I bought these from Event, and he even gave me a link to the directions, buuuuttt, I can't seem to find them anywhere.
Any help...? I need directions for both
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2007 Cobalt SS
2001 Sunfire (retired)
getting some old school suspension stuff, there.
since the parts came from event, i'll guess you've got all of the hardware with 'em.
i found the toughest part of the hellwig install was attaching the two, plate steel brackets to the undersides of the trailing arms.
there is a hole in the shorter section of the brackets that should line up nicely with a hole in the trailing arms where they kinda curve up toward the outside of the car. You'll end up attaching a nut just under the lower end of your rear dampers in this case. might be easier to pull the lower dampers out of the axle just for convenience...
now, it's been a couple of years since i played with a hellwig bar, but you should have a couple of plate-steel, u-shaped brackets that will attach to the angled brackets mentioned above. this is where a d-shaped bushing will fit and hold the end of your sway bar in place.
there is also a J-shaped bolt . the shorter, curved portion will hook over the axle pretty close to where your rear dampers connect. the J-bolt should be pretty vertical, and will slide through holes in the angled brackets i mentioned...and will attach with a nut underneath that brackets. paint the j-bolts, as they have a tendency to get rusty pretty quickly.
there should also be two large, U or V-shaped brackets that will fit over your rear axle pretty nicely. some fit tightly, and will need encouragement or bending to fit..
i don't recall exactly the parts that attach to the underside of this U-bolt, but i think there's a flat plate and another, u-shaped piece of plate steel for each side. all of the pieces attached to the front-most part of the axle should be spread as far to the sides as you can get 'em while still allowing them to hold the bar in place...
the bar itself *will* hang a little below the rear axle when installed. this is normal, so no worries. just make sure that, as you go from the rear of the car to the front of the car, the bar has a bend in the upward direction rather than downward, and you'll be fine.
that's as much as i can remember. sorry...it's been about 3 or 4 years since i've even looked at one of these bars.
hope it helps at least a little...
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I am sorry for bring this old topic back up but what is the part number for the hellwig?
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