H-sport install, pics and tips! Very long!!!
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H-sport install, pics and tips! Very long!!!
Here is my story! I did the job myself and I am a bit careful and compulsive so it took me 5 hours.
Rear first.
Put on level 4 then drive up ramps. Use 1 or 2 floor jacks to support exhaust (1 will work just fine but I had 2). I unbolted the exhaust instead of squeezing out of the mounts ( I found that much easier to do).
After exhaust is lowered unbolt sway brackets then end bolts.
I loosened the end bolts from the front side of the car not the rear. It was much easier to get to them but you must first take off a rubber/plastic piece of protection plate. This plate keeps road debris from hitting the shocks etc. 2 bolts and the plate is off.
Loosen the 16mm end bolt and remove nut. Push the end link toward the rear of the car with one hand and the other hand will grab the bolt and pull it out once it can clear the shock.
Remove old sway.
Install new sway in reverse order. The end bolts are the hardest thing to do but if you are in front of the rear use one hand to push that end link and the other hand to push in the bolt once the end link has cleared the shock. And make sure that the bolt goes into the sway first then end link!!!!! Kind of hard but from the front pushing back it is not bad.
Tighten down. I was not able to get a torque wrench on the rear end bolts so I approximated 60 ft/lbs. Which means very tight.
Jack up the exhaust and bolt center and rear mounts!
The front!
LOWER CAR TO LEVEL 1!!!!!! Will explain later!
Drive up ramps.
Remove pan. I bought a pack of Torx fittings at the local auto store for $10. You will need 2 different sizes for this.
Unbolt sway bracket and end bolts. Remove old bars.
The new bars come with plate brackets that have to come between the old bracket mount and the new bar.
I just used a little tape to keep them in place while I pulled the new sway bar up against them since I do not have 3 hands. Bolt on the clamps then turn up the sway bars toward the end link. On level 1 they almost glide into place!!! At level 4 there is no way to spread out the end links enough to slide them in place. I know I was at level 4 and very frustrated until I went to level 1 and it was easy! Tighten down all bolts. H-sport said that the end link bolts are at 75ft/lbs. They did not feel that tight when I took them off so I torqued them to 60 ft/lbs.
Drive around a curvy road for 5 miles and check all bolts and torques.
Pics below!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05329.1.jpg">
Rear set up!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05330.jpg">
Stock rear sway bar.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05338.jpg">
Exhaust down.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05343.jpg">
H-Sport rear sway installed.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05349.jpg">
Close up of rear endlink with sway on inside of endlink!!!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05352.jpg">
Stock front!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05356.jpg">
H-Sport front.
Enjoy!
Ciao
Review to follow!!!
Rear first.
Put on level 4 then drive up ramps. Use 1 or 2 floor jacks to support exhaust (1 will work just fine but I had 2). I unbolted the exhaust instead of squeezing out of the mounts ( I found that much easier to do).
After exhaust is lowered unbolt sway brackets then end bolts.
I loosened the end bolts from the front side of the car not the rear. It was much easier to get to them but you must first take off a rubber/plastic piece of protection plate. This plate keeps road debris from hitting the shocks etc. 2 bolts and the plate is off.
Loosen the 16mm end bolt and remove nut. Push the end link toward the rear of the car with one hand and the other hand will grab the bolt and pull it out once it can clear the shock.
Remove old sway.
Install new sway in reverse order. The end bolts are the hardest thing to do but if you are in front of the rear use one hand to push that end link and the other hand to push in the bolt once the end link has cleared the shock. And make sure that the bolt goes into the sway first then end link!!!!! Kind of hard but from the front pushing back it is not bad.
Tighten down. I was not able to get a torque wrench on the rear end bolts so I approximated 60 ft/lbs. Which means very tight.
Jack up the exhaust and bolt center and rear mounts!
The front!
LOWER CAR TO LEVEL 1!!!!!! Will explain later!
Drive up ramps.
Remove pan. I bought a pack of Torx fittings at the local auto store for $10. You will need 2 different sizes for this.
Unbolt sway bracket and end bolts. Remove old bars.
The new bars come with plate brackets that have to come between the old bracket mount and the new bar.
I just used a little tape to keep them in place while I pulled the new sway bar up against them since I do not have 3 hands. Bolt on the clamps then turn up the sway bars toward the end link. On level 1 they almost glide into place!!! At level 4 there is no way to spread out the end links enough to slide them in place. I know I was at level 4 and very frustrated until I went to level 1 and it was easy! Tighten down all bolts. H-sport said that the end link bolts are at 75ft/lbs. They did not feel that tight when I took them off so I torqued them to 60 ft/lbs.
Drive around a curvy road for 5 miles and check all bolts and torques.
Pics below!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05329.1.jpg">
Rear set up!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05330.jpg">
Stock rear sway bar.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05338.jpg">
Exhaust down.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05343.jpg">
H-Sport rear sway installed.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05349.jpg">
Close up of rear endlink with sway on inside of endlink!!!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05352.jpg">
Stock front!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/41143/dsc05356.jpg">
H-Sport front.
Enjoy!
Ciao
Review to follow!!!
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