Way to take care of that G, love the caliper color choice w/ your wheel & body color, just a great vision there^^^

 

So in my quest to be able to continue to make mods while not breaking the bank I ordered a set of sway bars a few days ago. These aren't the ones most choose but I have about $150 of credit with Amazon and I waited about a week to late to jump on the last set of Hotchkis sways that were offered at $350.
I went with Godspeed because I could only find bad things said about them from people who hadnt owned them. Total cost to me was about $115 for both.
That left me room to also pick up all four Moog end links from rock auto for about $115 shipped.
I'm really not a cheap *** when it comes to this stuff but I have to be able to justify the extra cost. From every review I read it said that they are perfectly good for a daily driver.

Turns out they are backordered. After contacting the seller it seems that Godspeed actually recalled them for fitment issues. Guess I dodged a bullet there.

So I have the Moog end links on the way and now the cheapest I have found the Hotchkis set for is about $400. Still not too bad once I apply my $150 credit to get them for $250 but it'll have to wait until next month.

I started a new job and I'll be sent off to training for about three weeks and I have no idea when that will be. Could be next week. Could be next month. So I'm just going to wait until that's all done to order them.

 

Are your OEM end-links weak or broken? Seems unlikely for a 2012.

 

I was getting a creaking in the front end that I have attributed to at least one of the links.
From what I've read when lowered it can put extra stress and cause some noise before failure. I considered it insurance and in my mind it justified the lower quality sway bars.

Also a little of "while I was in there logic".

 

You can buy the Hotchkis for $352 shipped off of TireRack, no tax either!

Cheapest place I could find online. I've been thinking about selling m BNIB Hotchkis and switching to Eibach. I've been doing a lot of research, and pairing the stiffest sway bars out there with coilovers isn't necessarily the smartest thing. You end up losing grip if you go too stiff, so I may opt for a set of sways that less harsh.

 

I have a credit with Amazon so I'd still come out ahead buying them there.

Unless you are selling yours for a good deal.

I had the eibach on my Z and to honest I didn't notice a huge difference over stock. So I want to go with the Hotchkis to see if the reviews are what people say. That and I have no plans for coils anytime soon. I am completely happy with my Swift springs.

 

In that case, go Hotchkis for sure.

 

I have the godspeed sways they fit perfectly and haven't creaked in the year I've owned them. I just looked at the bushings while doing my lowering springs and all looks well.

 

I was all set on going with them as I hadn't head of any problems lately but they aren't available anywhere and I heard form two different vendors that Godspeed recalled all of them.

I'll be ordering the Hotchkis in a couple of weeks.

 

I wonder if their tooling got messed up. I'm sure theres no quality control. They probably bang out a ton for next to nothing and hope for the best lol. Oh well I can't complain

 

Lets see the Nismos!!

 

Ok...

 

Normally not a fan of red unless it's a prancing horse but dang, loving this set up. Must be a breeze cleaning those wheels

 

I finally ordered the Hotchkis sways yesterday and to my surprise they showed up this morning.

So I spent the better part of 3 hours installing them along with the Moog end links. I'm glad that I upgraded to the Moog links. These things are beefy!

So far I am very happy with the Hotchkis. Very nice feel and I am now limited by my tires.
I'll get a better feel for them as I get more miles.

I did verify that my diff bushings are shot so once I get back from training later in June I'll be tackling that.

 

Such a great thread. I love all your finishing touches on the car. Really looks good. Love what you did with the interior love the wheels love the car man. Keep on!