I'm getting ready to swap out bars on my C4 did anyone ever put together a DIY for this? Is it true I can do the job on a C4 without fully removing the boomerang plates? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

have to remove the sub-frame... no way around it... Maybe you can do the diy write up.

 

Yeap, you gotta remove or slide the subframe to allow the sways to come out/in.

 

The Porsche service manual doesn't even have a section on removing the bar. If I fully remove those plates is there any ill effect? I just replaced the front struts so the car is going to be getting aligned anyhow.

 

Its not that bad to do. When I put the X74 suspension on I unbolted what whatever was holding the parts in place. Its easy to unbolt...the time consuming thing is fishing the old sway out and the new in. Time consuming = 15 minutes. Don't let it scare you. Good luck.

 

so I did this job last night and its very easy.
First I remove the two diagnol braces
Than I removed the end link nuts followed by removing the two bolts holding the sway bar on each side.
Next I removed the front most bolt.
Than I loosened the bolt holding the control arm and swiveled the plate away from the sway bar, pulled out the bar and installed in the reverse order and torqued down the control arm bolt.

 

good job!

 

that's why there is NO DIY article - too easy

WTG !!
(did mine in the driveway at night... and it began to rain about 1/2 way thru... was a fun time!)