made out of good threaded rod... you use the good stuff, not the stuff that's $1.99 for a 3 foot chunk at the hardware store... then you use good grade 8 nuts to adjust it instead of cutting the sleeve shorter... this also allows you to make the end link longer if you want to preload one side a little bit...
it might cost more than the cheaper end links, but you'd have links that are infinitely adjustable within the length of the threaded rod..

ambainb

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mo...maro/year/1986

are these really that much worse?? i mean i guess the energy ones look a bit more beefy but i already got these, idk mabey next time im under it ill buy new ones

ambainb

Since the installation is so fresh on your mind, no doubt you'll recall that the bolts are only threaded just barely long enough for them to work as-is; there's NO WAY you could run the nut down onto them any farther.


i used the excess piece of pipe i cut off as a spacer with washers