Do I need a lift to install a progess sway bar? Or can i get it on in my driveway? What if I stacked 3 or 4 floor jacks on top of each other? That sounds like a good idea.

 

no!! that sounds like a terrible idea! Jack it up and put 4 jackstands, two in the front two in the rear and go at it, if you don't have a jack and jackstands go buy them! Your car does not need to be real high off the ground to do this install, technically it doesn't at all need to be off the ground but if you're lowered you may run into issues like myself and just have to lift it totally. You do however want as much room to work as possible without lifting it off the ground if you're not lowered. Click this link to see why you should never do anything silly such as stack jacks on top of each other or work on a car without jackstands

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...038&highlight=

P.S. I hope and pray to god you weren't serious about that jack stacking comment...

 

Whenever you install a sway bar, you'll want it at ride heaight, or at least with the weight on the suspension.

Sooo, get some ramps, and use those.

 

us lowered people can't use ramps lol... im still lazy to go and make mine haha but i edited my directions accordingly since you were right

 

How much time is needed to install a sway bar? Also i know jack s*** about working on cars. Is this something I should pay to have done or should I just go at it?

 

Do your research and go in with the right tools and you can tackle it. You're just replacing an old (stock) unit, so it's not some crazy job and you can look at the old one to figure out how to do the new one.

I did it on a lift because I was doing my springs at the same time and I had the access to it, but it could be tackled with jacks and a pair of jackstands.

 

quite litereally, i think there is four bolts involved if I remember correctly... i think ANYONE can handle this job

 

There are ramps that are long, and which have a short slope, made for lowered cars.

 

when you live in bum fucl< like me good like finding a shop to sell them lol... i made a set of wooden ones but lost them in the move some how... Anywho you always come across as very "short" with people... might wanna work on that

 

check these out. They're 66" long, and are made for lowered cars.

http://www.factoryramps.com/products...minilifts.html

 

great find! I just ordered them

 

Thanks for the info man. This is forum kicks ___. Bar will be on its way.


-Zoots

-P.S.
I was kidding about the floor jacks

-P.P.S.
Sort of.

 

LOL shoulda kept the pps outta there, but if i ever poke fun its because I truly think its a bad idea, in this case i just didn't want you or anyone helping you get hurt. Best of luck modding let me know how it goes

 

It'll take about an hour if this is your first time doing it.

I'm lowered on S-techs and I can go up a regular car ramp (going in reverse only)

And if you ever used that jack on top of jacks idea, you sir deserve a darwin award.

 

no u can do it with a jack and jack stands

 

You should always install a sway bar with weight on the suspension.

 

Can you explain to me why? I'm not being a smartarse or anything, I really would like to know.

 

Something about it being adjusted, and tightened all the way.

Basically it's to make sure the nuts and crap are all torqued down completely.

quote from a DIY:

"be sure to load the suspension fully before tightening things down. I obviously did it on ramps (seems simpler to me), but whichever you prefer. "

 

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

 

Amazingly while searching for a reason why it's necessary to have it on the ground, all I found were directions on installing sway's, which said to have the car on the ground.