Hellwig anti sway bars....
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carrierj (05-17-2017)
07-02-2017, 09:49 PM
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07-02-2017, 10:04 PM
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Indeed. Since most production passenger vehicles including 1/2 ton pickups come to us with a tendency towards understeer for safety, increasing rear roll stiffness will help the balance towards more-neutral handling. And since there's not a lot of weight to influence the CG/center of gravity towards an aft bias effectively increasing rear roll stiffness by itself, pickup trucks have traditionally handled somewhat well for what they are. Adding a rear swaybar helps even more.
Don't forget about dampers (shocks)! Dampers are still some black magic in the suspension tuning arts. There's a reason everyone swo0ns over something as simple as installing four high-quality shocks on their trucks.
A rear bar is on my short list.
Don't forget about dampers (shocks)! Dampers are still some black magic in the suspension tuning arts. There's a reason everyone swo0ns over something as simple as installing four high-quality shocks on their trucks.
A rear bar is on my short list.
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carrierj (07-02-2017)
07-02-2017, 10:12 PM
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Yes you are correct about the shocks, especially the rears . I replaced them with Fox 2.0 within the first 6 months that I had the truck. Just doing that was a significant and noticeable difference in stability. The rear sway bar increased the stability and handling for sure.
11-07-2017, 11:13 PM
#607
Pretty much same thing with me when I installed the Hellwig. Still I didn't like the bouncing 2-3 times over bumps with the stock shocks. Not bad but gave me the Cadillac ride feeling of being too soft. I just installed the Bilstein 5100s on the rear and it solved the excess bouncing.
02-14-2018, 01:48 PM
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Wow from reading this thread, great prices some of you guys got for the Hellwig, they must have taken notice, cause they are up to 331.00 bucks now!! Amazon is a no-go because they will not ship to AK.....looking to add one soon!!
06-08-2018, 11:19 PM
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"I see said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw."
Was just reviewing this thread while fiddling around with my rear Hellwig install and couldn't resist posting.
Hellwig content: front and back on my '17, love them.
Was just reviewing this thread while fiddling around with my rear Hellwig install and couldn't resist posting.
Hellwig content: front and back on my '17, love them.