valleylegacy Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Hello all fellow LGT drivers. I just recently got Cusco sway bars for both front and rear. Looking for recommendations on endlinks. I also bought the AVO reinforcement bracket. Was thinking if I should do solid ones? I dont do much track duty but enjoy taking canyon runs out here by the coast in CALI.
BigInALegacy Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 actually in the same boat (exact same setup), haven't installed my front sway yet though. interested to hear the input.
nm Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 "CALI?" As a 20 year resident and native of the (Great) State of California, I would ask you to cease and desist calling siad state "CALI" and back away from the shift button. In answer to your question, I've put on 2 track days and 5000+ mi on my Cobb set up on stock endlinks without issue. Would aftermarket's be better? Perhaps, but certainly not necessary. P.S. Cali refers to a city in Colombia (in)famous for a drug cartel of the same name. Please don't confuse the two. Please refer to it as "California," "3 hours from every Climate in the World [May only apply to Northern California, less traffic]", "that place that's better than where you're from," or "we have in-n-out, suckers."
Mines Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 stock endlinks are fine, dont waste your money on aftermarket ones
Opie Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 stock endlinks are fine, dont waste your money on aftermarket ones +1 Cusco's & stock endlinks for 40,000 miles, no probs
aussie_coyote Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 I have stock bars and aftermarket endlinks.
rexster Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 i don't think the stock ones are that great, especially if you have stiffer bars on stock shocks. if you have better shocks the endlinks become less important. my (stock) front right endlink is both loose and frozen in place. it's making some lovely clunking noises but i can't get enough torque on the worthless allen head to loosen or tighten it. i'm going to have to cut it off and i'll probably put on the cart boys. the cartboys are much beefier than stock and have bushings instead of bearings.
valleylegacy Posted October 20, 2008 Author Posted October 20, 2008 My suspension set up is so far. BC coil overs and just a cusco front strut bar. Im looking to get the rear strut bar and putting in my cusco front and rear sway bars. I bought the AVO reinforcement bracket and wanted to know about getting endlinks. I appreciate the feedback so far.... looks like most of you are happy with the stock endlinks.
Guest LGT-NY Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 I have stock bars and aftermarket endlinks. Why?
Guest LGT-NY Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 I've heard the Kartboy endlinks are VERY good. That's what I will be getting.
JoeFromPA Posted October 20, 2008 Posted October 20, 2008 Valley - Others may differ here, but I wouldn't spend your money on the strut bars. I'd instead go for the under-body bracing....there's some heavy duty bracing for the underside that seems to add alot of stiffness AND extra protection down under Joe
valleylegacy Posted October 21, 2008 Author Posted October 21, 2008 thanks for all the tips really appreciate the help
DiscoWagon Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Cusco designs their swaybars to be used with stock endlinks and no reinforcement brackets, that is why their diameters are not as large as Perrin or Cobb.
BigInALegacy Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 i thought cusco was one of the bigger bars you can get? My rear bar is 23mm IIRC... is that not on the larger side? (i see Cobb has 25mm, but I thought most were in the 20-22mm range?)
Turninconcepts Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Cobb's bar is hollow though which makes it equivalent to a 22mm. The Kartboy endlinks can't be beat in terms of strength and daily driver friendliness. Tony
RaGe Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 Cobb's bar is hollow though which makes it equivalent to a 22mm. The Kartboy endlinks can't be beat in terms of strength and daily driver friendliness. Tony what he said. this is the vendor that was used to make my kartboy purchase. i love the endlinks. great vendor as well. OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about .
Jim_KT Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 I've heard the Kartboy endlinks are VERY good. That's what I will be getting. I'm running the Karboy rear endlinks + AVO rsb + AVO reinforcement brackets. That setup seems to work quite well with regard to longevity. The AVO (old style) endlinks died a sudden death after ~1.5 months and were replaced with the stock endlinks. The stockers were fine, but the Kartboys made the rear setup slightly more stiff.
HansGT Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 stock endlinks are fine, dont waste your money on aftermarket ones +1
Guest Posted October 21, 2008 Posted October 21, 2008 +1 Yes and no. Stock endlinks won't probably break (mine have not with stiffer bars - Swifts) - but aftermarket adjustable endlinks would be preferable to remove preload from endlinks, particularly when you get car corner-balanced. People keep parroting "stock end links are fine" without thinking why or maybe why not.
HansGT Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 ^ That's just it they are fine. Do better ones exist...yes. Do you need them, no.
Guest LGT-NY Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 Han's and Matt: I think it really depends on the application of the car. I don't think there is one absolute or "catch-all" answer.
Guest Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 ^ That's just it they are fine. Do better ones exist...yes. Do you need them' date=' no.[/quote'] The answer is depends. Not just "no". For perfectly dialed lowered suspension IMHO one needs adjustable endlinks. Actually the problem is... better do not quite exists for our cars. Better = adjustable + reliable. Neither AVO or Perrin meet the criteria. I checked if STI Hotchkiss (better quality) adjustable endlinks would fit, and they would not in front.
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