Another suspension question?

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Hutch949

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Since I put the lowering springs on lm thinking of cutting a little off the front springs, so I was crawling around underneath and noticed that the front sway bar is now tilted upward pretty good.Do I need shorter end links now or is there such a thing.It also looked like the back springs are so compressed it appears that 4 of the coils at the top of the spring are actually touching each other with only 2.5 coils to compress when you ride over some bumps in the road.
 

UNGN

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Cut the sleeves on the bolts to level the bar. Pretty easy to do.
 
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pontiacgp

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Cut the sleeves on the bolts to level the bar. Pretty easy to do.

With the ones I use I'd run out of thread on the bolts if I cut the sleeves so he might have to change the bolts as well. I left mine as they were when I dropped the GP
 

Hutch949

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It looks as if the solid space is too far between the rubber bushings. I looked on summit racing and found one about 3/4 of an inch shorter.For $23.00 I think I'll try that one.Thanks guys.
 

MC96

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Energy sells an end link kit with different length spacers, so you can mix and match to find the correct length. There is a diagram in their catalog that shows the end of the sway bar needs to be level with the lower control arm. I would've just cut the sleeve.

Just posting for people who find this thread in the future.
 
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UNGN

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With the ones I use I'd run out of thread on the bolts if I cut the sleeves so he might have to change the bolts as well. I left mine as they were when I dropped the GP

Factory sway bar bolts are pretty puny at the threads. A trip to Lowes would solve this.
 
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marcar1993

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You could cut the sleeve, then move the cut part of the sleeve to the thread side of the bar on the link. Throw a washer on it and now the sleeve is the same effective length, but the bar is still moved downwards to a middle point in the link.
 
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