Anyone using After Market Sway Bar End Links?

[blkmspeed3]

Hotchkis front and rear swaybars are banging into frame. Ive droped 2in with H&R springs. Dont have time or energy to put stock swaybars back on.
Is anyone using any of the end links you can buy from SU.com?
If so which ones and what do you think? Did they solve the problem?
Also, does anyone have the Auto Exe carbon shift knob? What do you think of it? Hard to buy when you can feel it first.
Thanks everyone

[z00mz00m3]

I'm using the AWR Front/Rear endlinks. Very nice pieces so far. However I don't have hotchkis sways, but I've heard that they do hit the subframe. I beleive some people called hotchkis and told them and got new swaybars out of it. Might even want to try talkin to one of the streetunit guys to see what they say about it.

[blkmspeed3]

Thanks man. Thats good info. Which swaybars do you have?

[z00mz00m3]

I actually have your stock swaybars. They're the same size as what the aftermarket ones are for my 3. They work great and you can't beat the price. Car handles amazing with them.

[blkmspeed3]

you have stock mazdaspeed3 swaybars? i have my stock speed3 swaybars as well but i realy dont want to go through the hasle of taking the hotchkis sways off and putting the stocks back on. the hotchkis sway are bigger than stock. is this what you meant?

[z00mz00m3]

For you, the aftermarket bars are bigger. So yes the hotchkis bars you have on now are larger than your stock ones. However, my swaybars on a regular 3 are smaller than yours by a lot. So a cheap mod for our cars is to put your stock swaybars on my car. You don't need to put your stocks ones back on. The hotchkis will be fine, but definitely get endlinks. That extra force that's place on the OEM endlinks can cause some problems later since they are the weakspot.

[blkmspeed3]

Im an idiot, sorry man. makes me want to sell my stock sways to benifit a 3 owner somewhere. what do you think is a good price? Do you know if you have the same stock endlinks as a speed 3? If not i could sell everything as a package to someone.