Useful Tip: Reinstall the 2 radiator hose bolts before installing the new sway bar bushings/bracket which allows for much-needed extra room.

Probably the best instructional video I have ever seen. This is the guy to watch if you have never done this before and need clear details on how to do this swap out! Excellent job bro ! It's not rushed, and extremely WELL EXPLAINED ! I would feel confident doing this myself using this video ! You took the fear out of screwing this up! GREAT VIDEO !

If your products are half as good as your videos, then I’m buying from you! Seriously great job; camera angles, audio/video quality, pace, information.

Did the job with a friend who is also completely inexperienced in about 3.5 hours. I literally went to Harbor Freight yesterday and bought a jack and tools last night. That's how much we don't know what we're doing. Only hiccups, we snapped one of the plastic clips holding the power steering wires. Also, that bolt on top of the radiator hose is super difficult to put back in. Other than that, no parts left over. Car works like a charm. Thanks so much for the great video!

Thanks, excellent instructions. I used them to install a Progress sway bar in a 2020 ND today. One comment or rather suggestion; reinstall that difficult bolt on the solid cooling hose right after you get the bar in place but before you secure it rather than after. You only need that pipe out of the way to snake the bar in, once it's in but before it's secured that pesky rear bolt is a snap to reinstall.

Wow, so much better than the previous instructions. Keep the great videos coming!!

This is great! I've been holding off buy a set as I've heard horror stories about installing the front bar.

Thank you for this video. We were fighting this install forever until we saw how easy it was once you dropped the radiator - one we did that, it took about 5 minutes to get it through.

Thanks so much FM for the professional, clear and concise instructions. Pretty much followed it exactly with no fuss. I ended up cutting the plastic straps holding the electric steering harness then zip-tying back. As advised by others, I put back the rear radiator hose bracket bolt first before the right swaybar mount. Took 4 hrs f+r on jack stands and a bit of swearing to get the front bars in and out. Getting front bar out was not that bad in the end, soap on the right rubber bush helped. New bar in was a bit more of a struggle, like a big Tetris game, luck of positioning the bar to get it over the chassis rail, swing around and then over both steering rods.

Amazing video. Couldn’t do it without this vid. The most painful part of the install is wiggling the sway bar out and that lower hose radiator bolt

For those that have trouble bolting/unbolting the rear radiator bracket bolt, go for it from the engine bay, use a long extension, straight down, it was SUPER easy. To bolt it back in, just use tissue paper on the nut and socket to keep the bolt in place and wiggle it in after installing the front radiator bracket bolt. This is on a RHD version btw, pretty sure it's the same for LHD.

This video was super helpful. I just completed the install with just jack stands. A couple tricks I found which helped me: - Unbolt the sway bar from the mounts before trying to remove the rear radiator hose bolt. This let me get my hand in there and made it much easier. Same goes for putting in the new sway bar: Bolt in the rear hose bolt before bolting in the sway bar brackets. - Before trying to remove the sway bar, use a flat head and pry the metal bracket off of the bushing. This gives a lot more room for squeezing it through the gaps and the metal won't scrape

Fantastic instructions! Thank you very much.

Awesome video, really helpful. Inspired me to do the install myself. Thank you.

Thanks a lot for this video. I installed my H&R (Sorry not Flyin'Miata, I live in France) sway bars following your explanations and it went well. This video is very clear with all the needed details.

I just finished taking out the front sway bar. Really really challenging. I trimmed the rubber on the old bar to make it easier for it to come out

Destructive tip: Cut out the passenger side sway bushing. Use a narrow flat heavy steel scraper to wedge in between glued on surface of the bar and bushing; spray brake cleaner onto the glued surface as you pry up to "eat away" the glue, use heavy forces to pry that sucker off. Much better than trying to clear that gdam glued on bushing! Even with this excellent tutorial it was a nightmare of a job. 4 hours of clanging banging around the subframe and radiator, screaming wife and kids. Wouldn't wish this install on my worst enemies. Used to be sway bar was a cheap and easy mod. On NDs put in some race springs/shocks/coilovers and call it a day, they do the same thing as sway bar.

I just did this install great video! Would also recommend detached the abs sensor from the upper control arm as it is in way when your tightening down the nuts on the top of the swat bar brace also disconnect the other end of the water temp sensor for ND1 it has two connections its in the way when your trying to remove/install the sway bar

Did it today. It took about 6 hours. Kyle makes it look so easy to fish out the sway and slide the next one in. I definitely a recommended 2-person job. My kit did not come with a packet of grease so I had to use lithium grease. Probably not gonna last as long.

Very well done clearly explained. I think I can handle the rear bar. I'll be bringing my ND2 to you all to have the front bar done, though. :-)

Helpful video, thanks a lot!

