Bending Sway Bar possible?

[funbnme]

The sway bar I have for my camaro doesn't fit. It's a helwig bar and the box says "hot formed and heat treated for strength". 4140 Alloy Steel.

To make it fit, I need to bend the first spot where it goes toward the shock out. Then turn the next bend back toward the center. This may move the upper link mount, but I have room for that.





Can you heat the bar to modify the bends. Then let it cool down and still retain the strength needed or will heating it up weaken the bar to much so it won't work?

One guy I knows thinks that since it was heat treated, that if you let it cool down naturally, that it should retain the strength properties.

If I can't make this work....anyone want to buy it off me for a discount?