How hard is it to install H&R sway bars?

[gandrade1]

Hi guys,

How hard is it to install front and rear sway bars in my 01 Boxster?

I am considering buying a couple of used H&R sway bars at a decent price, but the shop wants 3 hours (@$120/hour) to install them?

Is it a DIY job? What skill level and tools would I need?

All the best,

Gus

[ericinboca]

Hi guys,

How hard is it to install front and rear sway bars in my 01 Boxster?

I am considering buying a couple of used H&R sway bars at a decent price, but the shop wants 3 hours (@$120/hour) to install them?

Is it a DIY job? What skill level and tools would I need?

All the best,

Gus

It is not hard, and I can talk you through it, and take pictures as I install the set of fully adjustables I am putting in next week.

On the rear, the hardest thing is removing that aluminum pan thing - not sure what it is called. But with some patience, you can get it off. That exposes the mounts where the bar goes with he bushings.

On the front, you have to take a bunch of those clips that hold the plastic cover out, so it droops down, giving you access to the area where the bar goes. You have to remove the bolts that hold a plate on that covers the area where the bushings and bar go. You have to figure out how to "thread" the bar up and in the wheel well correctly.

It really is not too hard of a job. Not much to screw up as long as you don't loosen the lower control arms or the toe adjust arms - if you do then you would need an alignment -- and you do not need to loosen these to do it.

Tools are regular shop things - metric wrenches, screwdriver/needle nose pliers to help pry off the clasps. A torque wrench to retighten everything.