FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Out with the old...

and in with the new. Finally got around to getting these installed.

Mark over at Red Eye made up a set for me for the rear sway bar. They should be arriving in the next couple of days. Looking forward to getting those on as it just bothers me seeing the stock ones against the Icon lower links.

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Permalink Reply by 5AND5TORM on January 13, 2011 at 1:49pm

Does that lower bolt clear the coil spring when articulated?

It looks big, a lot of extra treads, I had to clearance my OEM bolt to clear my Icon coils.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Slavin on January 13, 2011 at 2:14pm

Yea, it clears but it's really close on both sides. It might not be a bad idea to trim it a bit.

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Permalink Reply by cypilk on January 21, 2011 at 11:10pm

I had to bend my sway bar to give clearance for my coilovers too.

Good thing you asked, because it was what I was wondering about these sway bar parts.

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Permalink Reply by 2007fj on January 22, 2011 at 8:55am

cypilk

The pic Sean shows is installed incorrectly.They should stick out no further than the factory link.

If your still having clearance issues Toytec sells a swaybar relocation kit just for that purpose..

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Permalink Reply by 2007fj on January 13, 2011 at 4:37pm

Sean, that doesn't look right.

Here's a pic of the of what it should look like. You possibly missed a washer or the 1/8'' alum spacer ?

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Permalink Reply by Back in Black (FJ4 Tahoe) on January 13, 2011 at 6:13pm

Almost looks like you installed them on the wrong side of the LCA's...

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Permalink Reply by Sean Slavin on January 14, 2011 at 6:38am

Damn. I think I see what I did. I've got the 1/8" washer on the red side next to the 1/2" spacer not down on the black side. Not sure how I goofed that up. I'll get down there and fix it this morning. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on January 14, 2011 at 6:50am

It can be good to post pic of a new install for just this reason... Good catch everyone!!

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Permalink Reply by Sean Slavin on January 14, 2011 at 1:56pm

Ok. Got the washer moved to the correct place. Passenger side I had correct. While I was down there, I noticed that the passenger side has way more clearance with respect to the coil over than the driver's side. Probably about 1/4". Should I loosen the sway bar a bit and slide it over towards the driver side?

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Permalink Reply by Sean Slavin on January 21, 2011 at 8:11pm

Rear links showed up today. Going to try and get them on this weekend.

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Permalink Reply by 2007fj on January 22, 2011 at 9:14am

We need some installed pics. The rear relocation kit is almost ready.Still a bit more testing and clearancing to do.

I don't know why Toyota put the tank right up against the rear axle like that.

I'm getting some nice flex with the kit installed in my initial testing

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Permalink Reply by Sean Slavin on January 22, 2011 at 9:28am

I've got some running around to do this morning with the girls but my mother-in-law is stopping in for a visit. That'll give me a bit of estrogen free off duty time so I should have these installed just after lunch. I'll put up some pics later.

Looking forward to getting the kit. Send it down when you're ready.