Flyin' Miata Sway Bar Supports

Flyin' Miata Sway Bar

Supports

I bought a used Flyin' Miata front sway bar for the 00 SE a while back and installed it on the car. My son got a Racing Beat sway bar for his car, but also bought some sway bar mount supports. I wanted to add the supports but could not see spending $90 for some bolts, nuts and two pieces of aluminum. So this is what I came up with.

First I removed one of the sway bar mount bolts. It is an 8mm x 1.25. I then measured the distance from the frame to where the bolt head sits when installed. It is just over 60mm. I then ordered some stainless steel nuts and bolts and some spacers from AllensFasteners.com. I ordered extra of each since this was an experiment to see what would work.

I ended up using the following:

1. (4) 8mm x 60mm x 1.25 stainless steel bolts

2. (8) 8mm x 1.25 stainless steel serrated flange nuts

3. (4) 8mm x 1.25 stainless steel nuts

4. (2) 5/16" x 1-1/4" chrome spacers

I cut the 1-1/4" spacers in half, so I could have ordered four 5/8" spacers instead. I ordered the 5/16" spacers since the hole is perfect size for the 8mm bolt.

This is how I used the parts.