I bought a whiteline rear bar the other day and it looked easy to fit.

Looked like 4 spline bolts holding the bar on and the 17mm bolts on the drop links .Bolts came off the drop links no problem but the spline bolts are a nightmare.One has snapped flush with the subframe ,one came out and the other two have rounded!!

How the hell am I going to get them out?

Desperate method:

 

Spline head?  Try mole grips, or hammer on a smaller size socket. 

 

Spline socket head? Hammer in an oversize bit. 

 

 

Back Yard Bodge method:

 

Cut a slot in the head with a hacksaw, and then get them out with an impact driver and a slot-head bit. 

 

 

Keen Amateur method:

 

For both snapped-flush and rounded-off bolts, drill and use an 'easy-out' or similar left-hand thread type removal tool.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMrDYJvY0Ts

 

 

Professional Engineering Shop method:

 

 Spark erosion.

Thanks for the reply mate.The bolts look like hex keys but on closer inspection they are spline bolts.

Lesson learnt to never work on my own car , going to the garage to fix my mess this week with a very clunky octy :(

Ill get my wallet out for a beating

Thanks for the reply mate.The bolts look like hex keys but on closer inspection they are spline bolts.

Lesson learnt to never work on my own car , going to the garage to fix my mess this week with a very clunky octy :(

Ill get my wallet out for a beating

Poor you. I fitted my whiteline yesterday and I was all done in just over an hour. All my bolts came out quite easily, there is a lot to be said for WD-40 and a wire brush.

Living in Scotland corrosion under the car is all to common :( used wd40 and cleaned up before even trying the bolts but the threads were to swollen with rust :( Out with the blowtorch,drill and taps

Have to use the wife's fabia estate 1.9tdi now :( lucky it's mapped with vrs suspension

I know how you feel. However my anti roll bar took only an hour to fit but tried fitting my H&R cup kit the other day. Took me and a mate who are both mechanics nearly 5 hours to get the fronts done. Sometimes everything goes wrong!

All done now, Only took him an hour and it was all done

Fitted it on the medium setting but being an estate I think ill move it to the hardest setting .

Must finally get it mapped now unless something else goes wrong soon.