Sway Bar Mouting Brackets/Bolts Integrity - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

sw20kosh · 01-14-2013, 09:58 PM

This is just a simple question directed to those that have beefier sways. How are the brackets/bolts/bolt holes/chasis holding up? In my experience with my previous two car's and a few of my friends cars, this is a weak point on production vehicles. I've seen everything from bushings disintegrating, threads stripping, brackets cracking, endlinks snapping etc.

How are the beefier sways holding up on this platform?

xwd · 01-15-2013, 09:35 PM

The front hasn't shown to be an issue, either the mounts or endlinks. The rear I know on the 08+ WRX/STi Whiteline made a swaybar reinforcement bracket, but it looks pretty stout to me and I can't see someone putting a huge rear swaybar on this car. Both front and rear use decent sized bolts, in the front you have a nut and a bolt, you need to make sure you get the bolt lined up or else you could cross thread it.

One nice thing is if you did crossthread it, the swaybar brackets are bolted into the chassis by themselves, so it wouldn't be difficult to replace. With the other Subaru models the swaybar brackets are welded to the main front crossmember...

sw20kosh · 01-16-2013, 04:33 PM

Yeah I am used to the brackets being welded on. This puts my mind at ease a little bit.

mla163 · 01-16-2013, 07:36 PM

Keep in mind the sways are much smaller than on other cars. The forces are much less than say, a Mustang or BMW.

I wouldn't be too concerned.

01-14-2013, 09:58 PM	#1
sw20kosh Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Black FR-S Location: SF Posts: 3,030 Thanks: 881 Thanked 2,014 Times in 990 Posts Mentioned: 153 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Sway Bar Mouting Brackets/Bolts Integrity This is just a simple question directed to those that have beefier sways. How are the brackets/bolts/bolt holes/chasis holding up? In my experience with my previous two car's and a few of my friends cars, this is a weak point on production vehicles. I've seen everything from bushings disintegrating, threads stripping, brackets cracking, endlinks snapping etc. How are the beefier sways holding up on this platform?

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01-15-2013, 09:35 PM	#2
xwd Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2013 DGM Subaru BRZ (Subie #9) Location: ATL, US Posts: 2,667 Thanks: 123 Thanked 861 Times in 552 Posts Mentioned: 32 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The front hasn't shown to be an issue, either the mounts or endlinks. The rear I know on the 08+ WRX/STi Whiteline made a swaybar reinforcement bracket, but it looks pretty stout to me and I can't see someone putting a huge rear swaybar on this car. Both front and rear use decent sized bolts, in the front you have a nut and a bolt, you need to make sure you get the bolt lined up or else you could cross thread it. One nice thing is if you did crossthread it, the swaybar brackets are bolted into the chassis by themselves, so it wouldn't be difficult to replace. With the other Subaru models the swaybar brackets are welded to the main front crossmember...

01-16-2013, 04:33 PM	#3
sw20kosh Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Black FR-S Location: SF Posts: 3,030 Thanks: 881 Thanked 2,014 Times in 990 Posts Mentioned: 153 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Yeah I am used to the brackets being welded on. This puts my mind at ease a little bit.

01-16-2013, 07:36 PM	#4
mla163 Overthinking it Join Date: May 2012 Drives: BRZ in CS Location: DC Posts: 271 Thanks: 27 Thanked 81 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Keep in mind the sways are much smaller than on other cars. The forces are much less than say, a Mustang or BMW. I wouldn't be too concerned.

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