Rear Sway Bar Stabilizer Bracket Bolt replacement?

[Books]

So long story short, I stupidly ended up misplacing a bracket bolt for my rear sway bar. Must have rolled off somewhere, but I will continue trying to find it. Does anyone know where i can find one of these bolts?

I haven't tried this yet, but I think that my front sways OE bolts might fit so I'll give that a try tonight.

I'm missing one of the bolts circled in yellow (Pic borrowed from a DIY)


On another note, it's kinda fun driving with no rear sways... though sometimes scary.

Thanks.

[GC_Adam]

The size you need is 8x1.25mm. These are pretty common and can be found at your local autoparts store or "mom n pop" hardware store.

Or the subaru dealer, they've used these bolts on many other models.

[wparsons]

How is it scary driving with no rear bar? The car will push much more than stock.

[Books]

Originally Posted by wparsons

How is it scary driving with no rear bar? The car will push much more than stock.

Mostly mental I suppose and the car was more bouncy. Normal driving didn't effect much but I didn't take any really hard turns. Best I can describe it is that it's different. It was like driving through an earthquake when I was driving down my-not-so maintained highway.

Anyways, I did find that bolt (at autozone) and it fit perfectly. Car feels more stiff now, not substantially (so far) but enough to notice. Will have to take more hard turns. I got Hotchkis front and rear sways.

[wparsons]

You shouldn't have felt a single difference over bumps on the highway... the ONLY thing a sway bar does is lessen weight transfer. Feeling bouncy would've been in your head only, a sway bar won't do anything to stop it from feeling more or less bouncy.