I plan to just swap out the front. The rear seems to be fine in my car. Except when the rear is heavily weighed down, a big bump can cause the bar to hit. That has only happened once when my adult sized kids were in the back seat. So I am not planning to change it.
Too late. I already ordered the Eibach front bar. But this is a great find. Hopefully it will improve things. I am tired of all the noise.For those who still have the Steeda bar, I found a great alternative to the Steeda end links. Unplugged performance makes an adjustable sway bar end for the Tesla Model 3 / Y the front end link is the correct size for the MME. It has 12mm bolt ends sealed bearings and is designed to be silent for EVs. I did buy a set and will install soon here is a picture.
Pick the pre-refresh Tesla if you order.
https://unpluggedperformance.com/pr...del-y-adjustable-front-sway-bar-end-link-set/
Thanks for the report (also on the eibach thread)! Have you had any issues with the rear steeda bar? I’m debating going with front eibach and rear steeda since I already have the steeda’s sitting in my garage. Definitely don’t want to install the front after seeing this.Sadness.
I had to remove the Steeda front bar from my car, and replace it with the Eibach bar. The Eibach bar says it is not available for the GT, but it works fine.
OK, so I hate to do this but I do NOT recommend you put the Steeda front bar on your car. I followed the instructions exactly and this is what the passenger side half shaft looks like:
The driver side is fine, no rubbing. And both end links are exactly the same length:
I am sorry to point out this failure, but here we are two years later and Steeda is still producing this product and has not acknowledged any issues with it. The issues we have reported here are significant.
After replacing the Steeda bar with the Eibach bar, the clunking and knocking noises are gone. The car rides smoother and quieter. If you want to get the handling improvement a stiffer bar provides, get the Eibach bar.
The only issue I have had with the rear bar is when there is a lot of weight in the back and when going over a large bump. I heard it hit something. But that only happened once. Now that the front is quiet, it will be easier to see if the rear is noisey. So far, silence.
Here is a summery of the sway bar specs that I got from Eibach and Steeda which I mentioned in the second post of the Eibach thread.
I had virtually the same issues as you with the Steeda. Driver side fine, but the passenger side was showing the exact same wear.OK, so I hate to do this but I do NOT recommend you put the Steeda front bar on your car. I followed the instructions exactly and this is what the passenger side half shaft looks like:
The driver side is fine, no rubbing. And both end links are exactly the same length:
The bar isn't symmetrical really. The Factory one is just a little off set as well. What Mark saw would have been remedied by extending the links more. Because of the link being on the stiffest hole the bar pivots more at the 12.75 inches. I was running the softest hole and still had to go to 13.25 inches to keep clearance. I think the longest the Steeda endlinks can extend is about 13.5 safely, But that'll be tricky to set it to that as there's so little thread for the ends. One could just replace the ends on the Steeda links but from what I found the ends are an off the shelf length of like 2.5 inches of thread. Due to the geometry of the bar everything is very close to hitting in the front (Well and the rear bar hits in a spot if loaded too).
