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Old 07-22-2003, 12:25 PM
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Does this happen often, my friend was driving the other day and found a weird noise.. then when he looked at his car.. the stablizing bar broke.
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That sounds highly unusual. Did he drive over a sidewalk?
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And people are saying STB isn't effect the handelling! Can you give us more details on this please, how does it happend exectly, were you in the car too?
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Well, was it the stabilizer bar (anti-roll bar or sway bar) or the strut tower brace?


If it's the former, he must've clipped a curb or something. Suspension pieces are designed to crumple catastrophically under severe impact, to prevent frame damage. The suspension pieces act like a cushion. But I wonder why the wishbones (or tie-rods) did not fail...

If it's the latter, either it was installed incorrectly or it was just a shitty piece.
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He looked at his car and the bar broke? Can I borrow this guy? I've got a few deadbeat customers whose kneecaps could use this treatment!
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