It's just the bar itself and nothing else. I got it from someone who was gonna sell it but said he would give it for free to the first person who shows up in a Volvo 240, as it came off a 240T :o) I called iPd many months ago to see what I would need, and the guy whom I spoke to said the part# is FBK06, which includes 2 grommets, 2 poly bushings, and 2 U-shaped thingies. IPd has over-$50 free shipping that ends Sept. 1, so today I called iPd to place an order on the bushing kit and some other things. However, the guy said the part# does not exist and said this and that and sorta got me confused. I postponed the order to look into it more. So basically I only have a swaybar with no bushings and what not. To install it, what parts do I need? I was told by two people from iPd months back that I would need part# FBK06, which is a 6-piece bushing kit. Now today I had this guy telling me otherwise and confusing me with what I took to be talk about suspension bushings for the front and then he mentions the rear bushings. I don't think the rear swaybar requires any parts to install, or am I wrong? But that is beside the point, as I was only calling about the front bar. I know there are bushings for the suspension.

Anyhow, I've been hearing too many people praising the virtues of having a thicker swaybar and how it made a noticeable difference that I am gonna do it. I've been hesitant about installing mine since getting it because I wasn't sure if I should pay a shop to install it or do it myself. I've received quotes of $50 to $70, but I've read that it is an easy job. Fifty bucks is quite a bit for a possible DIY job--and this is only the installation with no part pricing included! After doing some level-2 or 3 DIY jobs, I think I'm up to the task.

So, fellow bricknuts, what parts do I need and what tools? Will I need to jack the car up to swap the bars? I'm not a big person and can get under the car without jacking the car up, so if the tires don't need to be lifted off the ground, then that would be great.

On a side note, I was gonna order the 240 vent covers for my '89 240, but I learned today that the catalog price is no longer $39 but $100! The iPd guy said their main source of the covers stopped making them so they went to another source.