Addco rear sway bar for the 8G *UPDATE - THE NEW ONE FITS!*

**Danger DANJ** · 07-12-2004, 07:56 AM

After months and months of having the bar on order, it was finally produced and I got it two weeks ago. This past weekend I finally got a chance to install it and it doesn't fit! The bar bolts up to the crossmember just fine, but then the ends are too long to be able to attatch to the stabalizer links. Addco supposedly had a problem with their prototype and fixed it, but apparently not, unless this is a different problem. The stock bar took forever to get off becuase the nuts for the stabalizer links were rusted on really bad. After all the trouble to get them off, then find that the new bar doesn't fit, really sucks! Also, the holes in the brackets that hold the bar to the crossmember were punched out poorly and had to be opened up more with a dremel to get the bolts to fit through. Here is a pic to show you where the bar is too long.

**Radnoken** · 07-12-2004, 09:40 AM

You sure they sent you the right one. I could see it be off slightly if they produced it wrong. But that's a big difference.

**Danger DANJ** · 07-12-2004, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Radnoken

You sure they sent you the right one. I could see it be off slightly if they produced it wrong. But that's a big difference.

It's got to be the one for the Galant. It even has the bend in the bar so it can clear the jack point on the bottom of the spare tire well. What are the odds of some other bar having that same bend and still fitting relatively the same? Could it be that the 8G's are different for other years? I can't see that being the case, but you never know.

**Stylin_G** · 07-13-2004, 05:37 PM

hey dave can't you move the stabilizer bar so that it can meet with the sway bar?? I don't know.... Then you must've tried it already

**Danger DANJ** · 07-13-2004, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Stylin_G

hey dave can't you move the stabilizer bar so that it can meet with the sway bar?? I don't know.... Then you must've tried it already

Yeah, I know in that pic it looks like it would reach if you moved the link, but believe me, it doesn't come close. That pic is at a weird angle. If you look at the lower trailing arm below the end of the sway bar, you can see how the sway bar extends way over it and the stabalizer link can't move past that arm. Even if the stabalizer link was long enough, it would hit against the lower trailing arm.

**Los** · 07-13-2004, 08:08 PM

David I was checking on that part and the part number you should have should be 2149 according to ADDCO. I think that's right I left the info at work.

**Stylin_G** · 07-13-2004, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Danger DANJ

Yeah, I know in that pic it looks like it would reach if you moved the link, but believe me, it doesn't come close. That pic is at a weird angle. If you look at the lower trailing arm below the end of the sway bar, you can see how the sway bar extends way over it and the stabalizer link can't move past that arm. Even if the stabalizer link was long enough, it would hit against the lower trailing arm.

Ya thats what i figured....

**Danger DANJ** · 07-14-2004, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by Los

David I was checking on that part and the part number you should have should be 2149 according to ADDCO. I think that's right I left the info at work.

Yeah, on the top of the instructions that came with the bar it says 2149 - 99-02 Mit Galant Rear, but it's hand written and the whole thing is photocopied. The instructions are generic and could be followed for pretty much all sway bars.

It's being checked on, so we will see what Addco has to say for themselves.

altima98 · 08-18-2004, 12:41 PM

It look like the Racing Beat Heim Link might work on that.. check out racingbeat.com and look part number 54200

**Danger DANJ** · 08-25-2004, 06:29 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(altima98)</div><div class='quotemain'>It look like the Racing Beat Heim Link might work on that.. check out racingbeat.com and look part number 54200</div>

Those won't work, but thanks anyway. I finally got a call from Addco yesterday. Someone from the tech department was asking me questions about the fitment and said they would check it out and call me back in 2 weeks. They hope to have a new one to send me by then. Cross your fingers.

paco · 09-14-2004, 08:34 PM

any updates on your bar?

P.S. how much is this bar anyways?

**Stylin_G** · 09-14-2004, 10:08 PM

ya I was just thinking about this the other day, any progress Dave?? what did these people have to say for themselves?? are you getting a new bar or some parts to fix this problem

**underated** · 09-15-2004, 12:59 AM

if you could let us know when you find something out that would be great i wanna get a swaybar but this is the only one that they make

**Danger DANJ** · 09-16-2004, 12:03 PM

Nope, I haven't heard anything. I'm going to have to contact Addco again.

paco · 10-19-2004, 01:04 PM

Anything new on this?

**underated** · 10-20-2004, 01:15 AM

i was just wondering about this the other day any news?

**Danger DANJ** · 10-22-2004, 12:14 PM

Still nothing. Addco sucks. I emailed them last week and they told me they were working on it. WTF! How long does it take to fix something that is already made?

**Stylin_G** · 10-22-2004, 12:35 PM

hey I've read in the Eclipse forums.. that if your going to put on a sway bar you need couple of other parts... heres the link
http://www.eclipseforums.org/fortopic168868.html but just substitute the ST sway for the Addco.

I'm not sure if it helps or anything, and then you might have looked at it already...

**Danger DANJ** · 10-24-2004, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Stylin_G

hey I've read in the Eclipse forums.. that if your going to put on a sway bar you need couple of other parts... heres the link
http://www.eclipseforums.org/fortopic168868.html but just substitute the ST sway for the Addco.

I'm not sure if it helps or anything, and then you might have looked at it already...

No, those extra parts are only for the Eclipse guys with the RS model because the RS model doesn't come with a rear sway bar at all. The same thing would go for the DE model Galant. I would have got the ST rear sway bar along time ago, but you have to bang flat or cut off the jack point that is attached to the spare tire well on the Galant to get the bar to fit. Looking back, I should have just did it.