I recently removed the front sway bar of my 2012 Tundra 2wd crewmax and I have to say is if your thinking about it do it. I currently have the Fox 2.5 non resi up front and I will tell you it feels like a different truck. I used to rub on the front and rear plastics in reverse with my 18inch pro comp wheels with 0 offset and 295/65/18 dura tracs. After I removed the sway bar there is no rubbing what so ever. I can say that the ride is really plush now and I have no body tool. These Fox cool overs felt rough until I removed the sway bar. So if your thinking about doing it I say go for it.
I actually installed the OME 613 suspension lift this past weekend and while I was putting the sway bar back on I was wondering do I really need this lol. I don't have a steel bumper yet so its already super stiff and thinking the sway bar just isn't helping ride comfort lol
I will say that I can feel the suspension working better feels better to me. The other day while doing a uturn I hit the curb and went over it but I will say it didn't rock the truck as much as when the sway bar was on. Didn't even know how far I was on the curb.
Most of our roads in the country have sharps turns with varying degrees of slopes, you could be going up a hill and hit a sharp corner then be doing down a few hundred foot drop through s-curves. I'm a little hesitant about taking mine off. I have FatBobs coilovers so no reserves and not a high end coilover. Would The truck drive better and still be safe ?
The truck will still be safe with or without the sway bar. I personally do feel more body roll than I did with the sway bar but I am still able to take corners at the same speed. My advice is take it of to see if you like it, if you don't..... put it back on.
I'm not sure maybe someone else can answer that question but a lifted truck will never handle like a sedan. Like I was taught at driving school slow in fast out and never brake in a curve always before you enter the curve.
Took the front sway bar off last night.....OMG seriously night and day. On pavement, going from a feeling of bumping over a speed bump to crawling over a speed bump. On dirt work roads going from being thrown around to just rolling with the road. lol I feel like the best mod I've done yet is a front sway bar delete.
I'm gonna have to try this... Can you guys share some pointers on the easiest way to go about this? When we installed my OME stuff we had the truck up on a huge lift so everything was very easy to get to. Would I need an alignment afterwords? Thanks
Removing sway bars on any truck is easy. I took both the front and rear bars off of my FJ Cruiser for better articulation offroad -- and personally I love the top-heavy/roll/lean when going into turns in general. You don't need to lift the truck and you don't need an alignment afterward.
Removing sway bars on any truck is easy. I took both the front and rear bars off of my FJ Cruiser for better articulation offroad -- and personally I love the top-heavy/roll/lean when going into turns in general. You don't need to lift the truck and you don't need an alignment afterward.
My truck was on the ground when I took mine off. I had to spray crazy amounts of wd40 to get those bolts to budge. Taking off the sway bar was the best free mod I have ever done. I usually drive down dirt roads nothing crazy but I decided to take of the spacer strut when I hit a bump in the road and heard a big clank sound. So I figured to get some good cool overs over the bilstiens.
I've always ditched mine after I put on upgraded coilovers. They are usually more firm than stock, and I don't notice any body roll at all. If you have stock suspension, that's another story.
Now you guys got me wanting to do this to. I think I will try it if I ever get my missing coilover bushings and get my truck off blocks in the driveway!!
My nannie only tripped once on me, but it was a quick blip. It was when I took sharp turns on Ortega Highway (windy canyon road in Southern California) at speeds I'd rather not discuss here. lol I've never had it go off anytime other than that.
Finally got around to doing it today. It was time to change the oil, so I figured I'd kill 2 birds with one stone...
Night and f'ing day! First thing I did is load up my Wife and went to a light trail near the house. Both of us were so happy not to be jarred around when we hit the bumps or went off the curbs. The trail is right down the road, so there wasn't a whole lot of turning, so I'm not sure about body roll, but I just don't think it's going to affect it.
I couldn't be any happier. Wish I woulda done this long ago!!
Is everyone who is doing this mod riding stock height? I am very interested in doing this when I swap out my 3/2 spacer lift for bilstein 6112s next week.
I took it off a few days before I put in my 3/1 kit. It feels about the same. Nothing to worry about.
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