Post by 7Lbar on Jun 3, 2007 8:07:47 GMT -5
After having to disconnect the sway bar to go wheeling, and the pain that they can be when you are not on level ground, and partially me being lazy. Plus when on the trail and having a passenger with me in some of the off camber situations, made for some pucker factoring that I could live without, especially when "Magic" would roll enough to the right lift the left front tire.
So on Thursday, made a trip up to Phoenix and picked up a Currie Antirock sway bar. It has been said that with the Antirock installed that you lose a slight amount of articulation in the front. Which for me was OK since at full droop I have about an inch and a half of clearance between the bottom of the coil and the coil bucket.
Installation took about an hour and that included digging around my toolbox to find my T-55 Torx socket so I could remove the front bumper. At first I thought I was going to have enough room to install it without removing the bumper. I was wrong.
The hardest part of the installation, is installing the plastic bushings into the front crossmember, you need a big hammer and a good swing. (which is why you need to remove the bumper) Installing the bushings is also a little therapeutic, it relieves some of that built up frustration. ;D
Drove it a little bit, it has a little more body roll on the street, nothing like James' M38A1, which is cool to watch if not a little scary. Now time to start to test all of the 5 different settings on the sway bar to see which one I like the most.
So on Thursday, made a trip up to Phoenix and picked up a Currie Antirock sway bar. It has been said that with the Antirock installed that you lose a slight amount of articulation in the front. Which for me was OK since at full droop I have about an inch and a half of clearance between the bottom of the coil and the coil bucket.
Installation took about an hour and that included digging around my toolbox to find my T-55 Torx socket so I could remove the front bumper. At first I thought I was going to have enough room to install it without removing the bumper. I was wrong.
The hardest part of the installation, is installing the plastic bushings into the front crossmember, you need a big hammer and a good swing. (which is why you need to remove the bumper) Installing the bushings is also a little therapeutic, it relieves some of that built up frustration. ;D
Drove it a little bit, it has a little more body roll on the street, nothing like James' M38A1, which is cool to watch if not a little scary. Now time to start to test all of the 5 different settings on the sway bar to see which one I like the most.