Hotchkis sway bars

I ordered the sway bars about a week and a half ago for my 01... I'll let you all know how it is. Can't wait!!!!

I ordered mine in Sept

I waited 6 months to get mine

rephrase than - I will let you all know how it is in 6 months....

hotchicks started "selling" them WAYYY before they finish (or even started) developing them 6-8 months ago, it wasn't until september that they finish making the first batch and apparently they dont even fit right since the front bar hits the steering knuckle. Now who knows how much longer until hotcakes have their second batch ready.. after someone gunnie pig them and finds nothing wrong then I might finally buy myself a set.

not happy about it, but I guess that gunnie pig is going to be me... once I receive them of course....

I'll keep you guys posted!

Mark

Where the FOOOK is my bar
Man the sweats at night
The restless sleep
The withdrawls
Nightmares of flipping over due to excessive body roll
The dreams of hooking turns at 110MPH
The thoughts of $250 with the $500 I saved going towards my spyder

Just spoke to them (Hotchkistuning) and asked for a taget date and they said, January
I hope I dont lose interest by then cause I'm gonna redirect funds towards another car if we pass january.

i dont know much about sway bars, but my guess would be #3 cus it would shorten the bar, resulting in a stiffer chasis. I think! hope this helps.

Just installed the bars yesterday... no fitment issues during install... I will need to replace the end links for the rear though... had a lot of trouble removing them. Haven't had a chance to really "test" them out, but so far I can notice a HUGE difference.... the car feels much more stable at all speeds, you can notice it more at higher speeds though. The car does not wiggle all over the place. I'll let you all know how it is in a couple of days.

Edit - this is for a 2001 corolla LE

Mark

I just helped my friend do his last weekend. It was about 6 hours but well worth it, that car handles! Now I need to find me a set, haha.

Hey guys... The instructions that were supplied does not indicate which is the hard or soft setting for the rear sway bar. the rear bar has three holes for different stiffness settings. Which one is the hardest? lookin at the pic.. what number would be the harder setting? I have it set on number 1.




thanks for the help poeple

# 1 is the softest, # 3 is the hardest....believe me there is a noticeable difference. I started out with #2 and switched to #3 (hard) and the car was definitely different especially on highway turns.

Hey..
I need to change the end links because I had a lot of trouble removing them so I needed to heat it up with a torch so I can undo the nut... (it was Rusted on). The end links have a rubber "boot" type thing so in the process of heating it up, it pretty much melted off exposing the ball joint (if that's what it's called) to the elements. Now everytime I go over a small bump i can hear some knocking type noises coming from tha back of the car. I know it's the end links because this problem has occured on my 93 camry. In terms of price, I'm going to replace all 4 "front and rear" at once, so it's going to cost me about 100 canadian.. so around 60 to 70 US. They're OEM parts, just not from toyota.... who knows how much toyota would have charged.....

I thought the Bushings were poly... could be wrong though. I'm sure you can find some.... One word of advice once you get your bars.... put a lot of grease on the bushings.... I didn't put enough in the rear so along with the knocking sounds from the en links, I can hear squeaking sounds from the bushing...... It's just a minor nuisance, not a problem to fix, just a pain in the ass if you don't have access to a shop...

Not taking these little things into account, you will not regret doing this upgrade if you decide to get them... I think it's worth every penny.

hey thanks.... going to change the setting today... even with it being on the softest i was able to notice a difference.... I need to change the end links for the rear (that thing that connects the sway bar to the strut) so before i did, I wanted to make sure it was setup properly.

Mark

Questions:
1)Why do you need to change the endlinks?
2)How much do endlinks run?
3) Do they have poly bushings for these?

I'm considering redirecting funds towards
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...TRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

wow...thats a good price..300 bucks for 15 inch..i think i'd do it!

On second thought..u can pay a little more for rota. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...&category=43955

About $430.00 shipped.. I actually would go with rota. Its a better brand and plus.. these wheels are 15 x 6.5.

or a little more than that and get the Spoon SW388

if u think rota is a better brand then those must be some cheaply made, tawain rims.

i just cancelled my order.. they cant get their story straight.. when i called they said first week of december, last time i called they said " back from the powdercoater in a week ".. someone else from here called and they quoted january..lol.. wtf is up with those people... i told them to just recredit my account immediately... ill order them again once they actually exist and people have taken delivery...

Yep, after christmas is when the guys at hotchkistunung told me the target date of completion was for the swaybar kit for the 98 rollas.
At that time I will bail, but for now.........I stand

Rota wheels do break occasionally and somebody even banned them from events (I think SCCA, BUT im not sure).

nah, people still use rotas in SCCA events. Just went to a autoX last week and saw a 2.5rs with ROTA plastered all up on the side.

i have the creaking problem w/ my 04 corolla too. it was making that knocking sound too and i haven't greased it yet. then i replaced my struts w/ konis couple weeks ago and it got a bit louder. also, when it was on soft setting, the clearance between the steering linkage and the sway bar is so small that when i raise my car, the sway bar actually touches the linkage already. yet, w/ all those, it really performs well. handling-wise, i have no complaints specially when i put it to the stiffer setting. now all i have to do is tune my koni struts, get a TRD strut bar, and im waiting for my rear strut bar to be shipped and my suspension will be set

Is their a group in my area for withdrawls from not having a part that has been paid for?
Hello, My name is Hispinyolainthecorolla and I'm a Suspensionholic!

More promises, or is their really a Santa


We are doing some final adjustments and will be shipping these bars on
thge
15th of Dec.


----- Original Message -----
From: hispinyolainthecorolla
To: <info@hotchkistuning.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Update


> Can you tell me the status of the fitment issue for
> the 98 Corolla swaybar kit and the estimated ship
> date. I purchased this back in september and I'm
> reconsidering buying this because of the lack of
> Information as to when It will ship.
> Any news is helpful.
> Thanks

This is my next mod for sure after importing TEIN SuperStreet Dampers. I too am a suspensionaholic!