I recently swapped out my factory front sway bar mounts and to my surprise when attempting to bolt the bar back up the sway bar bracket holes do not line up.

I'm using the factory sway bar and as it sits, I cannot install the bar onto the mounts because the factory rubber stoppers that are crimped into the bar will not allow the mounting bracket to come in towards the center of the car enough to line up the bolt holes.

I tried flipping the bar around and same issue.

Anyone ran into this before? Those stoppers seem pretty impossible to slide.

 

i've never seen these mounts, but are they sided?

 

I'm not seeing the pictures, but why not bend them slightly inward? In a vice

 

I think the SuperNow swaybar mounts are the billet kind that is super rigid so the swaybar loads bend the flexy front frame rails under cornering.

So, cant put those in a vise and bend them.

 

I have the SN sway bar mounts, but don't use the lower clamp since i'm running a larger swaybar. If you are having issues, maybe just use the stock lower clamp