AVO rear sway bar mounts

[legacydan]

I have had these for a few months now, only got around to trying to fit them today along with a new Whiteline sway bar. Problem is, they dont seem to line up with my sway bar bushing bracket mounting holes, i have a jdm legacy. I bought the brackets from US but i presumed all the 4th gen legacy's would be the same here?

First issue is the bushing brackets are narrower than the AVO mounting holes:



Secondly the stock mounting holes are not even close to lining up:



This picture is with the diff bracket bolt fully torqued up with car on a lift and still a good 6-7mm off, only way to make them fit it seems is to drill out the holes. I cant believe there is such a small difference between the mounting points on jdm vs usdm models, unless i got a badly made set, trying to confirm with AVO if there is more than one variant of these available and if they should actually fit the JDM models, i put on the new Whiteline bar anyway while i was at it, just need to take it easy with the stiffer bar fitted on the weak stock mounts.

Only other options i can see is the EMOTION FUKUOKA brackets, i cant see any other options online. Anyone recommend something better or hear of problems with the AVO mounts before?

[zch91]

There are 2 of the avo brackets, one with 65mm spaced holes and one with 75mm spaced holes

[legacydan]

There are 2 of the avo brackets, one with 65mm spaced holes and one with 75mm spaced holes

That i did not know or ever see advertised anywhere! are AVO the best mounts available? Seen some EMOTION FUKUOKA ones but the dont secure to the diff mount hole just a thick metal overlay for the stock sway bar mount , ill have to measure the gap on my ones and see what i have. Thanks for the info

[mynameisdaniel]

Measure them yourself and carmodsaustralia.com.au can get either size for you if you let them know the hole spacing. Although they only list one of them.

[alessandro132]

What Zac said - they do come with two different spacing specifications. I'd just drill into it rather than stuff around with new brackets.

[legacydan]

What Zac said - they do come with two difference spacing specifications. I'd just drill into it rather than stuff around with new brackets.

Maybe, i wasnt to keen on drilling them, might weaken them a bit and tear at the holes, It might be easier than finding a 65mm set and paying for them and trying to sell my scratched 75mm ones to some guy in US! Il have to see if we have a drill in work that could do a good job, they are pretty thick mounts

[alessandro132]

What Zac said - they do come with two difference spacing specifications. I'd just drill into it rather than stuff around with new brackets.

Maybe, i wasnt to keen on drilling them, might weaken them a bit and tear at the holes, It might be easier than finding a 65mm set and paying for them and trying to sell my scratched 75mm ones to some guy in US! Il have to see if we have a drill in work that could do a good job, they are pretty thick mounts

They're fine to drill - I bought mine s/h and they were pre-drilled, it's not an issue at all.

[legacydan]

cool drilled the mounts and fitted over the weekend, problem solved. thanks

[HyRax]

Just adding this reply as this post keeps coming up in InterGoogle searches.

The correct AVO part numbers to order for Gen4 Subaru Liberty's are:

• S1104M1HT001T is for MY05-MY09 USDM Subaru's which is 76mm spacing (as per images above)
• S1303G1HT001T is for MY04-MY09 JDM Subaru's (including Australian Domestic Models) which is 68mm spacing

AVO docco: https://www.avoturbo.com/pdf/04leg_stab ... racket.pdf

Most places have two listings for this part, one for each part number, but they still neglect to mention who each part is for!

[blacktop™]

I think they changed at a certain model year rather than a simple US/JDM set.

I bought from tuspeed in VIC and they sent a set that didn't fit so I had to swap them.