When I was looking for new torsion bars for my project, I had narrowed my choices down to Mopar Performance, Hotchkis, FFI and Just Suspension. I know Ma Mopar was going down hill and heard a few stories on torsion bars and leaf springs, so they were out. I was about to pull the trigger on Just Suspension bars when I saw all over the net of the problems folks were having with them and flaws in craftsmanship and decided to check out Hotchkis instead. Very nice piececs, thought still waiting to be installed. Glad the OP and his car is fine, but that is something that should never happen with that new of a part.