GTEASER Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 It seems that if you ever go lower, then you're gonna be clacking the sway bar on the subframe more often. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 It seems that if you ever go lower, then you're gonna be clacking the sway bar on the subframe more often. Lower as in dropping the car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Yes. EDIT: Actually, no, nevermind. The sway bar sits on top of the subframe, correct? Not under it, therefore it will be less likely to clack against the subframe if you lower the car. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Yes. Why is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 See edit above. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Yes. EDIT: Actually, no, nevermind. The sway bar sits on top of the subframe, correct? Not under it, therefore it will be less likely to clack against the subframe if you lower the car. That's what I was figuring, hopefully it cures the noise. Also, the clacking is very infrequent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Does anyone know if there is a vendor in R&D for a FSB for us 6Genners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 http://www.addco.net/aftermarket/ If someone is close to Addco and could drop off a factory FSB, Addco can customer make a thicker/stiffer one for our cars....or for any car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexi Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I'm thinking the clicking is from the bushings.. Not enough meat and the bar is hitting hte brackets at times. Time will tell, if you start to see a lot of nicks and scratches on the sway bar near the bushings. And those end links look super close to your tie rods.. Don't know if the end link could be tapping the sway bar at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 I'm thinking the clicking is from the bushings.. Not enough meat and the bar is hitting hte brackets at times. Time will tell, if you start to see a lot of nicks and scratches on the sway bar near the bushings. And those end links look super close to your tie rods.. Don't know if the end link could be tapping the sway bar at times. How would the end link tap the sway bar? Also, the end link and sway bar dont come into contact with the tie rod. Maybe under serious bumps, but even under heavy load (my fat cousin) they do not come close enough to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 http://www.addco.net/aftermarket/ If someone is close to Addco and could drop off a factory FSB, Addco can customer make a thicker/stiffer one for our cars....or for any car. Since I have the aftermarket bar in, I will ship them my bar. I will call them tomorrow and talk to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger73 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Just wondering if a 25mm Tribecca front swaybar would work on our cars. I know it was discussed as an upgrade for the gen4 2.5NA. Tigger73's MY15 2.5i build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Just based on the little bends, I dont think so. I will check when I get home, but I think our bars have little bends towards the front of the car. I'll update with pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Anyone here know anyone with an STI/WRX with an aftermarket front bar? Would be nice to have them check the length of the bar on the straight middle piece from left angle to right angle (going across the whole length of the middle) on both the front and back of it, just to get an idea of how it fits with our stock bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Just wondering if a 25mm Tribecca front swaybar would work on our cars. I know it was discussed as an upgrade for the gen4 2.5NA. I was just wondering the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) Dr. Photo, could you post a pic of the stock front sway bar and take a few measurements? Like overall width, end link mount to end link mount, and distance from the main shaft out to the end link mount? http://www.challengepromotions.com/Wills/bar.jpg Edited August 12, 2016 by Opie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotus Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Just wondering if a 25mm Tribecca front swaybar would work on our cars. I know it was discussed as an upgrade for the gen4 2.5NA. Then, the gen4 legacy bars would fit. I'd think that would've been worked out already if that were the case. Gen4 was a long time ago, surely there are aftermarket bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Just got this back from Hotchkis.... Hotchkis Sales Today 5:34 PM Hotchkis Sales (sales@hotchkis.net) Hi Will, We haven’t had a newer Subaru in the shop to take measurements or dimensions. We probably don’t have any plans for a Legacy specific bar, unless one from a WRX carries over. Thank you, Jon Rasmussen Account Executive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexi Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) I'm thinking the clicking is from the bushings.. Not enough meat and the bar is hitting hte brackets at times. Time will tell, if you start to see a lot of nicks and scratches on the sway bar near the bushings. And those end links look super close to your tie rods.. Don't know if the end link could be tapping the sway bar at times. How would the end link tap the sway bar? Also, the end link and sway bar dont come into contact with the tie rod. Maybe under serious bumps, but even under heavy load (my fat cousin) they do not come close enough to each other. I don't think the end link is tapping the sway bar, since the end link is connected to the sway bar. I think end link might be tapping tie rod or sway bar tapping sway bar bushing bracket *I just realized I made a mistake in my initial post, and understand why you said that. I meant to say end link tapping the tie rod, not sway bar. Edited August 12, 2016 by apexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 So I'm driving in NYC, and as I go over deep manholes there is no click or clank. Only a single tire is going over. But when I go over the bumpy even roads of the Bronx, I hear the clicking. So over shallow depressions the click is there and over deep depressions the click is nowhere to be heard. Any insight? Sent from my SM-N915P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 Random crazy thought. Since this is only happening over depressions and not bumps, could it possibly be that the endlinks I have on are not letting the shocks/strut extend fully, yet are allowing them to compress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotus Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 It doesn't fit your car. I don't know what you want to get out of posting here. There isn't going to be a fix for it. If you want to know what's going on, wrap it with a fragile masking tape and drive it for a while, then inspect it for damage to the tape. But, once you know, you will STILL have a bar that doesn't fit. The problem has but one solution, uninstall the bar that doesn't belong on your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger73 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 It's obviously very close to working, you may just need some adjustable end links to get the fitment right. Tigger73's MY15 2.5i build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Photo Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 What do I want? To try and benefit the community with a new mod. Take your sourpuss attitude and get in the backseat, if you can't benefit the people trying to drive this community forward. I'm trying to rule out everything before I just say nope, it doesn't work. But when I do, sure as hell I'll try another bar, and try all options on that one too. Sent from my SM-N915P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieGT Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Dr. Photo, are you new around the forums? I've only seen you recently and you've been making leaps and bounds of discoveries for our generation Legacy's. Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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