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Old 11-16-2018, 01:54 PM
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yeah, rear one was noticeable. Changed out the front just because. Plus it's my show car that I enter into car shows.
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yeah, rear one was noticeable. Changed out the front just because. Plus it's my show car that I enter into car shows.
So then it's recommended to get the rear sway bar if you're going to be towing?
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So then it's recommended to get the rear sway bar if you're going to be towing?
I would. Towing or not, if you aren't doing extreme off-road stuff (where the sway bar will hurt you) it makes a major difference in the overall handling of the truck.
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Originally Posted by covertness
yeah, rear one was noticeable. Changed out the front just because. Plus it's my show car that I enter into car shows.
Ill take the factory front one off of your hands...
looks like itll fit.
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The rear one is the one that makes the biggest difference since there isnt one factory. Its kinda silly to have the front and not the rear. Either have them both or none at all is how I feel.
There is a lot more to vehicle dynamics than just "if you have one just have two".
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Originally Posted by 65Terdlingua
There is a lot more to vehicle dynamics than just "if you have one just have two".
You need both to balance out each other. It understeers with just the front and no rear AND on the flip side a bigger rear bar causes oversteer.
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yeah, rear one was noticeable. Changed out the front just because. Plus it's my show car that I enter into car shows.
Dont know if you got my PM. Let me know what you wanna do as far as shipping. I found UPS to be cheapest but I need a shipping weight.
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Does anyone know if upgrading sway bars on a 2015 3.5EB Lariat supercrew with max tow package will noticeably improve towing/sway/tracking conditions over stock sway bars when towing a #8000 travel trailer?
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Does anyone know if upgrading sway bars on a 2015 3.5EB Lariat supercrew with max tow package will noticeably improve towing/sway/tracking conditions over stock sway bars when towing a #8000 travel trailer?
...check your oe spec's...my 2019 3.5 EB..has an upgraded front sway bar...and it's likely so do you..what you don't likely have is any rear sway bar at all...my first mod: HELLWIG rear sway bar..not exactly cheap(my best price was at AMAZON)..but imho the best!(from many years of using such same on several other FS Fords)...only if you do a lot of off-roading is it less advisable ..It makes all the difference, if you want faster, more stable control in almost all highway conditions..Positive it's addition saved my life a while back when some nut did a really stupid thing right in front of me at 70mph!...I'm sold..ymmv, ..btw, Pretty sure rear sway bar is oe on Super-Duty...and of course oe rear shocks aren't much..Bilsteins on rear is usually considered a plus...Hope this helps a bit..Happy Trails!..Ol' Rattler rattling on now..
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Originally Posted by KR_FL72
Does anyone know if upgrading sway bars on a 2015 3.5EB Lariat supercrew with max tow package will noticeably improve towing/sway/tracking conditions over stock sway bars when towing a #8000 travel trailer?
I added RAS to my rolly polly 2020 LWB 4x4 CC.....WOW. Body roll issue completely resolved. I took out the blocks and set the RAS between the "low and high" settings. My truck already had the solid front sway bar,

I can't see a rear stabilizer bar helping towing, because I can't see how body roll is an issue while towing.

A sway bar doesn't control wheel hop and traction bars don't control sway. Pretty happy to see how well RAS work so far.


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