swaybar hitting exhaust

[reyesone]

hey guys, i just installed my whiteline 22mm rear sway bar on my DC4, problem is it seems to be hitting the stock exhaust piping.... is this normal? i've also got koni yellow shocks + eibach springs installed.

i have to say that the quality of whiteline parts that came through were not the greatest. the braces had paint chipped off them and underneath it was rusted.... like they literally got just spraypainted over the rust. the nuts and bolts were weak and a couple of the bolts threads just wore away like butter..... kinda sucked but hey what can you do....

i remember reading another thread where someone installed it with the shiteline logo upside down meaning they installed the whole bar upside down.... but with this fitting it has made me think twice.

here are some pics, can someone tell me if anything looks wrong with the way i've installed it please?


right side
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8109/dsc01068zv3.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01068zv3.jpg)

left side
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2677/dsc01073fv2.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01073fv2.jpg)

middle right
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/4355/dsc01071ta6.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01071ta6.jpg)

middle left
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2439/dsc01072xg0.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01072xg0.jpg)

[Limbo]

have you tried turning the bar the other way around?

[Zdster]

have you tried turning the bar the other way around?

As Limbo said, pretty sure it is on upside down.

[aaronng]

In the effort to not install it upside down, you installed it upside down...

[reyesone]

haha yeah i just changed it back then, god dammit.... first i installed my shocks back to front... then this


im the greatest DIYer ever ! :rolleyes:

[reyesone]

oh and i meant to say whiteline not shiteline lol..... typo even though i was having a rant about it!!!

[aaronng]

At least from your pics, it is now clear which way is up for the DC whiteline rear sway. :thumbsup:

[sydteg21]

hey dude , show me a pic please, i have similar problem

[tRipitaka]

yeah.. it's very deceiving..
they stick the whiteline sticker upside down :rolleyes:

[Zdster]

hey dude , show me a pic please, i have similar problem

What do you want a pic of? All you have to do is turn the swaybar around - pretty straight forward.

[aaronng]

hey dude , show me a pic please, i have similar problem
The pictures are in the 1st post.................

[reyesone]

i'll take some pics on the weekend of the correct way to have it installed, the clearance is huge now and i don't get a horrid crunching noise fron it hitting my exhaust! hehe

[sydteg21]

ok la, thanks a lot guys, so basically the whiteline sticker up side down is the way to go ,will try get under the car again tomorrow , cheers

[bennjamin]

ok la, thanks a lot guys, so basically the whiteline sticker up side down is the way to go ,will try get under the car again tomorrow , cheers

the whiteline sticker is nothing to do with the "correct" way of mounting.
Your swaybar is the right way around installed :)

[reyesone]

ok la, thanks a lot guys, so basically the whiteline sticker up side down is the way to go ,will try get under the car again tomorrow , cheers

don't rely on the sticker to tell you which way is up or down, that was my mistake.

i guess i should've just used common sense when i put it on and checked before tightening all the bolts up

[sydteg21]

you know what , my one's position is exactly like yours at the moment , hits muffler pipe

[reyesone]

dismantle > flip around > reinstall > fixed!!

hehe did you DIY as well?

[bennjamin]

the designed layout is follows the same as the stock swaybar. IE the ends face "down". On some instances people can actually flip teh bar around IF its hitting sussy/exhuast/LCA's etc.

[tRipitaka]

even if your swaybar does hit your exhaust.. and if you turn it around, it hits the LCAs.. you could try this DIY

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42410

please ignore the pics.. and the homo panda.

[sydteg21]

ok la, will take it off again, so basicly yours at the moment the sticker is upside down right, cos i just go direct to the point , don't really feel like playing with much since this thing is heavy , i'm not that strong and i'm lazy.....

[Zdster]

ok la, will take it off again, so basicly yours at the moment the sticker is upside down right, cos i just go direct to the point , don't really feel like playing with much since this thing is heavy , i'm not that strong and i'm lazy.....

As Ben said, its nothing to do with the sticker - just the swaybar ends should curve down to clear the body. If you are having trouble with it still hitting, do as trippy suggested.

[sydteg21]

hey guys, took it off last night , turn it around , it hits LCA, so LCA does make the difference, cos it is thicker than the stock one, also tried to put on the type r one ,but no luck , the d bracket does not line up with the stock square bracket , someone enlighten me here, cheers

[tRipitaka]

hey guys, took it off last night , turn it around , it hits LCA, so LCA does make the difference, cos it is thicker than the stock one, also tried to put on the type r one ,but no luck , the d bracket does not line up with the stock square bracket , someone enlighten me here, cheers

even if your swaybar does hit your exhaust.. and if you turn it around, it hits the LCAs.. you could try this DIY

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42410

please ignore the pics.. and the homo panda.

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[reyesone]

sorry to go OT but the DIY that you posted up is showing the same picture for all the pics.... is that happening with anyone else?

[tRipitaka]

sorry to go OT but the DIY that you posted up is showing the same picture for all the pics.... is that happening with anyone else?


please ignore the pics.. and the homo panda.
some of the pics on the ozhonda database have been lost..