anyone with a hotchkis front/rear sway bar and strut bar how much did it cost you?

 

Best prices are usually TRDsparks.com. But the prices on all Hotchkis products recently went up.

I think the sway bar set is about $250-$260 or so. The strut bar is like $160.

 

thanks and are they hard to install by yourself?

 

Strut bar = cake.
Rear sway = cake.
Front sway = PITA.

 

For installation it depends on who you goto. www.enhancedstreetperformance.com installed my front and rear in hour.

 

I paid 230 shipped for my f/r sways.

 

^^ Ya, that's what they used to be on TRDSparks. They've gone up.

 

try www.mcgeorgeparts.com

 

Both TRDSparks and McGeorge are $275.

No mention of free shipping for either.

 

Ok not to hijack this thread, but I am still having issues with committing on the Hotchkis bars. One forum says they are the best. Next says no way, creek and move to much. I am trying to get the story straight before I make the $275 (mcgeorgeparts.com). Does anyway who has both front and rear hotchkis bars have a good story on them working correctly without noise or problems??!?

 

As long as you install them correctly. you should be fine

 

I have my rear Hotchkis sway with no problems. Just haven't done the front yet.

 

r u planning on doing the front? and BTW saw your tc picks with the hotchkis springs that was in the previous forum. looks good! those springs drop it quite nicely!

 

I got both on mine. No drop though. Maybe if you lower your car too much you might have issues.

 

Only plan on droping it with the TRD springs. This should be only a 1.25" all the way around.
Mcgeorge is selling both front and rear bars along with the TRD springs for $349, not counting shipping.

 

the only problem i experienced was when i first got my front, it didnt have the welded on brackets. it moved over to the left side of the car a little bit, hit the suspension arm whenever id go over a bump, and ended up bending. i took it back off and called hotchikis. they told me that i could send it in for a new one with the welded on brackets to keep it from moving from side to side. i havnt gotten it back in the mail yet, but the updated brackets should fix it.

 

That sounds about right. I'm pretty sure that most of the rubbing issues are with Coilovers or maybe STechs. You should be fine with TRD.

I hope to get the front done this spring but I'm no worried about it yet. I figured I'd drive around with just the rear on for a while to see how I like it. I also only have the rear on the medium setting. So I have another hole left to adjust it to. I'll probably run a couple autox's first before I really try to put the front on.

Plus I just got my car aligned this weekend and really wouldn't want to have to align it again anytime soon.

 

just make sure when you have both on to set both to the inner most setting for best performance.

 

The only time they make noise is when they aren't installed properly. There are tons of threads on SL and YSTC that talk about all the differet things that make noise. If you're planning on installing them yourself you better have a friend around to help.

 

Thanks for the heads up! I plan on it. Hope all goes well.