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04-23-2021, 09:29 PM | #1 |
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Eibach Rear Sway Bar Install
Has anyone installed the 20mm eibach rear sway bar? I was doing this on a 2013 535i on race ramps. For some reason it just did not line up, the bends look pretty different from OEM too. I’m not sure if it’s cause suspension was loaded on ramps or something else. It was hitting some arms and couldn’t even bolt the bushings on.
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04-24-2021, 08:27 AM | #2 |
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It kind of looks like it would line up better if you flipped it, no?
I have H&R rear that I've had installed for years. From what I've read, the H&R and Eibach are extremely similar. I don't recall any adventures, although the rear is a bit of a pain at the best of times IIRC. I used ramps for this job too. |
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04-26-2021, 12:18 PM | #5 | |
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I hear you on the bushing holder not wanting to stay on. Below I'm pasting a blurb from me in a thread I made back with I did my install. Those holders will end up fitting, believe it or not, but if you wait until after the bar is finangled in then the way the holder is stretched wider will make the holder bolt holes too wide, which makes the bolts want to go in at an angle, which scared the hell out of me. Per the below, in hindsight, I'd grab a couple quick clamps, clamp that holder vertically and horizontally over the bushing, and hope that a little bit of time gets it settled into place better so that you're not upside down and trying to fit clamps around all the other parts that are in the way once the bar is in place. "The only surprise is I nearly lost an hour - an hour filled with annoyance and anxiety - dealing with the rear bar's bushing brackets. The brackets really didn't want to fit around the bushings, so bad that I thought they gave me the wrong bushings as first. I had all sorts of clamps trying to get the bushing seated deep enough into the bracket and then also pinching the bracket together sideways because the bracket bolt holes were lining up a good 1/2" or so too wide. A long process of clamping and alternating the tightening of the front/back bolts until I finally got it lined up and in there. Scary because it was a situation ripe for cross threading but luckily all's well that ends well. Doing it again, I would try clamping them bushings in there both direction and letting the clamps settle in for some time before going to mount the bar. The front bar brackets are heavier duty and I was able to get the bushings into the mounts by hand and the holes lined right up also because, unlike the rear, the heavier duty brackets didn't flex to stretch for the bushings at all." https://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1767892
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I got it installed yesterday after about 1.5 hours. The solution was to lift the frame up a bit while it's on ramps, gave me much more room. I did put the holder on as the bar was already lined up to the holes. It took a lot of muscling, and my body is still sore today lol. I was afraid of cross-threading, but I think it all turned out ok, didn't have any issues with the bolts. I've had F/R H&R's before, and they were too rough for me together. I wanted to experiment this time with just the Rear sway bar, and I like it so far! Get the nice turn in, less understeer, without the hard jarring feelings from the front. |
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