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      04-19-2009, 05:02 PM   #1
Citizen Z
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Drives: '08 135i AW Sport
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Hotchkis Sway Endlinks Issue

If you're not careful to ensure the endlinks are VERY close to the OEM length and are both the exact same length, you will experience clunking from your struts and as the sway bar is shifted left and right against its stops by bumps and the car changing its direction of rotation. I had mine in about 1" too long on one side and 1/2" too long on the other side and had persistent clunketyclunketyclunk as I'd go over rough roads and expansion joints and when I'd sashey the car back and for very quickly, you could hear the sway shifting quite hard against its stops.

Just an FYI.

I reinstalled teh OEM ones because I also discovered the bushing on one of the adjustable endlinks was torn.
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