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Is this typical for lowered cars? Sway joint crooked--PICS--

Old Sep 26, 2006 | 06:54 AM
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So i'm asking now after 1.5yrs of them being installed.

Eibach Prokit springs approx. 1.7" drop and Hotchkis sways.

These are the rear sways...





The green circles are my concerns, the angle at which the parts meet. I had a shop install them and do the alignment which they were able to get in into spec.

The car handles nice and there are no unusual sounds

Is this typical?

and what do the camber kits replace? The part circled in red?
Old Sep 26, 2006 | 07:21 AM
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Looks like mine...the install is pretty straight forward and simple. The lower you og the more thats going to angle. They have it set on the more aggressive setting too. The camber kit replaces the upper skinny bars that go perpindicular to the car like an upper controla arm. Those are the rear sway bar end links...I am not sure if anyone makes a beefier one....possibly hotchkis
Old Sep 26, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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That's how it looks on mine too. I had mine installed at a Toyota dealership, and one of the reasons I go there is the tech they have work on my car has a lot of experience under his belt.
Old Sep 26, 2006 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Somnambulated
That's how it looks on mine too. I had mine installed at a Toyota dealership, and one of the reasons I go there is the tech they have work on my car has a lot of experience under his belt.
My TRDs look just like that. It's fine.
Old Sep 27, 2006 | 03:56 AM
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thats how mine looks too....just wondering if anybody had theirs break or crack (endlinks) since its put on the hardest setting on the sway and looks like its under a lot of stress.....where can u buy better endlinks??
Old Sep 27, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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Mine look the same way and have never had a problem.

Old Sep 28, 2006 | 09:09 PM
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Those are your end links and they are supposed to be that way, thats why they pivot the way they do.
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 01:44 PM
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Progress endlinks are beastly.
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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I have the progress sway and it came with some nice endlinks.
Old Sep 30, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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^^ yeah, I installed mine yesterday and I love the handling even more. All I need are wider tires now.
Old Sep 30, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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if your lookin for a good tire look into a bfgoodrich kdw2 they are on my tc i have 225/40/18 and they handle and grip like no other
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 01:11 AM
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Where did you buy them? Tirerack? Discounttiredirect?
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