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So ive come across a issue while installing a whiteline 22mm rear sway bar onto my v7 sti.

The stock endlinks do not line up straight as they were when the oem rear sway bar was on. Double checked part no and Part Number:BSR37Z is the correct one.

The whiteline sway bar is a tad bit wider then the oem piece as well.

Car is lowered a bit but not fully dropped.

Anyone else had similar problems?

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The other side has the same angle to it. The stock bar was bolted on the inside of the endlink whereas the whiteline is a bit wider so i only managed to get it on the outside like this with minimal angle on the endlinks.

If thats normal then i can tell you its going to snap once i give it some stick around corner lol

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 kris_pran said:
Yea i did it with the car jacked up because i dont have access to a hoist or ramp.

I thought its ment to be at normal ride height when tightening it back up? Well thats what ive seen from some of the diy's from forums such as nasioc and iwsti

With the swaybar you mostly just need to make sure both wheels are off the ground, or at normal ride height. The problems start with just one wheel jacked up.

All the bushes on the wishbones/control arms must be finally tightened with the car at normal ride height otherwise the bushes will twisted and prematurely fail.

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I jacked both sides up.

Im going to raise the car using the jacks again and undo the endlink bolts and drop the car. Lets see if some weight moves the bar to the correct position so the endlink lines up as vertical as possible.

And boon - the whiteline instructions that it came with shows to keep the endlink on the outside not inside. If i fit it on the inside the angle is alot worse. We'll see how we go though once i attempt it in the weekend.

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Yup what nick said there bro link on the outside of bar pretty much how ya take the stock setup out I see what ya saying about it being a bit longer though pretty sure Mercuryfree had a post about this very predicament might pay to search for it

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Well i ****ed up, it looks like the bar i bought is for V8 STI and above.

Response from whiteline

''After my04 STI the track became wider and the type of link changed to the balljoint style link which attached to the top of the rear lateral not underneath like your original set .to make the bsr37z fit your car you would need to change the lateral arms and possibly drive shafts and diff and wheels or put complete rear end out of 04 on in''

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