So I was once again bored at the scion central and decided to take it appon myself to install a tC stock swaybar onto my xB. With the help of scionjohn and the blessing of tChillen for his old swaybar. I went to work, scion john helped me do the drilling and alignment, with evilsciondude supervising. After wards I had the sway bar bolted down on the rear arm bar and than fabricated some connectors to the rear shocks, just like the white line rear sway bar set-up. The aftermath, no roll what soever, my xB is ready for the track and around corners is incredible. The tC rear stock sway bar is so much thicker than the hotchkis I was blown away at the difference.



The tC swaybar and the hotchkis rear sway bar. You can see the difference.


So if you got a buddy with a tC, and they installed the trd. Ask them for their old tC swaybar and have a shop install yours today!! :D

 

nicely done gabe...ill make sure to get my hands on one if i can find it

 

Sup man!! Haven't seen you in a while!! If you need help installing let me know, I got a rack open for you.

 

Very nice

 

thanks munch, just another mod for everyone else to enjoy.

 

You crazy mexican!!!! Nice man real nice!

 

LOL Dude, I am on the ground for real though!!! You know I have to be different and try new things, or else I am just a regular mexican.

 

Hmm, I'm not so sure about the link that's fab'd on there. And the way the bar kinks downward looks like there may be some clearance issues...........................sorry Gabe, not for me.

 

ooh, quick reply... got to give you props for trying man, that's just nuts... need to check out that setup in person tomorrow night

 

How hard would it be to extend the bar up to the mount point with the same size round stock or use a strong enough tubing to sleeve over the bar and flattened on one end for the bolt? The flat stock bothers me for some reason. It's just me though.

I think it is a creative idea.

 

yeah looks cool i bet within a week or so gabe will fab up a better way.

 

I really don't know if that's even safe...

Good luck, hope everything goes well.

 

Who the hell is this guy?? :twisted:

Whats up Edwin?

 

Gabe, I would seriously, seriously, seriously, rethink this "link" you have connecting the swar bar to the shock mount.



Either, try and shape the bar to mount to the shock mount, or find a Hiem joint that would work. Or a piece of angle iron or something. That flat piece appears to have no structural rigidty, and under repeated heavy loading, will fail, and who knows what damage will occur.

 

Also, some nylock nuts here wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

squrrel, it does look a little if'y, but I worked it out with Gabe. We had to go down with the bar because of clearence and we still have plenty of ground clearence. As for the connecting link. Its pretty sturdy. Gabed used a 1/4 in. piece of steel to fab that. I think it will hold pertty well.

 

have had it on for a week already and I drive hard. Not one problem. The links are working great. I tried to raise the swaybar up just a little bit but than it was hitting the spring holder. The swaybar also doesn't pass the inner wheel so i am not worried, I have already driven over some speed bumps at an angle to see if there are any problems; end result a perfect performing swaybar. The endlinks I made have to be heated with a torch to bend them, so I am not worried about them failing.
[qoute="squirrel"]Also, some nylock nuts here wouldn't be a bad idea.
[/qoute] The bolts are under pressure and I rechecked them yesterday to see if they are coming loose from last week, not one loose nut. Although that is not a bad idea.

 

Well, ok. As long as you keep checking it periodically. Remind me not to drive behind you.

 

Hey squirrel, drive behind me!

 

That's ok. I don't need to replace yet another windshield.