Stillen Sway Bar Problem

[81gSKy]

Hey all,

I bought a set of Stillen Sway Bars for my 2004 Skyline 350GT V35 Coupe and it is currently at Centreline Suspension getting installed. The guy told me it doesn't fit and asked if the sway bars came with bushings, but it didn't cause Stillen states that it can use stock bushings. The sway bar thickness are 35mm fronts and 22mm rears, other brands have different thicknesses. I wonder if the guy actually unbotled the frame mounts instead of trying to squeeze the sways bar throught the hole.

Has anyone encountered this problem before with sway bars, particularly Stillen? If this is a legit problem where can I find bushings to make them fit?

Cheers...

[Nightcrawler]

There is HEAPS of latitude in the stock bushings - they don't need to close back together completely when done up. Make sure he has undone the stock bushings, like you said. Why on earth would you pay a workshop to fit these - it is the easiest job in the world to do yourself

[81gSKy]

There is HEAPS of latitude in the stock bushings - they don't need to close back together completely when done up. Make sure he has undone the stock bushings, like you said. Why on earth would you pay a workshop to fit these - it is the easiest job in the world to do yourself

I was getting coilovers installed and I thought might as well get the sway bars installed too at the same time. I'm not confident enough to fit coilovers, but now in hindersight I should of just fit the sway bars myself and save money, which ended up in nothing and costed me.

Well, they guy explained to me that the stock bushings were 32/33mm and it didnt fit in the mounting bracket. At least I know what I should be looking for now and also to check the measurements myself before trying to get stuff installed. I called up Pedders and they can order in some 35mm bushings, but I might end up getting Energy Suspension bushings instead. I'm just wondering if all the sway bar bushings are the same size on the outside and the inside (where the sway bars fit through) diamater is the only variable size? I don't wanna be caught off again by details.

Anyways, I got the coilovers installed. Minor annoyance with the rear adjuster cables, but majorly annoyed now that I need to fix the rear cambers back to stock degrees. The guy said he put it full positive with the stocks to counter the negative camber, but there is quite a bit of it still. I have to find adjustable rear camber arms that can shorten to pull the bottom side of the wheel back in. Anyone with suggestions, experiences or advice, please help it be much appreciated.

Cheers...

[Nightcrawler]

Go the SPC rear camber arms - I have them and cannot fault them. There is a current thread in the V35 section about them.

[Daleo]

Hey all,

I bought a set of Stillen Sway Bars for my 2004 Skyline 350GT V35 Coupe and it is currently at Centreline Suspension getting installed. The guy told me it doesn't fit and asked if the sway bars came with bushings, but it didn't cause Stillen states that it can use stock bushings. The sway bar thickness are 35mm fronts and 22mm rears, other brands have different thicknesses. I wonder if the guy actually unbotled the frame mounts instead of trying to squeeze the sways bar throught the hole.

Has anyone encountered this problem before with sway bars, particularly Stillen? If this is a legit problem where can I find bushings to make them fit?

Cheers...

There is HEAPS of latitude in the stock bushings - they don't need to close back together completely when done up. Make sure he has undone the stock bushings, like you said. Why on earth would you pay a workshop to fit these - it is the easiest job in the world to do yourself

The 35mm D bush Pedders is supplying is most likely a universal D bush, as there are only a couple of aftermarket bushes that will fit in the OEM D bracket. Superpro does a 33mm, I think. Are they supplying a D bracket as well?

[81gSKy]

Go the SPC rear camber arms - I have them and cannot fault them. There is a current thread in the V35 section about them.

Yeah I've been looking at them, so it will be either SPC or SPL Pro. Would I need rear toe arms or anything else as well to get the camber back to stock?

The 35mm D bush Pedders is supplying is most likely a universal D bush, as there are only a couple of aftermarket bushes that will fit in the OEM D bracket. Superpro does a 33mm, I think. Are they supplying a D bracket as well?

The guy at Centreline Suspension already had a look for D bushings for me including the Superpro catalog in order to get the sway bars installed. He said that 33mm are the biggest size in Australia...

Yeah I've been searching for 35mm D bushings, but I only find them as universal types. Hopefully they do fit, since its 'universal', so far only Pedder and Energy Suspension have 35mm diameter D bushings. I'm not sure about the Pedders supplying the D mounting brackets and Energy Suspension do supply D mounting brackets, but I'm not sure if it does come with or buy separately. I have been looking at the complete kit from Energy Suspension (http://www.conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=6264&Car_Type=G35&UID=2012061305401327.32.205.251) (http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/Installation_Instructions/Energy_Suspension/17564.pdf). I wonder and assume that most of all the other aftermarket suspension parts are the same size as OE, cause if they are different then this complete kit may become redundant and it comes with OE size sway bar bushings, so I'm relucant to jump on it straight away. I might just get what I need now, rear camber arms, sway bar D bushings and mounting brackets.

G35 Driver has said that the size of the OE sway bars are 34mm (front) and 21mm (rears), can anyone confirm this? If so, I find it strange that the sway bars could not fit into the OE bushings, its only 1mm difference. Also, anyone know what size our mounting bracket size are? Energy suspension has two sizes, I presume it is the smaller size pictured on the left (http://energysuspension.com/universal-products/sway-bar-bushings.html).

[PN-Mad]

They would fit the oem bushings. They are soft as.they would just compress in there.

Better of just trying it yourself.