Endlink Issue

[ASPEC135i]

Hi all! I'm going through some endlink issues and hope you folks could chime in in giving me advice.

Full story:

I've had my KW coilovers on this whole summer on OEM endlinks. All was dandy until I had a very faint but definately noticeable (to me) clunk on my passenger side under slow speeds and small bumps. My mechanic looked around and wiggled everything under the hoist to find out I had a bad ball joint on my passenger side endlink. That prompted me to purchase new Lemforder endlinks and I had both sides replaced with new endlinks.

Once the new ones were on, the drivers side endlink made screeching noises when I turned my wheel (we found out it was the endlink because when we disconnected one end to diagnose, the sound was not present when i turned the wheel). I thought it was a defected endlink, so I replaced that as well with another.

Two days ago while my friend and I were adjusting coilovers, we noticed that my passenger side endlink has SNAPPED IN HALF!

I am lost at the moment as to what is happening and what my next steps are:

1) Is it due to my unluckiness that these endlinks were defective???
2) I've done my searching around on forums and I'm getting mixed info - some say I will need LONGER endlinks while some say when lowered, you need SHORTER endlinks. But if length of endlink is the issue, how come I was able to be lowered on OEM endlinks for these past few seasons???

Please advise.

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Originally Posted by ASPEC135i

Hi all! I'm going through some endlink issues and hope you folks could chime in in giving me advice.

Full story:

I've had my KW coilovers on this whole summer on OEM endlinks. All was dandy until I had a very faint but definately noticeable (to me) clunk on my passenger side under slow speeds and small bumps. My mechanic looked around and wiggled everything under the hoist to find out I had a bad ball joint on my passenger side endlink. That prompted me to purchase new Lemforder endlinks and I had both sides replaced with new endlinks.

Once the new ones were on, the drivers side endlink made screeching noises when I turned my wheel (we found out it was the endlink because when we disconnected one end to diagnose, the sound was not present when i turned the wheel). I thought it was a defected endlink, so I replaced that as well with another.

Two days ago while my friend and I were adjusting coilovers, we noticed that my passenger side endlink has SNAPPED IN HALF!

I am lost at the moment as to what is happening and what my next steps are:

1) Is it due to my unluckiness that these endlinks were defective???
2) I've done my searching around on forums and I'm getting mixed info - some say I will need LONGER endlinks while some say when lowered, you need SHORTER endlinks. But if length of endlink is the issue, how come I was able to be lowered on OEM endlinks for these past few seasons???

Please advise.

Just because you were able to do it for a while if anything would explain why they eventually gave out. The real question is how low or high is your car with KW's relative to stock height?

[ASPEC135i]

I am not sure of the exact amount in which I'm lowered, but my fender is just above tire. 18" Apex Arc-8's

What do you think I'll need? Longer or shorter?

[ASPEC135i]

Found out the mechanic installed the wrong part on the wrong side. All is well now, thanks guys!