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OK ...here is a question that Could have a huge impact on why only certain cars are suffering the tearing out the tabs on the LCA's.
SPRING-RATES have a direct effect on how "hard" the swaybar is working to controll weight transfer and "Lean" ... the softer teh springs, the more the swaybar has to work, the more it works, the more strees it puts on the suspension components it is attached to.
MOST aftermarket springs are really just lowering springs, that have similar or slightly more aggressive spring rates than OE ... I would not be surprised if thoose who had tear-out issues are ones with near OE spring rates
The reason why I suspect this is based on a past experience ...
A number of years ago I owned an EK ..as did a buddy of mine. We both had identical suspension setups ...Koni's with Eibach springs .and a 22mm ITR rear bar (many times stiffer than thw 12mm OE)
However his car was running on Eibach Race springs (~350#/450#) and I was running on Eibach Prokits springs(~200#/250#)
MY Rear 22mm swaybar Ripped th S**T out of my rear subframe ...his never tore out at all. We both tracked our cars and Bi**ch slapped them continuously
Only difference ...he was running higher spring rates, so the swaybar did not have to work as hard, thus put as much stress on the frame ...
Sooo for thoose of you who have had issues ..what springs (rates) are you running ?
Moose
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