Hey anyone know where I can get my hands on some decent Strut tower bars and rear sway bars?

Warfire80

 

You read the import magazines, don't you? F-150's don't have struts, and therefor a strut tower bar isn't available. As far as the rear sway bar goes, I have the hellwig one from Summit. It's totally bolt on, and works well. It runs around $140.

Mitch

 

Hey Mitch, What are your impressions on how the rear sway bar has changed the handling of your truck. Mine is spec'd nearly identically to yours and I'm thinking about buying the rear sway bar. Do you tow or haul heavy loads? The reason I ask is I'm wondering whether the bar reduces suspension travel in any way.

 

On the new truck I swapped out the factory leaves for a set of 02 Lightning leaves. That, combined with the sway bar and IAS shocks and it takes corners like it's on rails. Unfortunately the IAS shocks were a tad long for the L springs, and I blew them out. I'm swapping to a set of the L bilsteins, and dropping the front with the L coils. I still use my truck like a truck, but want it to handle like a sports car.

The sway bar does not limit the suspension travel up and down, but it will prevent one wheel from rising independently. It essentially ties the height of the rear wheels together to limit lean in the turns. I usually have about 300 lbs of crap in the bed (work equipment) and the hard tonneau cover. I do some towing occasionally, and will be adding a set of the air lift bags to level the truck. The L springs are a bit soft for towing. The sway br really does work to take the lean out of the turns.

Mitch

 

hey thanks Bronco for clarifiying that for me and leading me in the right direction. This is all pretty new to me.


Warfire80