Lowered car about 1.25" Adjustable Endlinks needed? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Sportsguy83 · 07-19-2013, 08:57 AM

So I was following a thread and believe I have found the culprit of a little annoying sound on my front suspension.

The stock front endlinks have preload on them right now, making the sway bar be out of place.

Now, my question is, with my car lowered about 1.25", do I need adjustable endlinks in the front and the back, or only the front?

I am about to buy the front ones and will install them at the same time as rear LCA's, but don't want to buy them only to find out I need them on the back too.

tonystewart · 07-19-2013, 10:43 AM

Inquiring minds want to know, I have similar concerns.

Sportsguy83 · 07-19-2013, 10:55 AM

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Sportsguy83 · 07-19-2013, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonystewart

Inquiring minds want to know, I have similar concerns.

I went ahead and ordered Whiteline Adjustable front Endlinks. Asked couple of forum members who are lower than me and none required them for the back. Front seems to be required.

tonystewart · 07-19-2013, 12:27 PM

Thank you

Racecomp Engineering · 07-19-2013, 02:29 PM

We are running stock in front and Whiteline in the rear. It would be helpful to run adjustables up front but we don't have any issues.

- Andy

YDNA · 07-19-2013, 05:00 PM

i cut and welded mine for the fronts because i didnt want to shell out the money nor did i want to wait two weeks for some endlinks to come in. it's been holding up fine with spirited driving. this was a last minute 2am morning thing that we did too

djdnz · 07-19-2013, 05:04 PM

Can someone elaborate on the issue? Trying to figure out what the problem is... I've seen the picture in the other thread but I dont have a clear understanding of what is happening.

YDNA · 07-19-2013, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djdnz

Can someone elaborate on the issue? Trying to figure out what the problem is... I've seen the picture in the other thread but I dont have a clear understanding of what is happening.

when you lower your car, most people have the issue of the endlinks hitting/rubbing onto the control arm when you turn your steering wheel. its very annoying.

chadstyle · 07-19-2013, 05:34 PM

That's interesting David. I have 1.4" drop all the way around using OEM end links and Eibach sways front and rear and I have no noises at all. I have seen a thread or two talking about this but not on a 1" drop if I remember.

onefasazn · 07-19-2013, 05:49 PM

I posted about this in another thread, but Whiteline has a bunch of universal sizes:

http://www.whiteline.com.au/do_segue...NT&vehicle=ALL

cnk · 07-19-2013, 06:23 PM

I'm dropped 1" and on the stock endlinks without any issues. Seems to be an isolated few that end up with this issue.

Sportsguy83 · 07-19-2013, 11:22 PM

I guess it depends on what Coilovers you get. I know to get my endlinks in place, I needed to FORCE them, because they were way off. I also saw the chasis with some marks from the endlinks rubbing.

Peolpe who only changed colis and not get coilovers, should not worry as the strut is the same. Coilovers are the ones that might have the problem.

It might also be a case of me needing to loosen the sway bar and readjust.

cnk · 07-19-2013, 11:37 PM

Possibly. I'm on KW V3's. I didn't reinstall the sway bar until I was done installing the coilovers on both sides. I didn't have to force them in either.

07-19-2013, 10:43 AM	#2
tonystewart Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Raven Location: Lake Worth Florida Posts: 1,182 Thanks: 76 Thanked 373 Times in 253 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Inquiring minds want to know, I have similar concerns. __________________ May'12 AT Raven, OFT V2, Perrin IntakeTube, Pulley & Overpipe,HKS Snorkel,FA20 EL Header,Nameless Frontpipe w/ Helmholtz, Crawford AOS, Cusco O2W Cooler, Grimmspeed Strut/MC Brace, Winjets w/D2S 3.0 HID by Illuminating Lighworkx, Fogs w/EU Stalk, LED's, JDM UnderPanels, Diffuser, Rigid Collars, Whiteline, HVT Camber Plates, Koni's, Swift Springs, GTSpec LCA, SPC Toearms, DBA 4K T-Slot Rotors, Ferodo DS2500, Vorshlag BrakeLines, MichelinPSS, 5Axis Wing, Raammat, Ensolite, JPM Coachworks, OEM+Ref400, 20mmspacers, TOMS

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tonystewart Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Raven Location: Lake Worth Florida Posts: 1,182 Thanks: 76 Thanked 373 Times in 253 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Thank you __________________ May'12 AT Raven, OFT V2, Perrin IntakeTube, Pulley & Overpipe,HKS Snorkel,FA20 EL Header,Nameless Frontpipe w/ Helmholtz, Crawford AOS, Cusco O2W Cooler, Grimmspeed Strut/MC Brace, Winjets w/D2S 3.0 HID by Illuminating Lighworkx, Fogs w/EU Stalk, LED's, JDM UnderPanels, Diffuser, Rigid Collars, Whiteline, HVT Camber Plates, Koni's, Swift Springs, GTSpec LCA, SPC Toearms, DBA 4K T-Slot Rotors, Ferodo DS2500, Vorshlag BrakeLines, MichelinPSS, 5Axis Wing, Raammat, Ensolite, JPM Coachworks, OEM+Ref400, 20mmspacers, TOMS

07-19-2013, 05:34 PM	#10
chadstyle Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: 2013 Subaru BR-Z Limited Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 883 Thanks: 407 Thanked 562 Times in 294 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	That's interesting David. I have 1.4" drop all the way around using OEM end links and Eibach sways front and rear and I have no noises at all. I have seen a thread or two talking about this but not on a 1" drop if I remember. __________________ ChadStyle's Build

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