I'm getting ready to order some sway bar endlinks and I need to know the distance between the mounting tabs on the control arms for the endlink (the span of the U bracket where the lower part of the endlink attaches). I was hoping that someone would have a control arm handy that they'd measure for me so that I don't have to go crawling around under my car in the rain. I'll probably be putting in an order next week, so any help before then would be greatly appreciated.

 

I am confused as to what you need to have measured. Are you talking about the distance between the holes on the end link mounting bracket? If so why? if you buy a new sway bar it will come with a beefier bracket if you just put on end links the bracket does not change

 

Here's a pic of the piece of which I speak. I need to know the distance on the inside between the two vertical pieces. I need it because I'm going to buy sway bar endlinks designed for a Miata (best quality I could find, should work fine, I'll post a review after) and I need to confirm the distance to see if the spacers supplied with the kit to hold the rod end in the middle will be ok, or if I'll have to make something of my own. Again, any help is appreciated.

 

I would love to help however I have RB sway bar and end links and it comes with a heavy duty steel bracket

 

Oh well, thanks anyway. It's still wet here, so I haven't measured it myself yet. Still looking to see if anyone can save me the trouble. The dimension the endlinks are designed around (on the Miata) is 24mm in case anyone's wondering.

 

send me a PM tonight to remind me and I'll get the dimensions. I have a set of s5 arms sitting in my closet

 

I just sent you a PM. I really appreciate your helping me out.

 

3.5cm

 

Thanks

In case anyone was interested I'm getting endlinks from here: http://www.gearheadsgarage.com/ForSa.../endlinks.html

I'm getting the Version 2.0 ones, they're competetively priced compared to the Racing Beat and the Mazdatrix ones. The price I was quoted was actually slightly cheaper than both the RB and Mazdatrix endlinks, but they're apparently making a couple changes (they're going to double rod end style, and are going to have a shorter male female combo for really low cars) which will bump the price up a little bit, but they should still be close (I don't know what the new price is). They use Aurora rod ends and they're Teflon lined, which should significantly decrease wear and the associated noises that can be a problem with rod end endlinks using cheap rod ends. Apparently they have had sets with 10's of thousands of miles with minimal wear (a few thousanths of an inch).

So far these seem like the best endlinks I've seen so far (not sure what sort of rod ends Mazdatrix uses), and they're at a good price, so it's a no brainer for me.

They're designed for the Miata, so they've got spacers for a 24mm spacing, but that should be easily solved with washers as shims.

Anyway, I'll post a review when I get them.