Eibach Sway bars now avalable for the Mach E

[mkhuffman]

Nope, middle and lightest. The lightest on the Eibach is probably close to the middle on the Steeda. I just had far too much noise echoing through the car I had to take it lighter. But most of that noise could well be from a wonky bar.

Yeah, I think you have a wonky bar. I hear some light knocking at low speeds, but no significant noise from the front. I want to switch because my bar rubbed on the half-shaft and I don't like needing to lube the end links. I want to go back to the stock end links.

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[HuntingPudel]

It worked for me, too. Added to my Watch List and a day or two later I got the offer e-mail.

Yep, I just got an offer for the F&R set. Probably going to take them up on it, but I have to move kibble around. ??

 

[21st Century Pony]

It worked for me, too. Added to my Watch List and a day or two later I got the offer e-mail.

...and for me

 

[azerik]

I swapped the rear bar yesterday, but didn't get a chance to drive, I'll handle that here in a bit.

I have found a clunk on the front bar if I come out of my driveway at an angle fairly fast. The car has to deal with a fairly high curb at a steep angle. I had far more noises from the Steeda on my driveway. I had resolved that by pulling straight in and out, slowly , which is a bit of a pain as I need the whole street width to do so. The noise I hear is more like a low pitch pop. I can hit other things at an angle without noise so far. (There is a chance I'm actually hitting the front bumper on the sidewalk now that I'm thinking this over.)
Testing testing and more testing.

 

[HuntingPudel]

I took the offer on the front/rear set. I guess I need to buy a set of stock drop links and the associated nuts. That’s gonna eat up the offer’s discount and then some. ??

 

[markboris]

I took the offer on the front/rear set. I guess I need to buy a set of stock drop links and the associated nuts. That’s gonna eat up the offer’s discount and then some. ??

Looking forward to your review also Steve. So far I really like them. Again, I had no issues with the Steeda’s but always willing to try something new to see what change, improvement there might be.

 

[mkhuffman]

I swapped the rear bar yesterday, but didn't get a chance to drive, I'll handle that here in a bit.

I have found a clunk on the front bar if I come out of my driveway at an angle fairly fast. The car has to deal with a fairly high curb at a steep angle. I had far more noises from the Steeda on my driveway. I had resolved that by pulling straight in and out, slowly , which is a bit of a pain as I need the whole street width to do so. The noise I hear is more like a low pitch pop. I can hit other things at an angle without noise so far. (There is a chance I'm actually hitting the front bumper on the sidewalk now that I'm thinking this over.)
Testing testing and more testing.

The new front bar is clunking as well?

 

[azerik]

The new front bar is clunking as well?

Only on my driveway, but it might not be the bar. It’s an odd pop. As Mark pointed out I have the nuts swapped on the front endlinks. Possibly the amount of force could cause that. (I didn’t think to check the bolt to hole clearance when putting either bar on)

 

[azerik]

I can confirm there is less road noise transferred to the cabin from the Eibach bars. These bars do a good job separating bumps from one wheel. I have many very choppy roads around and what I notice is I'm not 'feeling' as much of those imperfections in the roads anymore. It's not gone 100% but I'd venture a guess of about 1/2 as 'loud' as the Steeda. The ride does feel a bit smoother as road imperfections are no longer felt across the car but rather localized to the tire that's hitting said imperfection.

My seat of the pants observation is the side to side movement is firmer and flatter, while each tire feels softer. This is a sub 100 mile review.

 

[tuminatr]

I took the offer on the front/rear set. I guess I need to buy a set of stock drop links and the associated nuts. That’s gonna eat up the offer’s discount and then some. ??

Here is a deal on a used set of eBay with nuts for around $100. Not a bad deal

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3643907755...4xAMilCSL6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Looking at the part numbers the Bronco Sport uses the same end links

Here is link with bolts for $59

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3642509966...uid=r4xAMilCSL6&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[azerik]

Is it a dealer in the Valley?

Yeah, Ernhart in Chandler. They've got ADM on all of them on the lot. "These cars are hot right now".
When I mentioned they had 60, San Tan has 70, etc the convo changed real quick.

 

[tannerk89]

I knew I kept my stock away bars and end links on the garage floor in front of my parking spot for my MME for over a year for a reason!

Definitely picking up an Eibach front bar, the steeda squeak is embarrassing and I don’t have the motivation to grease it every 2 months.

 

[leeman]

Damn that's a lot of work

 

[mkhuffman]

Here is a deal on a used set of eBay with nuts for around $100. Not a bad deal

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3643907755...4xAMilCSL6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Looking at the part numbers the Bronco Sport uses the same end links

Here is link with bolts for $59

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3642509966...uid=r4xAMilCSL6&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I would just buy them from Ford:

 

[markboris]

Just reporting in that I have over 700 miles on the Eibach bars and they are still noise free. At one point I had three passengers and while that is not fully loaded, there still were no noises. Again, I had no noises with the Steeda's either once I properly greased their front end links. The car does handle a bit better but not enough for someone to replace their Steeda's unless they are having some of the noted issues others have had with them.

If I were buying sway bars for the first time, I would go with these Eibach's just so the OEM end links could be used. That way there would be no need to ever have to service the Steeda end links which I understand should be checked at least every 10K miles. I could be wrong about that but maybe Steve will chime in on how often they should be checked/serviced.

I'm going to the airport on the 29th so I'll be putting another 230 miles on by the time I return two days later. As long as there's no rain this time, I will be able to push the car a little harder through these mountain roads and see how she does. ?

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