Control Arm Hitting Sway Bar (feedback)

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What is good everyone,

As the title says, my control arm and sway bar are making contact (only my front driver side) when I hit some bumps and especially if I hit one turning right. It doesn't happen all the time and I know an easy fix would be adjustable end links (if I am not mistaken). Anyone else have the same problem and what was your fix? Also what brand did you go with?

I am on air suspension and my ride height isn't "low" but it for surely isn't close to stock height.

Any feedback is welcome, unless it isn't helpful. In that case, waste of space!
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Have you looked into lateral locks? Whiteline sells these, they are size specific, it helped my sway bars from walking when hitting a hard bump
 
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Have you looked into lateral locks? Whiteline sells these, they are size specific, it helped my sway bars from walking when hitting a hard bump
My clearance is really minimum between the two. So I dont think locking it in place would help
 

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I thought my sway bar was contacting my control arms, because i was also hearing a sort of clunk/snap sound in certain deep turns. Turned out that my control arm bushings were blown.

As long as your control arm angle is parallel with the subframe, you shouldn't be contacting.
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