Front Sway Bar

[Pigcat]

Autozone does have trouble finding it in their system - but it is there.  They may have it under 95169 without the "."  Also unless you want the "red bling" - Bobby B??? order the 9.5169G - "G" is for black and "R" is red.  I go in and have them pull up the energy suspension site and direct them to the part.
Tom

[XterracerX]

I am also having trouble ordering the parts.  I called Pepboys but they told me they don't sell energy suspension parts.  When I called autozone no one could find the part even though I gave them the part number.

I called Energy Suspension and told them I work in the industry and that I have a CA state automotive parts resale license and the guy still told me to go through autozone...

See what I mean? Kinda ridiculous... so I just ordered it with 4WheelParts... paid a little bit more, but got 10% off. With 4WP, as long as you have the part number, it's a lot easier to order from them. Otherwise, it will be like using a dowsing rod to look for water... on the moon.

[Bobby B.]

All I did was find the shortest ones I could.  Still need to cut them down a skosh, tho.

[superslidestyle]

I'm telling you.  Go inside in person.  If all else fails, try going to Super Autobacs Super Store, they are a Japanese tuner super shop that sells everything for both domestic cars/trucks and imports but have THE BIGGEST 2-STORY SHOWROOM in all of SoCal.  They have one location in Stanton, CA off of Beach Blvd. north of the 22fwy and another in Azusa, CA off of Azusa Ave. south of the 210fwy.  They actually have the etire Energy Suspension line-up of bushing on one wall along with other bushing manufacturers.  Once you walk into one of their superstores, you won't go anywhere else.  Trust me, you'll actually spend a few hours going through the aisles and aisles of upgrade parts, tires, rims, car stereo gear, suspension, performance parts, cup holders, stickers, racing suits, racing helmets, etc. before you even get to the second floor.   They have the true hardcore parts for anything there.  They also have an on-site repair/install shop where they're usually working on 6-7 cars at a time (some might be pro drift cars that they regularly sponsor).  I highly recommend visiting them.

[AV Xterra]

Nice tip on the Autobacs store.  I need to check out that place.

[fleury123]

The stock rubber bushing is quite soft and can tear easily. 

On the other hand, using an aftermarket unit, like the energy suspension one, helps but the bracket material is crap.  I've torn through two of those.

My solution that's worked for a while with no ill-effects?  Use the energy suspension bushing in the stock bracket.  The stock bracket is touch and has the correct offset to fit correctly.  I've wheeled the snot out of it for almost two years like that. 

Of course now that I say it, it'll fail. 

 I had the same result , so I used the stock bracket with energy bushings. I could notice the difference

[XterracerX]

Will finally get to test drive mine tomorrow with the new bushings... can't wait!

[XterracerX]

All I can say is "what a difference!" Less body roll and stiffer handling! Between the Bilstein Steering Stabilizer and Energy Suspension bushings, the Xterra turns as if it is on rails!

[fleury123]

I went to ALL THREE  autoparts houses and they all said they cant get it. Autozone has listed in this post as being able to special order. I found this one.http://performanceparts.com/search.php?searchType=part+number&searchText=9.5162&VCode=ENE&submit3=Submit

Ok as far as the endlink s. I didnt use the replacement hardware, just the bushing . I will do the same with the bar bushing since the stocker seems beefier like McGuiver Bobby states. But I stumbled on this earlier today. Notice the size difference. Well I cant seem to copy the image so here is the link.

http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/swaybbct.html

[fleury123]

did anyone have any issues with the sway BAR bushing bracket. I used the stock ones but noticed the lip on the bottom would not lock in so I ground it off.

[superslidestyle]

I did the end link bushings on mine, but not the two on the main bar yet.  I've done them before on other Nissan 240SX's and usually with the stiffer bushing, you would need to replace one of the bolts on each bushing to a slightly longer one to get to reach the threads or try and muscle in the two original bolts for each bushing bracket.  Difficulty would be a 1-2.

[fleury123]

I did the end link bushings on mine, but not the two on the main bar yet.  I've done them before on other Nissan 240SX's and usually with the stiffer bushing, you would need to replace one of the bolts on each bushing to a slightly longer one to get to reach the threads or try and muscle in the two original bolts for each bushing bracket.  Difficulty would be a 1-2.

well you will see the lip I mention as you have the same year. Even with longer bolt, the lip wont catch. I looked at the rubber mallet but could not see this lip working. Boy can you feel the difference, night and day. I dont run the rear sway and now I have almost no body roll