Some new tips for anyone struggling. The power steering cables can be tricky, slide that red tab outward, then use a flat head to press down in the area where that red tab was, mine made a click sound and then I could easily slide the connector off. Don't pull on the cables, if it's not coming off get a flashlight and look closer to where you need to press with a flat head screwdriver. The clip holding the power steering wire harness on the top is a pain. In the video they already had it removed. I broke mine off after 30 minutes of prying it with a flat head. Then I noticed that if you look on the other end of where the clip attaches to the power steering frame, there is a hole, so if you don't want to break it off, you could maybe use a thin drill bit or something that will fit and then tap with a hammer to hopefully get that clip to pop out. I'll just have to ziptie mine back through that hole since I broke the clip. Go to Amazon and order upgraded plastic retainer clips. Search for Rexka retainer clip mx-5. They're like $12 for a 30 pack. These are the little plastic pop out clips but easier to pop out. You may break many of yours trying to take them out or find that some are missing so it's nice to have these extra ones. Open your hood and take off your front bumper if you're working outside on jack stands, this will make everything easier to see in daylight. Unfortunately, this video is edited where they speed up when he's sliding in the new bar, so it's impossible to see exactly how he's doing it. I wish they didn't speed up those very important parts. Pulling the stock bar out and sliding the new one in can require many attempts. If you get frustrated then take a break and try again, don't rush it and watch the other end of the bar because it can scratch your fender and damage clips/wires. Don't worry if it takes you an extra day to figure it out. I ended up pulling the entire bar out from the passenger side to try again. As others have said, get that rear radiator bolt on before adding the bushings and brackets on the new bar. I ziptied the bar to the upper control arm to keep it out of the way For the swaybar bracket, the upper nut requires a thinner and slightly angled box wrench. A ratchet type wrench is too thick to fit there. Make sure you have a regular thin one, preferably where the head is angled a bit too. If an end link is stuck on the swaybar even though you removed the nut, get your floor jack and carefully jack up on your control arm to compress it upward until you can wiggle the end link bolt easily from the swaybar.

Used this method to replace my front sway bar yesterday! Thank you for the video, it was super helpful! Was able to get the car up on a lift at a local DIY garage - I would highly recommend looking for one of these shops! I can't imagine trying to do this with the car on jack stands. It took me (not a mechanic, but rather handy and my work involves some weekly-wrenching) about three hours start to finish. Tear-down was on the order of two hours and install/reassembly about one hour. A note on the coolant hard line - getting the front bolt is easy, but I was not able to get the rear bolt off until I removed the passenger side sway bar mount to give myself more room. If you struggle with the rear bolt, simply proceed with the tear-down and come back to it once you're trying to phenagle the bar around. On the driver side, I kept hitting what I believe is a grounding point for many of the front end electronics. I'd recommend unbolting that, as it did look rather fragile. It was simply about 8 leads into a plastic clip that was bolted onto a metal mount. A quick little addition that could save headaches down the road. I struggled most of course squeezing the factory bushing between the subframe and the body (as noted in the video). Some soapy water helped squeeze through - a trick I would highly encourage using.

Great video guys, made my install a breeze

Big thanks for this, was a big help today...... (in Ireland) 👌

This definitely helped me out. Rear took me about 15 minutes. Front took about 5.5 hours and still ended up cutting the front bar out. Lol. I'm happy with the end result though. The car feels much more stable through corners.

Thank you for this video !

Did my install today with little drama thanks to this excellent video. Would recommend getting a set of short stubby box wrenches: 10, 12, and 14mm. Cutting the stock bar with an angle grinder will also save frustration.

Very useful to watch you work. The music is pretty bad, like being stuck on 'hold' on the phone. I wish that there were a way to turn it off and still hear your voice.

Miata Master Mechanic, i like that...

Fantastic instructions. Just finished the job on jack stands. 6 hours. Followed these instructions all along the way. Lube bushing on old sway and comes out without much trouble at all (follow video guidance). Also strongly recommend having ratcheting type wrenches with pivoting head. Will be especially valuable for the most difficult to reach bolt. Do NOT use this sort of wrench on top bold of sway bushing bracket. Open end wrench only! Don’t be too intimidated by this job. Really not that bad.

For now I'm sticking with my 05 NB MSM with less than 30k. FM's how to video's are helpful. Thanks👍

Great video!!!

While you have the sway bar out its a great time to install the PACO sway bar supports, very easy without the sway bar in the way.

I remember when Kyle did the anti-sway bars on my 2016 ND -- I turned my back for about 20min thinking that he'd be hours, and the old bar was already out and the new one already in. And now I know how he did it!

I just completed this job. What a PITA, but I got it done. the old bushings were really being a bitch so I just cut the bushing in half to make it less thick and It came right out. That is the only other thing I would offer. also, when you are putting the new one in, tighten down the back bolt for the coolant pipe before you lock down the sway bar.

thanks!

Awesome video. You make me wanna buy that power tool.

I installed the whiteline front and rear swaybars thanks to this tutorial. I struggled a bit more than in the video. For the front I think the geometry of the bar is slightly different, or maybe slightly bigger. I had to unscrew the 3 screws of the electrical steering assist motor to be able to rotate it to make way for the bar. I also had to unscrew the steering ball joints to be able to put the bar into position before attaching it.

