Well folks after waiting for a month and a half i've finally gotten my STOCK protege LX front swaybar back from my storage locker.
Tonight I brought it down to check the design difference between the front FORD ESCORT ZX2 swaybar i (aquired) at the local junkyard.
and to my surprise.... Its the same exact ****ing design...with all the curves and bends at the same exact degrees as the stock protege LX bar. woo hoo...
Then on top of it I test fitted it to the front subframe. and it fits..but with a bit of slight modification to the ZX2 brackets holding the bushings....( they have to be slightly grinded down to create the tab to insert into the sub frame. and as far as the endlinks go those were replaced with polybushings so at this point i have no clue if the stock LX endlinks work with the zx2 bar.
I only test fitted the bar to the spare subframe i have from my LX parts car. so i haven't yet gotten a chance to install it on my car to test it and send results back...
I'll leave that for another night when its not raining outside since my driveway will be my workshop
I'll once again keep everybody informed on how things go.
and apoligies ahead of time due to my lack of not having a camera to take pictures with.
bpt323
Tonight I brought it down to check the design difference between the front FORD ESCORT ZX2 swaybar i (aquired) at the local junkyard.
and to my surprise.... Its the same exact ****ing design...with all the curves and bends at the same exact degrees as the stock protege LX bar. woo hoo...
Then on top of it I test fitted it to the front subframe. and it fits..but with a bit of slight modification to the ZX2 brackets holding the bushings....( they have to be slightly grinded down to create the tab to insert into the sub frame. and as far as the endlinks go those were replaced with polybushings so at this point i have no clue if the stock LX endlinks work with the zx2 bar.
I only test fitted the bar to the spare subframe i have from my LX parts car. so i haven't yet gotten a chance to install it on my car to test it and send results back...
I'll leave that for another night when its not raining outside since my driveway will be my workshop
I'll once again keep everybody informed on how things go.
and apoligies ahead of time due to my lack of not having a camera to take pictures with.
bpt323
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