Sourcing a vert front sway at a JY. What is needed?

[phenryiv1]

I found a very front sway at my local JY. It is not a you-pull-it (used to be, until toolbags started breaking and stealing ish).

Anyway, I walked the yard with the parts puller, and there is a vert with a front swaybar, but the endlinks are not great, and the bushings are beat.

If I have them pull it, can I reuse my current endlinks?

Also, what about bushings? Replacing them with new makes sense, but are the brackets the same on my '88 325 (non-i/s, non e/s)? Meaning, do I just need to replace the rubber to accomodate the larger bar, or do I need to source the brackets from the vert? (Do I need the sway brackets from the convertable, or do I reuse mine? Are the bushings the same size (dimensions) but with a larger bore for the bar itself, or is the bshing physically larger on the vert, thus necessitating a larger bracket?

Also, they wanted $45 endlink-to-endlink, but since the links are rotted out and the bushings are bad, I can probably get it for $20-25. Worth it?

Lastly, should I go ahead and plan on doing the M3 mounts? I see that they offer a better mounting location.

[Wh33lhop]

Worth it. Brackets are the same. (check realoem in the future)

M3 mounts will about double your swaybar's effectiveness. If you do them, you might want to get a beefier rear bar to compensate (14.5mm rear bars came on ix and M3).

I got a vert FSB but I wound up upgrading to some real big bars (UUC setup). Pay to play, etc. Heim joint endlinks are nice.

[phenryiv1]

Brackets are the same. (check realoem in the future)

I have GOT to remember that. It seems like 50% of my interchange questions could be answered there. Thanks for being patient and helpful!