Lowered Car - Rear Sway bar hitting LCA on Drivers Side

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Pictures of my rear stabilizer bar with rubber from heater hose insulating a bit of chassis noise from metal on metal. The last picture is the plate from the rear sway bar relocation kit. I'm going to fabricate a longer plate that will extend down 2" and allow the sway bar more space from the LCA brackets. When I need to run the 15" rims, I'll just reinstall the relocation plate.

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Pictures of my rear stabilizer bar with rubber from heater hose insulating a bit of chassis noise from metal on metal. The last picture is the plate from the rear sway bar relocation kit. I'm going to fabricate a longer plate that will extend down 2" and allow the sway bar more space from the LCA brackets. When I need to run the 15" rims, I'll just reinstall the relocation plate.

Thanks for this. I may do similar on mine.....or setting things back to Stock Sway bar setup. How did you get the hose piece to go between the bar and bracket....she's might tight in there.
 
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Used a pry bar to create some separation. Was no problem at all. As detailed in Catmonkey’s posted sway bar relocation instructions earlier in this thread. you have to literally cut off a tab of the lower sway bar bracket so that there is clearance for the 15” wheels. This eliminates the ability to simply return the sway bar to it’s original position. The fabrication of a new plate is perhaps the simplest way to return the sway bar back to its factory location.
 

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Here is the solution I was talking about. I realize it's a $289 solution plus installation time and/or money, but I REALLY like what this Whiteline has done for my handling and NVH. I had a bad vibration from the contact my sway bar was making with my relocation brackets, but this eliminated that and the ride quality on bumps is much better, while the car still handles as well as it did in the turns. I have it set on the 3rd most stiff setting out of 4 and it still is softer than it was in day to day driving. I am very pleased with it.
 

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