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Why budget sway bars on an F10
The premise of the video is simple: sharpen the F10’s handling without spending premium money. The claimed payoff — less body roll and improved stability — is Grant’s prediction in the video, not a reported driving result: he defers driving impressions to a later follow-up. This article covers what was actually installed — not a generic sway-bar buyer’s guide, and not a claim that every F10 needs this upgrade.
What I installed
Rear: H&R 71470 — VERIFIED
H&R Sport Sway Bar, rear, 20mm, fixed (non-adjustable), solid, with mounting hardware included.
Verified fitment: 2011–2016 BMW F10 528i, 535i, 535d, and 550i, rear-wheel drive only, NOT for cars with Dynamic Drive.
Exact product destination (non-affiliate — no Turner affiliate link exists yet): https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-204904-hr-rear-sway-bar-20mm-f10-528i-535i-535d-550i/ — Turner Motorsport listed it at $314.99, 10% off $349.00, when checked November 3, 2026.
Fitment warning: 2WD only, not Dynamic Drive. Confirm fitment for your exact year, model, and options before ordering.
Front: Eibach F10 bar — exact part number UNCONFIRMED
The front bar on Grant’s F10 is an Eibach F10 bar, confirmed from his own video only. Its exact SKU is UNVERIFIED and is deliberately NOT stated here.
No product link is given for the front bar until its SKU is verified. Do not guess a SKU, do not substitute a similar Eibach bar, and do not link a generic sway-bar search page.
Install notes — what the video actually shows
This is not a step-by-step fitting guide, because the video does not show the new bars being bolted in as a continuous install. What it does show, for each end: removal of the stock bar, a side-by-side comparison with the new bar, and the finished mounted bar. Do not read more into it than that.
Front: engine shield already off; end-link bolt off; bushing bolts loosened; stock bar out; comparison with the new Eibach bar; then a cut to the mounted red front bar. Tools Grant names: an 18 mm socket and an E18 reverse-Torx socket.
Rear: stock bar loosening/removal shown, including a 16 mm socket for the bolts and a T30-type bit for the end links (Grant notes he cannot remember the exact bit size); the exhaust is loosened slightly to snake the bar out; comparison with the new blue H&R rear bar; then a cut to the installed rear bar. Grant notes six bolts per side to get a bar out and six to bolt one back in.
No torque figures are stated in the video — Grant says on camera he will have to look up the torque settings. None are given here.
No driving impression is reported in the video. Grant says the next step is to get driving impressions and defers them to a later follow-up; his only handling statement is a prediction that the car should feel more planted with less body roll. That prediction is reported here as a prediction, not a result.
Grant’s F10 model variant, year, drivetrain, and Dynamic Drive status are NOT stated in the video or its description, so none are asserted here. Readers must confirm fitment for their exact year, model, and options — see the warning under the rear bar above.
Buying guidance
Buy the rear bar by its exact part number: H&R 71470, at the exact product destination above.
Do not buy a front bar from this article: no verified SKU, no link. The commenter who asked “Can you post a link for the sway bars” gets the rear link from this article; the front link waits for verification.
Watch it done
Grant’s install video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_jxd2AXujc (“BMW F10 Budget Sway Bars Upgrade”).