Sway Bar Installation..How long?

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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 07:44 AM
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Sway Bar Installation..How long?

Should it take to install?
 
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 01:07 PM
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Front one, about 45 minutes. It's not difficult, but there are a lot of screws for the plastic cover to access the front sway bar.

Rear one, about 45 minutes to 1.5 hour depending on what kind of exhaust you have.

With a stock exhaust (or any exhaust that is not true dual) it is much easier, since you can unbolt the muffer from the mid pipe, lower the muffler. Then it is easy access to the rear sway.

With a true dual exhaust, you will need to figure a way to snake the the sway over one pipe and then under the other pipe. This is challenging but can be done (see attached looking under the car from the driver side).

I think this is why folks upgrade the sway bar before getting a new exhaust.

Also see http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthre...0bar%20install
 
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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It took me total about 2 hours, with the HKS dual exhaust already on. I ended up having to undo the bolts on the HKS exhaust and let it hand, as well as remove both rear wheels in order to get more room to snake out the rear sway, and snake the new one in. Not too bad, though, especially since I enjoy working on my G.

Dave
 
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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take it slow and do a good job. I would say about 2 to 2.5 hours. Good luck.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 01:00 AM
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front takes longer to do. the rear, just undo the bracket on the
midpipe and you can swing the swaybar on/off the car.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 01:21 AM
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^^not always true...if you have an aftermarket exhaust the rear might take more time like firefox and caelric said. the front takes less than 30 minutes...
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:16 AM
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2.5hours on the outside sounds about right
 
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