How do I change the front sway bar bushings? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

radroach · 03-23-2022, 03:03 PM

To start, really surprised there aren't any tutorial threads about this 10 years into the car's life. I think I've run into more difficulty on this than I expected - I thought this would be a quick 10 minute job but..

I have taken the wheels off and removed the plastic cover near the front sway bar, and notice that I don't have any room to undo the bolts on the sway bar bushings. How do I change out the front sway bar bushings? Do I have to undo the entire sway bar from the subframe as if I were following a tutorial install for an aftermarket sway bar?

Yoshoobaroo · 03-23-2022, 03:26 PM

It’s really easy, you just remove the bracket that holds the sway bar bracket on. It’s 2x2 bolts per side.

BigTuna · 03-23-2022, 04:06 PM

https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39003

Ohio Enthusiast · 03-23-2022, 05:36 PM

I replaced the bushings on both sway bars. The rears are a 10 minute job. For the fronts the bar needs to come out of the car entirely, which is quite the pain with all the panels that need to be removed for that, but otherwise fairly simple.

Breadman · 03-30-2022, 08:47 AM

here is a video of how i did it

03-23-2022, 03:03 PM	#1
radroach Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: car Location: usa Posts: 2,162 Thanks: 1,028 Thanked 867 Times in 530 Posts Mentioned: 35 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	How do I change the front sway bar bushings? To start, really surprised there aren't any tutorial threads about this 10 years into the car's life. I think I've run into more difficulty on this than I expected - I thought this would be a quick 10 minute job but.. I have taken the wheels off and removed the plastic cover near the front sway bar, and notice that I don't have any room to undo the bolts on the sway bar bushings. How do I change out the front sway bar bushings? Do I have to undo the entire sway bar from the subframe as if I were following a tutorial install for an aftermarket sway bar? Last edited by radroach; 03-23-2022 at 03:14 PM.

03-23-2022, 04:06 PM	#3
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Ohio Enthusiast Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Drives: 2018 BRZ Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 904 Thanks: 1,370 Thanked 768 Times in 435 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I replaced the bushings on both sway bars. The rears are a 10 minute job. For the fronts the bar needs to come out of the car entirely, which is quite the pain with all the panels that need to be removed for that, but otherwise fairly simple.

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Breadman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Drives: 2017 BRZ w/PP Location: Pa Posts: 1,027 Thanks: 51 Thanked 302 Times in 225 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	here is a video of how i did it

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