OK boys and girls after much thought and tinkering I came up with the poor man's version of the Blue Groove Sway Bars. I only did the front end since I already did the rear in my previous sway bar post. For this installation I have exactly $0 invested!! Since I am sure that caught alot of eyes, lets get started.
What you will need: 2x servo horns and 1x Tiger's teeth (if you don't know an insulator, music wire from the hobby shop will do the trick. But that blows the $0 budget by atleast a buck :nono: )
Tools: a Dremel with a cut off wheel and sanding attachment, pliers and a sharpie for marking bend points, and a drill to ream out your servo horn.
On the left is what I started with. On the right is what it ended up as. Cut 3 arms off, sanded to shape with dremel and remed the center hole to accept the Savage screw. I figured who doesn't have a few of those laying around. I may have to swap to aluminum horns in the future. A test bashing will tell the tale.
Stock X arm. Where the sway bar will slide in is circled. No modification required.
Here is where the servo horn goes. I drilled out the second hole from the center to accept the tiger tooth. The hole will depend on the material used for the sway bar. Once the horn is in place you will see why the second hole was chosen. It lines up nicely with the dip in the TVP design.
After a few test bends to get my angles right here is what you get. I would suggest needle nose pliers to aid in installing into the arms. I personally took it as far in as possible so there would be no worries of the sway bar exiting unexpectedly. No linkage collars hold it in and I don't believe I will need them either.
And here is another view.
I would have gottena pic of the Tiger Tooth bent into shape before installation but it was 2 a.m. and I was so happy to get this installed with just a test fit I skipped that pic. Wasn't too hard to get the bend points so I am sure you can make do without. If not I will get a pic next time I tear the front end down.
I will say that the Blue Groove use a much heavier material and eventually when I have a disposable income I will probably get a set, but for now.........I kinda like the do it yourself route. And I definitly can't complain about the price!! Enjoy and feel free to leave some feedback or questions on either of the sway bar installments. I may just do a part 3 with a Blue Groove knock off for the rear. Undecided as of yet.
It sucks being :$broke: but I have as much fun making this stuff as using it
Enjoy!!
What you will need: 2x servo horns and 1x Tiger's teeth (if you don't know an insulator, music wire from the hobby shop will do the trick. But that blows the $0 budget by atleast a buck :nono: )
Tools: a Dremel with a cut off wheel and sanding attachment, pliers and a sharpie for marking bend points, and a drill to ream out your servo horn.
On the left is what I started with. On the right is what it ended up as. Cut 3 arms off, sanded to shape with dremel and remed the center hole to accept the Savage screw. I figured who doesn't have a few of those laying around. I may have to swap to aluminum horns in the future. A test bashing will tell the tale.
Stock X arm. Where the sway bar will slide in is circled. No modification required.
Here is where the servo horn goes. I drilled out the second hole from the center to accept the tiger tooth. The hole will depend on the material used for the sway bar. Once the horn is in place you will see why the second hole was chosen. It lines up nicely with the dip in the TVP design.
After a few test bends to get my angles right here is what you get. I would suggest needle nose pliers to aid in installing into the arms. I personally took it as far in as possible so there would be no worries of the sway bar exiting unexpectedly. No linkage collars hold it in and I don't believe I will need them either.
And here is another view.
I would have gottena pic of the Tiger Tooth bent into shape before installation but it was 2 a.m. and I was so happy to get this installed with just a test fit I skipped that pic. Wasn't too hard to get the bend points so I am sure you can make do without. If not I will get a pic next time I tear the front end down.
I will say that the Blue Groove use a much heavier material and eventually when I have a disposable income I will probably get a set, but for now.........I kinda like the do it yourself route. And I definitly can't complain about the price!! Enjoy and feel free to leave some feedback or questions on either of the sway bar installments. I may just do a part 3 with a Blue Groove knock off for the rear. Undecided as of yet.
It sucks being :$broke: but I have as much fun making this stuff as using it
Enjoy!!
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