Which is closest to OE? Moog K750519 or K80252 stab links?
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Blue Moon Sonic
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If I remember right the K80252 are closer to the stock dimensions. The difference between the stock and these is literally night and day and the steering response and sensitivity is amazing. I think the other one would be better suited for when the car is lower to the ground but I'm not sure.
KlassKlown
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K750012 cobalt SS endlinks which are great for lowered car. Subsonic and myself run these no prob.
As Blue Moon Sonic said, K80252 are the closest to stock replacement. I'd say almost exact replacement fit. Stock are flimsy plastic so the metal is awesome
As Blue Moon Sonic said, K80252 are the closest to stock replacement. I'd say almost exact replacement fit. Stock are flimsy plastic so the metal is awesome
pepler
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Excellent. K80252 will do then. Gonna order a pair today. The OE ones are obviously starting to clunk; I only have 13K miles but I drive over crummy MI roads so...yeah. No sense in burning time at a dealer to have more plastic installed when I can install steel ones myself. The performance benefit is an added bonus, too.
Thanks, guys.
Thanks, guys.
Blue Moon Sonic
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You're very much welcome. 
busterbrown
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Wait, our endlinks are plastic? What?
I used the K750519, they appeared to be a bit longer but were thicker than the K80252 end links and greasable. I compared them side by side at O'Reily auto parts. Unless they had the K80252 in the wrong box it looked shorter also than the stock end links. They did not cost much more than online and I wanted to look at them before I bought them. The mechanic said they were a perfect fit when he replaced them.
Stew
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A couple of days ago the K750519's I ordered from rockauto.com showed up and like Hdmanny mentioned they do have zerk fittings to grease them.
I haven't seen the K80252's in person so I don't know what they look like but when I took one of the K750519's out of the box (I haven't installed them yet) I thought I might have got the wrong part, they looked like a foot and a half long and the metal bar section is thick!
In fact I brought one out to my car and squirmed under it enough to hold one up to the plastic end link to compare and it is the right size, I didn't remember the plastic ones being that long.
busterbrown
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How do they feel on the road? I'm noticing a minor clank over bumps on the torn up Michigan winter roads. I'm thinking the oem plastic end links aren't built for this environment. It maybe a simple and inexpensive suspension upgrade.
I just want to be clear that the*K750519's are a direct replacement for the Sonic as all the part sites state they only fit a Cruze??
5H1F7Y
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Just ordered the K80252's myself.... 16k, no noise from my stock ones yet, but why wait. and only 30 bucks from moog amazon
Amazon.com: Moog K80252 Sway Bar Link Kit: Automotive
Amazon.com: Moog K80252 Sway Bar Link Kit: Automotive
I could tell they handled way better while driving, the front felt tighter. They fit fine in my car and the only way to be sure is to check.
hammrdwn510
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Hrrrrmmmmm........
2014 Blue RS
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Gorilla tight then back it off a smidge.
Luv2xlr8
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I have the moog K750519 at my house and I might put them on today....if my kids let me. Lol can this be done on the drive way or do I need a special tool to compress a part or something, don't have time to be driving around today so it would be nice to know be fore I start on them.
KlassKlown
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no special tools required apart from that darn torx that OE has in the bolt to keep it from turning. just standard tools, I don't know the socket sizes but shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes per side (includes jacking up the car, taking off wheel, taking off OE endlink and putting on new one) Note: it's a little crammed when you get to the bottom endlink
Luv2xlr8
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Well, I got them on and yes I hate those torx. Took me about half an hour each side and they use 18mm each bolt. You need a monkey wrench to get the moog ones on. Oh, just make sure you have both sides of the front end lifted, stupid me only lifted one side then I noticed the OE stab link was hard to remove because of that. Lol
No more clunks and car rides like new again. Just got to do my coolant flush and replace that piece that's leaking coolant and car should be problems free again.
No more clunks and car rides like new again. Just got to do my coolant flush and replace that piece that's leaking coolant and car should be problems free again.
