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Sway bar

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Tacomatrd15, Mar 31, 2018.

  1. Mar 31, 2018 at 11:40 AM
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    Tacomatrd15

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    Highly recommended to back up the sway bar as close as possible to the strut as shown in the picture, this helps for better control and maneuvering aidIMG_20180331_110011782.jpg on sharp turns...
     
  2. Mar 31, 2018 at 12:24 PM
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    Beerline123

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    Excuse my ignorance but how would one do that. Tia
     
  3. Mar 31, 2018 at 12:25 PM
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    Mully

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    What?
     
  4. Mar 31, 2018 at 12:26 PM
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    Welcome to TW, now how do I add this mod?
     
  5. Mar 31, 2018 at 12:27 PM
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    Thanks OP! Mine drives much better now!
     
  6. Mar 31, 2018 at 2:24 PM
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    Yeah well I added some bigger tires and a 2.5" leveling kit which resulted in that sway bar grinding, already ordered the sway bar drop bracket.... Just gotta wait for it to come in to get that clearance and stop that chafing to the sway bar and strut
     
  7. Mar 31, 2018 at 2:52 PM
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    Mully

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    Did you go with a spacer lift or new coils?
     
  8. Mar 31, 2018 at 2:57 PM
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    Went with a space kit
     
  9. Mar 31, 2018 at 2:58 PM
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    inwood customs

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    Still alive
    No scraping
     
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  10. Mar 31, 2018 at 3:05 PM
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    Bummer, good luck with that.

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  11. Mar 31, 2018 at 3:08 PM
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    inwood customs

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    Ouch

    But true

    I thought stock coils were color coded differently left/right?
    Those look same color code
     
  12. Mar 31, 2018 at 3:10 PM
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    I consider this to be a non issue... I ditched my sway bar completely.:D
     
  13. Mar 31, 2018 at 3:12 PM
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    Yeah... just get ride of it and you won’t have this issue.
     
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  14. Mar 31, 2018 at 3:14 PM
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    Looks sweet! Does that give better tire traction and low end torque.... Haha well since I already did this might as well ride it out a while, the sway bar drop bracket should help some for a while at least
     
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  15. Mar 31, 2018 at 3:59 PM
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    Another failure then.

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  17. Apr 1, 2018 at 11:05 AM
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    I did this for about a grand.

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  18. Apr 1, 2018 at 2:25 PM
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    This is the new way to adjust for Taco lean
     
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  19. Apr 1, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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    Or this.

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  20. Apr 6, 2018 at 12:56 AM
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    Had to install this sway bar drop bracket to separate this problem. Took me about 15min to installIMG_20180404_082327860.jpg IMG_20180404_093920357.jpg
     
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