^^ It's not a strut bar, it's a sway bar.

 

Solid ones can break just as well. The hollow design is a good way to increase stiffness while decreasing weight. One broken swaybar doesn't constitute a national emergency. Any style or brand could have one break, while thousands of others don't. Chances are real good that his replacement bar will give no further troubles.

 

well i just went back to my stock one. something just feels funny about my car now. i dont know. anyway, was a quick 2 hour install.

that bar did indeed snap at a bend.

the suspension feels funny, probably because im doing some 300% stiffness in the back and 0% in the front. but that makes for some interesting cornering haha. back end breaks out easy.

i thought at first i had blown my shocks too, but it was just being very bouncy/springy because we tightened the endlinks too much on the stock one, and so after some troubleshooting, we figured to just tighten it a little and call it a day. worked fine.

anyway yea hotchkis is good about this replacement. hopefully they'll have some insight as to why it did that.

 

 

Hotchkis is a stand up company and they back their products up. So if they have a problem they take care of it asap. That's one of the reasons we sell their products. This is the first case I've seen. So I thnk it was just a defect it that particular sway bar.

 

 

If you are not going to install the new FSB then I recommend that you set the rear on the softest setting so you do not promote oversteer during any extreme situtations.

Rick

 

I imagine this snapped for a number of reasons.

1) I live in a not-so-level area of town. The roads are a bit broken down since housing developments are just going up. The constant changes in ground level could have put too much pressure on it, always bending.

2) Autocrossing. Though, I'd think it's designed for that.

3) Perhaps something got caught in the bushings and prevented it from pivoting as necessary?

4) It's probably just faulty.

 

They must have changed the sways at some point... mine don't have those round things on them near where the bushings will sit... Just got them in March.

 

Yeah I noticed that too. Weird huh? We'll see what they say I guess.

 

My front hotchkis swaybar broke....lol Gonna call mon.

 

wow, i thought these swaybars are undestructable lol

 

They first started making them without the stops to prevent it from sliding back and forth. This allowed the bar to slide over and cause rubbing issues, which eventually broke the bar in some cases. They later corrected the design to prevent this. They have been really good as far as I know about replacing the older ones.

 

they sent you a new one, now thats customer service

 

I've got the new type on mine and haven't had any rubbing issues at all. They are a bear to install but the front end feels soo much tighter with it installed.

 

Mine broke wednesday~ wow~ now to remember how to get it off to put the new one back on!

 

Haha, wow, I totally didn't expect this. At least they have good customer service, otherwise I think they would lose tons of business.

 

not to bring something completely different into this, but anyone remember the rusted springs from hell?? lol

anyone notice any rust around the break points on the bars?

anyways, still awesome customer service and i actually plan on buying my set pretty soon!

 

no rust on mine when it broke

 

Ive got springs from them.. When they got rusted i called oliver i had new springs 5 days later, No questions asked! hands down the best!