ddg=shinebox racing

<b>Had to cut the top bracket and mount it upside down so's the bar would have the proper range of travel. The links were beautifully made by <a href="http://www.awrracing.com/store/index.php?cPath=60_74">AWR racing</a>, they came with machined spacers and machined center "barrel" that rotates to legnthen or shorten the link. I currently don't have the jamb nuts on there, instead, I soaked the threads with locktite.:-)</b>

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<b>Aftermarket links are for the rear of a Mazda-3, the shortest I could find, but were at least 2" longer than the stock "pogo" links.</b>

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<b>This link setup along with 500lb front springs has allowed me to go back to the stock front bar, I also lubed the a-arm bushings and epoxied the offset subframe bushings in permantly.
On that note, I had the top half of the bushings "O.D." milled down so they'd sit flush in the top of the suframe, this alows the S.F. to mount about ½" higher, moving the a-arm piviot point up, this helps regain some geometry lost from lowering the car...</b>

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<b>Here's a good shot of the modded ball joints that give me extra extension, they allow about another 1.5° of negative camber.. for a total of almost -3!</b>

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<b>Here's the rear, all taped up so the heims won't get dirty. Adj. the rear is even more critical because the rear bar is so huge! The point of adjustability is to take the "preload" from side to side out of the sway bars, this is important when you try to cornerbalance the car. The other big advantage is there's no slop in the sway bar, as soon as you turn in, the bar is loaded and working, making turn in RAZOR sharp!
It also helps with high speed stability and lane changes.</b>

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<b>I found the old Addco mounts were tearing up the frame (what there is of it, it's really just sheetmetal), the only solution was to chuck them and weld reinforcing plates on the frame, then weld the heim brackets on top of them!</b>

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fusilier

They'll creak a bit, but it'll be fun

ddg=shinebox racing

The only noise I get are the springs in coilovers rattle when I go over broken pavement...

S4 Racing

nice by the way.

ddg=shinebox racing

I don't know what the fitment for an A4 would be, I paid $120.00 per pair w/ the extra brackets...