Broken Hotchkis Front Sway Bar Move to TC

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10-21-2007, 10:11 PM

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Broken Hotchkis Front Sway Bar *Move to TC*

So My hotchkis front sway bar snapped into 2 pieces this weekend, Here are some pics of it.

I did remove the broken piece but the majority of the bar is still on the car, my main concern is how far can I drive with me not having a front sway bar, I know of snap oversteer and I will be mindful of it, this is my daily and I drove it home after removing the smaller portion of the bar and it drove fine, I did detect a little instability but that is to be expected. Now to contact hotchkis to see what they can do.

10-21-2007, 10:21 PM

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i wanna know how u did that.

10-21-2007, 10:23 PM

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wow....how did that happen....

10-21-2007, 10:30 PM

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either that was a faulty bar or you really put it under the stress test. man keep us informed!

10-21-2007, 10:40 PM

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hmm should be faulty one, its supposed to be stronger than stock, first sway i heard that was broken. how hard did you drive?

10-22-2007, 12:04 AM

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wow!!!!! how in the world did this happen?

10-22-2007, 12:10 AM

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holy geez sap, where did you go?

10-22-2007, 04:20 AM

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ah screw it ill say it, i was autocrossing with the BMW club lmaooo i wasnt driving any more aggressive then i normally would but in general im pretty sure this shouldnt happen. gonna contact hotchkis and say wats up.

10-22-2007, 04:24 AM

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but i did prettty decent against the bmw's

10-22-2007, 04:25 AM

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WHOAAA can someone move this to TC suspension I poped it in the wrong section.

10-22-2007, 02:02 PM

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10-22-2007, 02:08 PM

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lmaooo yeaaaa also what kinda damage would i do to my other suspension components if I continue to drive on this for a week or two until I can get a replacement.

10-22-2007, 02:12 PM

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i'm not sure about damages to other susp. components but i wouldn't risk it! swap back to oem front sway while you get a replacement. I swapped back to OEM front sway when it got bent in an accident and since i have not had a time to order a new one i put back the OEM and kept the rear hotchkis so far no problem.

10-22-2007, 02:15 PM

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i def don't have the means to do the front sway I heard you have to remove a subframe and ish and dont got time to do that so ill get it done by a shop. its kinda expensive but its warrantied so well see i guess.