Cortex Sway Bar End Links - Reviews?

[edunn14]

TLDR: if you have these installed how have they held up over time?

Hi all,

I pulled my wheels for unrelated reasons and saw one of my factory end links on the front driver side is bent to shit as frequently discussed here. This is making me consider just replacing them all around. After all, the best time to upgrade is when something is already F'd anyway

I read a few threads about clearance with some brands/types and decided on these. I do want adjustment ability but I'm keeping my stock sway bars for now. (Very open to changing that in the future, but I have a lot more to learn before I start messing with suspension geometry on this car)

Any long term reviews of these regarding durability would be greatly appreciated. I couldn't find much on this in other threads, but I did see the general consensus seemed positive. I don't want to install these and have them bent within a few thousand miles!

It is a street car with no other suspension mods. Wheels are SVE R350s in OEM sizes, tires are OEM Super Sports. I am in Florida so roads aren't god-awful most places, no track time in my ownership but it will happen at least once or twice down the road. Not looking to build a track monster, though, or so any lowering. MAYBE FP springs if I'm feeling frosty.

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[Mjc1241]

I had them installed on my GT350 for over a year with no issues. I had my suspension inspected prior to my very first track day in June and everything was good, including the Cortex end links. Quality part.

 

[WItoTX]

It's a quality product. I don't have them, but know plenty of people who do. With stock bars and stock ride height, the Steeda ones would even fit on your car now, if a grease zerk is something important to you.

AJ Hartman also makes very ones.

 

[edunn14]

It's a quality product. I don't have them, but know plenty of people who do. With stock bars and stock ride height, the Steeda ones would even fit on your car now, if a grease zerk is something important to you.

AJ Hartman also makes very ones.

Thanks - I did see the Steeda ones would work at the moment but I just didn't want to run into any issues down the road if I change the sway bar. Grease Zerks are a non-issue for me (famous last words).

 

[galaxy]

I have the Steeda both at stock ride height and lowered on 5300 springs and sway bars. No clearance issues and they are rock solid. I've bent sway bar end links on every Mustang I've ever owned.

 

[kz]

TLDR: if you have these installed how have they held up over time?

Perfectly fine. They work great.
Those (and similar style made by AJ or J&M) are the lowest profile on the market if you have an issue with fit between strut and the bar.

 

[VictorH]

I tried the Steeda end-links, because they had dust boots and looked nice, but they interfered with the spindle. I have magnaride which I think is perhaps a bit bigger than non-Magnaride and the Steeda ends are large. Also, the studs on the Steeda links are long making it a real pain to adjust your sway bar if you have an adjustable one.
I'm running Cortex front end-links now in a car that runs both track and street and totally satisfied with them. None of these aftermarket ones are likely to last as long as stock, particularly with exposed end-links, but for most of us they'll be fine.

 

[galaxy]

I wonder if the sway bar is the difference for people that have noted clearance issues with Steeda links? Because mine fit just fine with the stock bar and the Ford Performance bar.

 

[John S]

I'm switching to Cortex front links for my Mach 1 but the stubby OEM rear links seem fine, even for track use?

 

[VictorH]

There's nothing wrong with the stock links particularly if you're at stock or near stock height.

 

[WItoTX]

I wonder if the sway bar is the difference for people that have noted clearance issues with Steeda links? Because mine fit just fine with the stock bar and the Ford Performance bar.

Steedas didn't fit on mine with the FP bar. It's a pretty well known issue. The aftermarket bars seem to run wider too.

 

[WItoTX]

There's nothing wrong with the stock links particularly if you're at stock or near stock height.

The front end links bend. My car, bone stock, were bent. Pretty well documented issue.

 

[kz]

There's nothing wrong with the stock links particularly if you're at stock or near stock height.

Other than they bend easily with any bar stiffer than stock, sure there is not.

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