Yes I had the car on its wheels before tightening them. What do you call the sway bar drop links? Are these the swing bars or swing supports? They look really good and have no play. I think they must have been changed when several components of suspension were changed during the extended warranty. They look too good for 109k miles. Actually most of the suspension components look good for that mileage. The tension arm bushings were the only obvious components that were warn out. Even the two ball joints that I changed did not look bad at all and had no obvious play.