The "Official" Sway Bar Bushing and Endlink Thread

[besthaticouldo]

damn...nice!

[lowxtreme]

You can get the Moog endlinks cheaper at rockauto.com. There is also a complete bushing kit from Prothane that has more than the Energy suspension kit. The Prothane kit includes front and rear control arm bushing, front swaybar bushing, rear sway bar bushing and endlink, rear coilspring isolator, rear trailing arm bushings and front and rear bumpstops. According to Energy suspensions site thier kit includes front control arm bushings, front swaybar bushings, rear swaybar bushings and endlinks, rear coilspring isolators, rear trailing arm bushings and rear bumpstops.

[WD40]

But there is also the Powergrid set sold by NewEdgePerformance.
You might note that those are adjustable end links.
^^^That's why they're more expensive.

If you really want to be complete, don't the SPI cars have a 19mm or 20mm front bar?
I'm fairly certain there's at least one or two models that have smaller (<21mm) front bars.

Once a few corrections/additions are made, I'll be glad to "clean up" the thread for you.
^^^Meaning, get rid of the posts making corrections or additions, leaving only the pertinent information.

Just look what you got yourself into now!!

[Buickboy]

Energy does have separate stuff, it fits the focus but its marked as universal. Just do some measurements and go to summit

Also, 2005+ S and SE models have a 18mm front sway (yuck!) Im pretty sure the spi has that too.

[besthaticouldo]

Originally Posted by WD40

But there is also the Powergrid set sold by NewEdgePerformance.
You might note that those are adjustable end links.
^^^That's why they're more expensive.

If you really want to be complete, don't the SPI cars have a 19mm or 20mm front bar?
I'm fairly certain there's at least one or two models that have smaller (<21mm) front bars.

Once a few corrections/additions are made, I'll be glad to "clean up" the thread for you.
^^^Meaning, get rid of the posts making corrections or additions, leaving only the pertinent information.

Just look what you got yourself into now!!

haha ya what did i do.

yes the SPI cars have an 18mm sway bar. however i cant find a set of bushings for the SPI FSB. the only ones i can find are the 21mm that are zetecs and SVTs. that is assuming you would have to use stock FSB bushings for the SPI.

Originally Posted by Buickboy

Energy does have separate stuff, it fits the focus but its marked as universal. Just do some measurements and go to summit

Also, 2005+ S and SE models have a 18mm front sway (yuck!) Im pretty sure the spi has that too.

ok i will add the SPI and S and SE models thing right now.

also that is wayyyyyy to much work. the prothane stuff is very well priced and i think that its just as good. so idk if you would wanna do the work to get it from summit.

Originally Posted by lowxtreme

You can get the Moog endlinks cheaper at rockauto.com. There is also a complete bushing kit from Prothane that has more than the Energy suspension kit. The Prothane kit includes front and rear control arm bushing, front swaybar bushing, rear sway bar bushing and endlink, rear coilspring isolator, rear trailing arm bushings and front and rear bumpstops. According to Energy suspensions site thier kit includes front control arm bushings, front swaybar bushings, rear swaybar bushings and endlinks, rear coilspring isolators, rear trailing arm bushings and rear bumpstops.

true...however i was going for specifically sway bar bushings which i could only find in the complete kit. but i will add the prothane kit to the top now that you mention it.

[besthaticouldo]

edited it WD with some more information about all the bushing kits available with the sway bar stuff.

[danielj24k07]

the energy master kit is worth it though. the only thing is that pisses me off is that the rear control arms for our cars are 100 just by themselves. but prolly gonna buy the energy and add on the front and rear bumpstops for like what 20 bucks.

[02utahfocus]

I know this is an old thread, but how do you tell if your links are bad? I've got a 2002 ZX3 with an awful clunk in the front end when I go over bumps. I've replaced the struts, but the clunk is still there, now I'm not sure what else to do? Any advice would be great!

[besthaticouldo]

its probably them...or it could be the ball joints

get under there and look around and see if the bushings are torn or worn or anything.
thatll be your biggest hint.

[Atomik777]

This might be a silly question. but what is the beinift to having adjustable end-links.