Pros and Cons of Sway bar removal on 2nd gen

There is a noticeable body roll when my wife drives.....lol! She swerves anytime someone touches there brake. You just have to remember its off and the stearing is more sensitive. It makes the truck feel smoother in all other aspects and not so stiff up front! I would only remove it if you offroad. If its a street queen its not worth it.

 

I like mine off. Usually I can pull to one side then yank to the other and my truck will do a full barrel roll and land on all four tires to keep driving like nothing happend.

 

Vid or it didnt happen

 

I still think someday I may fab up an off-road disconnect for it.

 

i drove a FJ with some old DR coilovers and some TC arms with out the sway bar and i really liked it. I race alot and i really like to get a good "road feel" and use the weight transfer to get more bite. On the fj, it has a much higher COG than the 2nd Gens and i thought it was great. the only thing i felt was it pulled left or right on the fwy, but that could of been his tires and his alignment.

i did the same thing on my 3500 crew cab dodge, and i really liked it but it sucked for towing. cornering on the twistys or even around town felt good although the GF didnt like it.

i vote try it, and you will like it. in the snow the sway bar will induce a spin out, with the sway bar off it may help get the weight to the outside tires to help get more bite?

 

that or R. Wonder how many shots he was able to dodge. Hope he went through the three gold circles too!

I love my ride without the sway bar. Feels more free and off road is bitchin without it. If ya don't off road much, leave it on. My girlfriend, who is shy and quiet, was a little afraid of driving it without the sway bar, but since she has, she says she can hardly tell the difference since she's not a crazy driver or anything.

 

I'm running Icon Extended Travel COs and no swaybar. Tried a moose test at 40 mph today. The amount of body roll when swerving back was scary.

 

maybe the weight of your bumper caused the great amount of body roll compared to a stock or tubed bumper which doesnt weigh much?

 

ive read this somewhere on here haha

 

The bumper isn't much compared to the weight of the engine (366 lb) and myself (220 lb).

 

rocket67......That truck is sick bro! Love that color!

 

Has anyone actually measured the downward wheel travel increase from taking the sway bars off?

Certainly depends on the shock...for instance, what's the delta between the sway bar length and:

1. Stock shock length
2. OME shock length
3. King or Icon length

Anyone know?

 

I've had mine off for two months or so now. I can take turns at a descent speed still, to the limit of tires actually. Sure you get more body roll on the highway but the only time it feels a little out of control is when you weave back and forth repetatively, and when do you ever do that in normal driving? Like someone said before, it feels weird at first as if one tire hits a pothole it will yank your car that way more abruptly. As long as you always have a firm hand on the wheel you should be fine. BTW, I drive 75 + - daily in Vegas, so abrupt manuevers have been made! Sorry my spelling sucks....

 

How about for guys that have a LT set up? Is the sway the same for them? Mostly asking about the Allpro kit.

 

Installed my coilovers today I ended up taking off the swaybar and so far so good.

 

they would all have to be at exactly the same ride height to compare anything

 

For that to be the case you would have to be at fault in the first place. Wether your swaybar is on or off, either you were at fault or you were not. In other words if somebody pulled out in front of you and you swerved and rolled and collided with another vehicle, the primary cause of the accident is still that the first driver pulled out in front of you. You may have some limited liability if its determined that the missing swaybar contributed to the accident but you will not be considered primarily at fault.

 

That is not true at all. The fact that you struck another vehicle doesn't automatically place you at blame for a collision. Thats an old wives tail just like the people who think if the light is red before you cross under it you ran a red light.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0H4umoETJw&sns=em

 

Yeah man. FUCK THAT FOUR WHEEL SHIT!