How to install sway bars?

How to install sway bars?

I was thinking of getting a set of Hotchkis sway bars. Tried downloading the PDF from hotchkistuning, but it seems like the link on the site's broken. I'd like to know how to install it myself if I could, but from some installation pics I've seen, it looks like with just the stock jacks it would take me almost two hours to install the kit. Anyone have experience with installing these? More importantly, how hard is it to install them?

I'll see about doing a write up later today when I get home from work. I'll be snowed in most likely with nothing to do. Lol.

Wait for vamps DIY, he's very informative.
I put the bars on the car on diffrent days so I couldnt tell you how long because I was in no hurry.
The front is pretty simple and very visable.
The back will require more time and patience.

Actually, there's a DIY that I found in my old bookmarks for it. That one will work. The part where it says to pull it out the drivers side, pull it out the passenger side instead. You can remove and reinstall the rear sway bar without having to disassemble the rear struts. Just make sure you have the car jacked up as high as possible to allow clearance.

http://www.geocities.com/superpilun/swaybar.html

The DIY says the handling will be very different. What does he mean by that?

Stiffer with much less body roll. Also, depending on how strong the rear bar is, the car will probably have a lot of oversteer. That can cause the ass end break loose and create a tendency for the car to spin out unless the driver knows exactly what he's doing.

the Hotchkis bars aren't THAT stiff...


D, thanks for that link...now i have a better idea of how to do the rear.

Not that stiff compared to what? The Hotcakes bars are much stiffer than stock.

well let's see...they're not as thick as the STOCK sways i had on my Z24...and they're not as stiff, either.

the fronts are the same diameter, but the rear on the Z was a bit stiffer...