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Sway Bar

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by chadderkdawg, Jan 6, 2012.

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What did you do with your sway bar?

Poll closed Feb 5, 2012.
  1. Swaybar Delete

    23 vote(s)
    39.7%
  2. Kept the swaybar with OE links

    10 vote(s)
    17.2%
  3. Kept the swaybar with extended links or relocation bracket

    8 vote(s)
    13.8%
  4. Don't care, but DH is a post whore

    17 vote(s)
    29.3%
  1. Jan 7, 2012 at 1:50 PM
    #21
    Jonyd182

    Jonyd182 What do you mean I can't go up there...Watch this!

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  2. Jan 7, 2012 at 2:29 PM
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    PAlittlematty

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    I may fashion a disconnect for mine. Couple ideas runnin through my head
     
  3. Jan 7, 2012 at 4:22 PM
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    Sublime

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    Id like to see a video of the difference between lifted and nonlifted with the sway bar on. Yet we all lift our trucks anyways. Ditch the sway bar and never make a move like that! That's also a stunt driver and not a regular person who would otherwise flip a truck doing that test!
     
  4. Jan 7, 2012 at 4:29 PM
    #24
    Mi Vida Taco

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    i just relocated mine, but waiting on the part from toytec i decided to take the sway bar off for a few days just to see. WOW! talk about much wider turning radius! i was whipping into parking spots like i was a small car. I did a lot of curvy roads, speeding up and pushing it to the limits, and sure it felt a little more unstable but with the OME 3" suspension lift, still felt good. but overall i decided to re-install with the relocating kit and am suprised that it seems to be the best of both worlds. maybe its my imagination but i still have a better turning radius and the stiffer suspension. overall think it will stay on, but wouldnt mind it off either.
     
  5. Jan 7, 2012 at 4:34 PM
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    gacandido2010

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    when u guys say swaybar delete do u mean taking off the links or taking off the whole swaybar?
     
  6. Jan 7, 2012 at 4:35 PM
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    XXXX

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    I wouldn't cut it if your set on removal especially if you still have to install the UCA's. Do it all at once and it's easier. If you ever go to sell it you should put it back on to get as much as you can. No one wants to buy a wheeled truck, but wheeled trucks can go back to stock and be cleaned :D
     
  7. Jan 7, 2012 at 4:50 PM
    #27
    chadderkdawg

    chadderkdawg [OP] Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to..

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    I got the uppers on today, just hooked the sway bar back up with the destroyed links...
     
  8. Jan 7, 2012 at 5:14 PM
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    XXXX

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    Shouldn't hurt anything until they blow out. Just buy some used links or upgrade to heims

    I experience a ton of body roll without the sway bar. It's comical if your behind me when I'm driving on a highway off/on ramp
     
  9. Jan 7, 2012 at 7:31 PM
    #29
    KenLyns

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    Would've been nice if Toyota offered KDSS as an option - basically an automatic swaybar disconnect.
     
  10. Jan 7, 2012 at 8:10 PM
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    kcbmx

    kcbmx doing my thing.

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    We dont need no stinkin sway bar!
     
  11. Jan 8, 2012 at 4:48 PM
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    ETaco23

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    The way I see it, If you offroad alot, like every weekend. Then yeah take it off for the better wheel travel/flex...

    But if you dont. Then leave it on. I ditched mine for a few weeks and it just took one scary ass turn at too much speed to tell me to put it back on.
    Its not worth it if you dont offroad much.
     
  12. Jan 30, 2012 at 8:10 AM
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    chadderkdawg

    chadderkdawg [OP] Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to..

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    This keeps gettin bumped anyway....

    I hooked the bar back up with the relocation bracket and new links, I don't offroad enough to justify ditching it all-together, plus my skidplates are rusted on, haha
     
  13. Jan 30, 2012 at 2:47 PM
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    zeropresence

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    SOLD the Tacoma. Landcruiser life now.
    "Sway-bars are like condoms. Its safer with it on, but it feels way better with it off."

    Sorry it had not been said in this thread yet.
     

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