I just got my set of Hotchkis sway bars for for 2006 G35x yesterday. I got the rear one installed, but I cannot for the life of me get the stock front bar off the car. The problem is the 17mm bolts on the endlinks are hard to get to with a breaker bar, and using just a socket wrench or regular wrench I can't get enough force on there to crack it loose (even with PB Blaster on it).

So the issue i'm having is what to do next. I could either pay a shop to install it, which would probably be at least $50-100 i'm guessing, or I can just stick with the rear bar and keep the front one in storage or sell it.

I know the front bar on the X is already beefy, but I don't know if I can justify spending more on having someone install it. In other words, is it really worth it?

Thoughts?

 

Get creative. If I remember correctly when I installed I had to use a wrench and the factory scissor jack.

 

Went and had a shop do it today. Done and done!