What is the method for removing the coolant temp sensor plug? Is it a depressible type of pin? Also, what settings would be closest to the feel of the stock sway bar, the middle on the front and back?

Great video. Like others I've heard horror stories about the front install - this didn't look so bad at all. I've a 124 Spider so I need to take a look at see what's the same and what's different. Pretty sure the intercooler pipes will be in the way if nothing else.

I can follow these steps for any of the front and rear sway bars offered for the ND yeah?

I know this was done like 2 yrs ago, but I just watched this for a second time. Those collars you put on in an angle to prevent the bar from moving, is this required on all sway bars or just FM sway bars? If just FM sway bars, why? Would it be better to load the bar to ride height before placing on the collars/locks? I also noticed you did not use any LocTite, is it not required? Thank you!

This is really a terrific video. Thanks so much you guys for putting out such great stuff. Can I use your lift?

If i cut the old one off do i still have to detach the radiator and harness etc?

Greeting I’ve purchased Strut Tower Bars, QNDA-56-490 and QNDA-56-49X, for my 2019 MX-5 ND; however INSTALLATIONS AND USER’S INSTRUCTIONS manual doesn’t help! Can you share with me a link from your channel how to install them? Thanks appreciated

Remove the liners, unbolt the radiator hose and passenger aide radiator mounts, next and most critical step CUT the old sway bar, new sway bar will slide right In. Put it all back Together. Don’t forget your reinforcement brackets

Hello, I have a 2016 ND Club with Bilsteins and stock springs. Do you still recommend the middle hole on the sway bars for the stock setup for best settings. I was thinking middle hole in the front and outer hole in the rear for a little understeer bias. Thoughts? Just trying to get rid of the horrible body roll mainly.

Why did Mazda allow so much body roll in the ND1or 2 ?

Great video on the install. I'm have a 18 124 Spider Abarth. Are the bars for the ND miata the same as the 124?

How much room do you need next to the car to remove the front swaybar? I have a smaller space and don't want run out of space when the car is on jack stands and pulled apart.

Do the bushings need to be regreased? If so, about how often? I know we add drive our cars differently and for a different number of miles per year.

Brilliant video. I have a (maybe) stupid question. Battery is disconnected. Steering lock is automatically on. How could you move the wheels? How could you disable the steering lock without having the ACC/ignition on?

How well centered does the swaybar have to be before securing it? Mine is like 1/8 of an inch off. If it's not perfect will it affect how it performs? Does it self-adjust side-to-side once the car is on the ground and driving?

I have a Gen 3 Mazda 3.. I installed a front bar on mine.. wish doing something like this was an option. It was a major PITA.. have to lower the front subframe.. disconnect the exhaust before the 2nd cat and pull it out from under the car..

What is the diff between the 3 holes on front and back bars?

Great Video, but I have one question why would you replace the OE sway bar of a ND II 30AE when the car comes with a sway bar on both front and rear..

These are awesome. Just such a shame they are hard to come by in Europe. If you don't want to spend a fortune on shipping and taxes that is.

Is there any reason that you didn't install the braces while doing this installation? I'm debating on how much the braces are going to be needed when I upgrade to your sway bar set for my 2020 Club. It will be driven in a spirited fashion on the street primarily through back mountain roads in the twisties. Great instructional video though and is the simplest method that I've seen to do the swap.

Have you guys come up with a fix for the AC pipe breaking due to modifying the suspension? When you do, I'll mod my suspension and buy it from you.

I don't know why they don't do this right at the factory.

is the rear sway bar just hanging around with no center locking?

The shop cut the front one. Coolant line got pinched.

What about cutting the OEM sway bar to get it out? Would it be easier?

Should new end links also be replaced at same time?

No need to reenforce the front subframe??

How much different is the ride with the new parts ?

14:14, got totally lost here. What are you trying to put back in here?

How much if you install them for me on a 2020 MX5 - Parts and labor? :)

I would have bought the Flyin'Miata sway bars set if the video came out a year ago.

What's the use of replacing d existing functional sway bars?

that seems like way to much work to change a sway bar, arent u suppoed to tighten the endlinks with the car on the ground with weight on it?

How is the front bar taking people 8 hours? Lol. I'll probably regret saying that when mine arrive but it doesn't seem bad if you follow this vid

Is this even possible to do on jack stands? The rear seems easy but the front... Dam. I really don't want to pay a shop over $400 to install the front one.

Good lord. Awesome instructions... but hell no! 😅🤣😅🤣 Angle grinder, cut, remove. Karcepts bar. Total time for job. 45min

I didn't hear any cursing.

Dumb question, why can't you just cut the old bushing out, because that is what causes the most obstruction

uhh... ya ... im just leaving mine stock hahah screw that!!

Ugh not looking forwards to doing this in an unheated garage.. might just pay someone to do it. Or wait a few months

Yeah,great.There are videos on KZfaq, they cut off (!) the original sway bar.

Thankfully I have a Toyota. 25 minutes to remove