Just installed a hellwig rear sway bar and I thought I'd share my thoughts. I live in a hilly area with curvy mountain roads, and I've been getting a lot of body roll (I drive pretty hard, sorta like I'm driving a sports car). Fyi, I already have billstein 5100s front and rear, with a 2" lift, and I added a 2" block in the rear to keep the rake.

The good:
Amazing results, immediately. The truck is MUCH more planted in the turns, even at speed. It's a very noticeable difference, basically unmissable. You are crazy if you don't buy and install this tomorrow.

The bad:
The ubolts that came with it were poorly threaded, and on one I couldn't get the nut to turn, despite using 90 fp of torque (it calls for 50-60). The other I was able to turn the but, but with great difficulty again, over-torqing the entire way. They felt cheaply made, but everything else was great quality.

More good:
I called Kevin at hellwig, and he was a great guy, very apologetic, and offered to overnight me the ubolts. I called a local spring shop and asked them to bend the ubolt for me by the same specs, and an hour later I had two great quality ubolts, 15 bucks. Finished the install and the rest is history.

The installation is easy, really easy. Run don't walk. I'll post some pics tomorrow



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I’ve had my front and rear hellwig bars for almost 2 months and love them. I’m on a 3.5/5.5 Belltech drop on 24’s with rear fox shocks. On the rear bar, I ran it for the first month on the furthest hole. The second month running it, I moved it to the middle setting which I prefer. I’m going to move it tomorrow to the rear hole and see how it drives.

 

Ive has mine for years. Love it!

 

Agreed. Made a huge difference. I have it on the furthest hole and didn't try the others yet.

What did everyone do with the wires that you use to insert the nuts? Did you clip them off and push the rest into the frame?

One negative is I don't like how low it hangs. I heard there was some kit to make it sit a little higher. If anyone knows what that is, please let me know.

 

question for you: the instructions day to have everything lined up at 90 degrees, but that seems inconsistent with mounting both the first hole, and then the last one, or even the middle for that matter. I couldn't actually get 90 degrees, even using the last hole, I'm probably around 80 degrees. How important is (or isn't) this?

 

I repositioned mine, after talking to Helwig about performance, the same results. Been on my 17 since the spring of 2017.

I painted all the exposed shiny metal parts that are visible from behind because it draws yer eyes to them.

 

I had one on my 03 Tundra. I loved it. I really want one, but it is out of my budget. If I could find it for $300, I would do it.

 

Does the Hellwig make the F150 ride closer to an F250? Or do I retain my F150 ride with just reduced sway?

 

I get some pics tomorrow and post it so you could see mine. I don’t remember them being a perfect 90*

 

I understand the handling in corners, but do the rear sway bars help reduce the way the rear end hops left or right upon hitting a bump?