Whiteline rear sway bar and links ordered.

[Wonson92]

Ordered the whiteline rear sway with links today, recieving it this afternoon, installing tomorrow afternoon! Pretty excited to see how it turns out. Install should be really straight forwards. Ill post pictures and opinions when Its in. Id be interested to see how it compares to RRM's

[Northernstar]

keep us posted!

[murcod]

What sort of price did it end up costing (if you don't mind me asking )

I pushed mine around a corner today and can definitely see possible benefits in the upgraded bar.

[Wonson92]

Lbbg

[murcod]

Cool. It shouldn't be hard to fit from what I've seen under mine. The hardest bit will be unbolting the bar endlinks as you might have to remove the rear wheels to access them.
Lower the car onto the ground before tightening it all up too (with the weight on the wheels)- although with the ball joint type endlinks it probably isn't critical.

[Wonson92]

Yea im going to do my best with the wheels on, from the looks of it im expecting some bruised and bleeding knuckles. However, we will see. Im hoping it isnt like everthing else has been on this car and tigthened to breaking point

[red rider]

I installed the RRM sway bar on my car and I would encourage you to remove the wheels you'll have better access to the sway bar bushings and less chance of rounding the nuts.

[Wonson92]

Ok let me just start by saying what a piece of absolute fucking shit. Mind the language but no other words describes this bar. Wasted 9 hours of life on it.

Stock bar comes out really easily. At first i removed the wheels but by the end it wasnt needed. I got sick of jacking each side up over and over again and eventually i could just get it off.

Initial thoughts were its much lighter than the stock bar yet much stiffer, couldnt flex it where as there was a hint bit of give in the stock bar. Adjustability was great, about 50mm in each link give or take and them the three mount point holes in the bar itself. And thats where it stopped.

Problem 1: the thread on the links is way too long, had to saw off about 2cms of it to fit it between the strur and the hole it needs to fit in. Not a huge deal but set me back a bit and if your no good with a hack saw give up.

Problem 2: while the bar was lying in the ground i noticed it was twisted. The right side was lifted 1-2 cms off the ground while the rest of the bar was flat. At no point could the two ends touch the ground at the same time.f

Problem 3: two of the bolts supplied were caked with grit inside the thread. The looked used.

Problem 4: after cutting the link threads, over looking the twist in the bar itself hoping it wouldnt matter and cleaning out the bolts i got it all assembled under the car. No matter how you angle it, adjust it, full soft or full hard it always makes contact where it shouldnt. Exhaust, chasis, struts, boot floor, everything possible basically. The bar simply does not fit. The 3 hole blade is too long for this mounting point.

Im taking it back tomorrow, hopefully for a refund. If theyre convinced its a one off issue ill try an exchange but once and only once. Pretty disapointed! On the other hand the stock bar feels nice all tightened up now, it was pretty loose. I suggest you guys check out yours

[murcod]

Damn, that's not good. There's no way you could have fitted it around the wrong way (I admit to having done this myself on my old Triumph 2500 when fitting a bar from a different model.... ) If it's lighter then it may be a hollow bar versus a solid factory fit bar? You'll probably find the endlinks are something they had sitting on the shelf and not Kizashi specific.

I must admit I do recall some friends having similar issues with Whiteline's rear sway bar to fit the Renault Sport Clio. Bolts missing incorrect parts etc. They did a group buy and ended up making up as many full kits as they could from what was supplied- and then making a list of all the bits they were missing!

I'll check out the bush size and see what I can find in harder bushes for the stock bar.

PS: I don't think being twisted would matter too much provided you can adjust the length of each end link? Doesn't inspire much confidence in the quality of the product though.

[Wonson92]

The main issue w/ the twisting was that it seemed to be the main reason for the contacr
It was always that side. If the left was clear the right would make contact and visa versa. There were a few golden moment when i thought i had it only to scoot over to the other side to see it hitting something. I may have understated the twisting its made it a pretty awkward shape. I couldnt use the hoist in the end as it was too busy today. also i did question the way i out it in a few times:P but its as good as impossible to get wrong it contours the body so if it were the wrong way itd poke up into it. Im hoping this is just the lemon of the batch or something but my hopes are way down low from this experience.

From my understanding, whiteline used to be made in taiwan and had a rep for questionable quality but they now do all local manufacturing and its meant to be really good. Theres a guy with a wrx near my house covered in whiteline sponsoring, needless to say he swears by them