Proper way to jack up Intrigue?

[rhaigh08]

You should be fine no guaranties but we drove on our 1999 with the sway bar like that for several months then it snapped and got driven on snapped for several months. It really didnt change the driveability much, if at all. I replaced it when I did the front sturts and mounts. The bolts are kind of a pain to get out especially on the drivers side my socket kept hitting the brake lines, it is sort of a tight squeeze. Not to difficult to do just make sure you get everything in straight and dont tighten until both sides have an even amount of the bar. The first time I tightened the drivers side I went to the passenger side and didnt have any bar. We just jacked up the front end and put jack stands under the front I think the engine cradle?. Oh and I decided to cut off the old sway bar links they kept spinning. Autozone and other parts stores if I remember correctly dont sell the sway bar dont quote me I had to get mine from a junk yard for $50. Looked brand new got it off an 02 with 14k miles on it. I know dealers sell them but they are very expensive.

[LittleHoov]

I was always concerned about mine finishing breaking in the middle of a long hard corner or something, as I often take corners pretty hard. To me if the speed limit is 55, that means im going 55-60 on all of it, including the 35 mph rated corners haha. But anyway, I figured the sudden change in suspension geometry might be somewhat unpleasant, and replaced it before I had the chance to find out. Granted I had more money back then so I just used it as an excuse to upgrade a bunch of stuff.

The engineers placed a sway bar there for a reason, even the factory is over an inch thick, thats thicker than the one on my Cherokee, and the Intrigue has a much lower center of gravity. You might never notice it just driving around, but I think during panic maneuvers it would make itself known. I dont think you could ever roll an Intrigue unless you left the pavement, but I still think it serves a purpose.

I know for a fact that Oreillys sells the endlinks, and I think theyre around 15 dollars, sorry you had to spend 50 bucks on them! Thats insane.