tC4italy

jiggadomino

damn
what is going on with hotchkis sway bars

tC4italy

oh i dunno they SUCK!?

Drey

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Hotchkis is the only company that makes front sway bar for tc. That's why you don't hear bad things about other companies. Its hard to brake stock sway because its soft, it has that "spring effect".
I talked with Hotchkis today. They said it's strange and they have never gotten calls like that. So they told me do disconnect one link and see if that will put sway bar back in place. They also asked me to take some pictures and send it to them. That's what I'm going to do now.

jiggadomino

what?
look at this thread and others
atleast more than 20 people confirmed have called them about this and gotten replacements...
i dont have anything against hotchkis, but that is hella shady

Drey

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Took some pictures tonight. It's definately bended.

Driver side

Passenger side

Paint



Driver side link


Yeah i had to force it to go in. I'll keep you guys updating on how it's going.

Drey

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I just talked with Drew from Hotchkis. They are going to send me new sway bar. Damn I don't feel like going trough whole installation again. After that no more suspension upgrades! I swear for last 2 months I've been lifting my car up and taken off my wheels every weekend for rotation, for sway bars, for springs, then 2 more times for springs, then for pictures. Hopefully ill fix everything up by summer so I can enjoy driving my tc instead working on it every weekend like it some old pos car that needs to be fixed weekly. I know upgrades are not repairs but I'm just getting tired. Anyway guys who got Hotchkis keep your eyes on it.

tC4italy

could have killed my bf

Mr_Meaty

how long you had these on?
Props to Hothckis for sending you a new one, but yeah, that install was a PITA!

I've had mine on for almost 2 years with no issues at all...

crex149

The salesman I bought our xb and tc off of, autocrosses his tc and snapped his Hotchkis sway bar a couple of weeks back. He called Hotchkis and told them about it and they sent him a new bar. And apparently they have redesigned it to be even stonger. He compared it to the old broke one before he sent it back and said that the new one was a little thicker.

Drey

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I had it for maybe 6 weeks. I drove my car daily and never got a chance to autocross. Roads are not that bad eather. I don't know if the made it stronger but I know they added 2 rings on it so it won't slide side to side. I had those rings on mine.

Mr_Meaty

only 6 weeks of normall driving?
I'd have to say you either got a defective bar or something wrong happened during install.

Schuller

Those hollow bars have a tendency to do that.

jiggadomino

true that^^

kanundrum

At least with my situation, my bar went thru about 60k Miles of Abuse. So what ever you people think I dont really care, I like hotchkis ^_^

Drey

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^Yeah, me to

tC4italy

oh you don't? none of my hotchick for u tonight then

kanundrum

ahahaha

Mr_Meaty

see...I like having their spring and sways just so I can say I'm riding on nothing but hot.chicks all day long!