Just wondering if anyone has the addco rear sway bar installed on their 3rd gen? If so what kind of offset, rims or tire size is needed to make it work? I've had the sway bar sitting in the garage for about a year and now when im getting around to the install at my friends shop we've come across a fitment problem. I basically need another inch on either side. Im running 18" rims with a tire size of 235/35/18 with quarter inch spacers on the hub. The spacers were needed for the tires to clear the rear struts by about an 1/8 to a quater inch on either side. Is there a hub adapter or replacement that could be used to give me the inch i need on either side or should i maybe look into changing my rims and rubber though i do like the rims and they're pretty sweet but i have a friend that owns a tire and rim shop local to me if i went with a swap but im thinking of trying to do this in a cost effective way for now if im able to run my current rims and rubber. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

I see no way of 235/45's touching the swaybar unless it's for a 4th/5th gen....

 

I was told it was off of a 3rd gen when it was given to me along with a stillen fstb which fit nice. It looks like the ends line up with where it needs to be bolted up but the sides after the elbows on either side dont seem to have enough clearance betwwen the 2 back wheels. Looks like it only need about a half inch on either side but i figure an inch to be safe. I figured it maybe had to do with the rim and tire setup i have being that 15" are stock.

 

You have any pictures?

There's no way a sway bar sticks out past the outer edges of the struts. That just doesn't make any sense. The sway bar attaches INSIDE the rear struts, so I don't see why tire clearance would be an issue, ever.

 

From what I've been told is that this addco bar will bolt up but has a slightly different mounting point than the stock bar and bolts up at the spindle so id either need to change wheel size or somehow figure out what kind of offset would be needed for the clearance it needs. I'm assuming the previous owner was running stock wheels. The cars not on the hoist now so I will try and get a pic. And length of the addco bar when possible.

 

I have an Addco sway bar on my turbo car. It does bolt up to the spindle but it bolts onto the INSIDE of the whole strut assembly, so again I don't see how tire clearance would be any issue or concern at all. If your tires clear the strut it should clear the sway bar. I have actually felt my Addcar sway bar to be just a bit too wide though and I will try to explain.

Not my picture but this is an Addco about to be bolted onto a 3rd gen. You can see the Addco angle iron tab that they give you to bolt onto the stock spindle.



Then it connects with a fairly standard issue sway bar end-link kit.



If you look at the sway bar and end-links from the back, I assume the rod with bushings like in the second picture should be straight up and down vertical. Mine are not - mine are angled like this \ / - so much so it's actually nearly impossible to get it all bolted up. And the end-links smash into the spindle and Addco supplied bolt for their angle iron piece. I've never really known what to make of that other than the bar itself is slightly too wide on the ends.

 

Well, where are you pictures???? Cause if it's rubbing your rear swaybar it's rubbed thru your strut already!!!!

 

Hi James, Looks to be the exact same bar and end links that i have and when we lined it up it appears to bolt up to the points you shown but i think the problem may be my current rims are too deep because with the wheels on the car it wont even go in between by atleast a half inch on either side. It would bolt up to those points with the wheels off but then the rims wont go back on without hitting the bar. Maybe i was wrong in saying my tires to be the issue instead of the rims being the issue if that might make a little more sense?

 

The car is off the hoist now and the oem bar is still on the car. I didn't get the bar installed yet because of this fittment issue. If my friends not real busy at the shop i will try and see if i can get him to put it back up so i can get some pics. at some point.

 

I still can't comprehend what you're saying. The bar is not wider than the outside distance between the two rear strut assemblies. Therefore it CANNOT hit your tires or the rims of your wheels simply because there's no way your tires or rims of your wheels protrude inward further than the strut assembly. It's physically impossible