oem rear lower control arm with st swaybar?

well i installed my rear swaybar with those hokey brackets that attach to the shocks. since the oem control arms i got were still drying. and after looking at how the swaybar installs and how it should install, I'm wondering if i can flip flop the oem control arms? right on the left and vice versa. so the swaybar mount faces back vs the front. this is the only way to mount the st swaybar on a rt cause of the rear diff mount.
here is how it is now (the bushing should be on the other side facing the front and the bracket on the shock should also be in the front)
2012-04-19191029.jpg

pic of the RIGHT side control arm (need that swaybar nub facing back instead of the front) and yeah i see that the bushing is popping out :D and a huge shout out to deesracer for pressing my bushings out. And cleaning all the gunk off them too!
2012-04-19190915.jpg

st's instructions showing the proper way to mount on a crx with the heim joint in front of the shock as well as the bushing in the front of the bracket
2012-04-19191235.jpg

any insight will be greatly appreciated.

Comments

  • 503Wagon503Wagon moderator
    i vote yes, yes you can swap them.
  • 90 RT4WD (Cody)90 RT4WD (Cody) Senior Wagonist
    +1 to voting yes. Haha
  • turbo_tegturbo_teg Council Member
    if this helps....

    220.jpg
  • driftin90driftin90 Senior Wagonist
    Thanks for your vote of confidence :)
  • driftin90driftin90 Senior Wagonist
    Thanks Turbo_teg for the pic. I want to use the OEM control arms though. For how close the the mount on the control arm is to the heim joints, I may just put the control arms in the way they are suppose to be and use the brackets on the shocks.
  • JesseCRXJesseCRX Council Member
    I am using OEM endlinks on my ST sway bar. I had to use washers to take up the space between the endlinks and the bar, but it lined up perfectly. Now granted you won't have the ability to adjust the settings much, but mine lined up at the "stock" setting so it's perfect for me.
  • turbo_tegturbo_teg Council Member
    before i got the aftermarket LCA's they were mounted by drilling a hold in the stock LCA and threading it for a bolt. worked fine
  • FakeJDMEF8FakeJDMEF8 Senior Wagonist
    Im running Crx Si lca's and no ugly bracket. I'll post a pic later or get me your email/ phone number. I just used a different bolt
  • driftin90driftin90 Senior Wagonist
    thanks fakejdmef8

    here are the pics you sent me

    rtsway2.jpg

    rtsway1.jpg


    and here is a pic of what mine looks like now. i may try and mount the heim joint to the other side of the sway bar to the control arm spot on the back side and use a washer to make it flat

    2012-04-29110223.jpg
  • FakeJDMEF8FakeJDMEF8 Senior Wagonist
    ......and on racewagoNN
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