Rear sway bar cost and another question... I inquired about a part number a while back for a rear sway bar. I checked for the cost last week at my local chebby dealership. I was quoted like $130. Is this the price everyone else that has went this route received? I am curious, as I thought they were a little cheaper than that. New ? added.... What bolts are used? Should I just use grade 8 bolts found at Home Depot? Or is there special bolts needed? I figured someone could help on this as well... Thanks for the inputs, Mike
WOW !!! Less than $80 delivered to my door. I will do as soon as I find out if there is any other parts needed on my behalf. Mike
boxed rear arms and shims, the shims are very important to center the bar. wow 80 bucks!?! i may have to buy a set.
I do not have the shims. I have the boxed control arms. I will try and find them on there also. Thanks for the input. Mike
I could not find them there. I will go local for them. I did get the bar ordered for 78.49 total including shipping. Not bad at all. GM Part# 394926 Mike
Mike, Its not that hard to make your own shims. Get some flat stock, cut it to length, and drill some holes. The shim kits I've seen are usually a couple shims short of what is needed to install correctly. There was a discussion on this a while ago, see if the search function will find it.
Yeah, I bought a hardware kit from The Parts Place to install my rear bar last year, and there were not enough shims to do the job. Had to fab up a few in the shop here. I discussed it with the rep at TPP, and they said they would check into it with their supplier, but I didn't get the impression they would end up putting more shims in the std kit.
TimR, a member on this sight, made up some aluminum shims for me. He was selling them to everyone on the V8board. Good price and excellent quality. I don't know if he's making these anymore but I'd contact him if you need some. http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=49340&highlight=rear+shims :beer Lon
