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I think mine is an ADDCO anti sway bar but it looks like Robert M's installation.  Both have more of a bend than the Empi one you have in photo.  To me it looks like yours is upside down.  Flipping it would give more ground clearance but probably would require mods to the bumper brackets.

Here photos of mine.  When I first let it off the jack stands - the bar collided with the bumper brackets and I had to pull them off and cut and weld them.

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Thanks for the pictures, I've flipped it several times and it only makes a small difference because of the angles.  In the pictures I've included it looks like flipping the bar would get it closer to the spring tubes but the reality is only about 1/4" inch.  There is 6"  between the bar and the garage floor I want to know if that is enough?  Thanks

@R Thorpe posted:

Thanks Robert do you have a side view that show how far off the ground the bar is, I attached a couple of pict, does it look correct?IMG_0266IMG_0268

Your bar is different from mine. I believe, IIRC, that the one you have installed is designed to be used on a vehicle with a lowered front end. I have the standard bar which is why I, and others, had to modify our bumper brackets.

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Here's the bar that came on my 2013 VS, as VS installed it (with about seven years worth of road patina carefully applied).

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I've always assumed this is the 'standard' (??) Empi bar. Spindles are stock (not lowered spindles). Ground clearance is about 4.5".

If you jack up the front end enough to lift the wheels off the ground, the bar gradually rises until it contacts the stock VS bumper brackets. The arrow indicates the nice dimple in the bracket that forms over time. This is why some folks have modified the brackets.

I guess the bar will contact the bracket while driving over sharp bumps (on the rebound), but in practice I'm not aware of this happening or causing any issues. I think if you're driving hard enough to routinely lift the front wheels off the ground, you will eventually encounter more serious problems - like oncoming traffic, trees, and various immovable objects. The steering works best when tires are kept in contact with the pavement.

I had more ground clearance issues in the rear, with an extended sump that hung down too low. I swapped in a different sump and had the rear raised so that the clearance is now about an inch more than in the front and this has worked well.

At 4.5", the front clearance seems more than adequate.

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