sway bars on or off

Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Location: melbourne. sth eastern subs

Ive been experimented with taking the sway bars off but im getting to much flex and am rubbing gaurds....Ive got 3 inch susp,2 inch body and 35 simex et s. Was thinking about putting them back on and just lengthen the sway bar supports. Any body got any other ideas..... shane

Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Location: Melbourne Australia

Sorry but what kind of car?

Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Location: Sydney

im running a GQ with 6" spring lift, and i run no swaybars, and love it, okay its definatly no sports car, but i dont mind, i get a fair bit of tyre rub in the rear guards, but, once again, im not fussed, just respray it evry now and then.

Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne

I run the thin early GQ bars on mine. Have done on 2 GQ s (Mavs) now.
I get good articulation and can reach bump stops on full artic.
Ive extended the links at each corner .
Rides good on bitumen and off rd.
Passed the engineers swerve test.

Bazzle

Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: Narangba, Qld

I agree with Ozzy,

I've got a 4" sus lift and 2" body lift and trimmed the rear guards and don't rub the 35 MTR's at all with no sway bars. On road it ain't no sprts car, but who'd drive it like one??

Lose the bars and slow down on road.

Joined: 25 May 2003 Location: Redbank Plains, QLD

Would it help havin toyota offset rims??

as they put the tyres an inch outwards (correct me if wrong)

Less rubbing??

Swaybars in my opinion arnt needed if you have a good spring shock combo.

TOM

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

Swaybars?? ahhhhhhh yes the things hanging in the shed..

Joined: 17 May 2004

the frist thing i did was take them off i run 36 swampers and dont scrub any where

Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Location: Brisbane

I had none when I first got my Mav. It was great for the offroad stuff, but got scary when at speed on the highway on the way to Landcruiser Mountain park. Particuarly over the range. I found that the rest of the guys could take the corners at a "normal" speed where I had to slow down a fair bit. So I put the front one back on with new links made from some booker rod and a couple of heim joints. There is no discernable difference off road and it now feels safer on the black stuff.

Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Location: Melbourne

loose the swaybars!

Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 8:26 pm

bogged wrote:

Swaybars?? ahhhhhhh yes the things hanging in the shed..

you selling yours too !!! Very Happy

loose em........ they are overrated !

Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Location: melbourne. sth eastern subs

hey guys , sorry ,yeah its a 93 gq lwb, and im running the toyota offset rims. Also its duel fuel so i have that huge belly tank just infront of the rear diff and on full flex the top trailing arm hits the tank aswell. Think im gunna extend the sway bar connecters for now to the length that it just misses every thing. thanks shane...

Joined: 23 Oct 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia

bagsy wrote:

hey guys , sorry ,yeah its a 93 gq lwb, and im running the toyota offset rims. Also its duel fuel so i have that huge belly tank just infront of the rear diff and on full flex the top trailing arm hits the tank aswell. Think im gunna extend the sway bar connecters for now to the length that it just misses every thing. thanks shane...

Get the tank notched to crear the trailng arm.

Joined: 10 May 2004 Location: Goodna QLD

ask around about getting the tank trimmed so that the upper trailing arm dosnt hit and think about extending your bump stops or weld a 1 inch plate onto the top off your diff where the bump stops touch.

Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Location: Wollongong, NSW

I have a sway bar on my Mav with some disconects for on the trail — works fine for me. Rides better on road — especialy with 7inch lift + 3inch body lift and flexes well off road once disconected.
Mine uses the thin sway bars off an 89 Mav/Nissan but I was wondering if beafier ones are available. I think mine are around 15mm dia. If there are stiffer sway bars, which year models were they on?

Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Location: Melbourne

John H wrote:

I have a sway bar on my Mav with some disconects for on the trail — works fine for me. Rides better on road — especialy with 7inch lift + 3inch body lift and flexes well off road once disconected.
Mine uses the thin sway bars off an 89 Mav/Nissan but I was wondering if beafier ones are available. I think mine are around 15mm dia. If there are stiffer sway bars, which year models were they on?

geez, what tyres are you running offroad?

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

hottiemonster wrote:

John H wrote:

I have a sway bar on my Mav with some disconects for on the trail — works fine for me. Rides better on road — especialy with 7inch lift + 3inch body lift and flexes well off road once disconected.
Mine uses the thin sway bars off an 89 Mav/Nissan but I was wondering if beafier ones are available. I think mine are around 15mm dia. If there are stiffer sway bars, which year models were they on?

geez, what tyres are you running offroad?

750Rx16s

Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Location: Wollongong, NSW

hottiemonster wrote:

John H wrote:

I have a sway bar on my Mav with some disconects for on the trail — works fine for me. Rides better on road — especialy with 7inch lift + 3inch body lift and flexes well off road once disconected.
Mine uses the thin sway bars off an 89 Mav/Nissan but I was wondering if beafier ones are available. I think mine are around 15mm dia. If there are stiffer sway bars, which year models were they on?

geez, what tyres are you running offroad?

Who me?
I'm running 35's — the 3inch body lift is just there to add clearence under the sills and allow for flex in the suspension.

Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne

Easier to find on GU, all have stiffer ones. GQs varied only a little in size.

Bazzle

Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Location: melbourne. sth eastern subs

Thanks for the input guys...

and nice hijack hottiemonster !!!!

Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Location: bacabugari

talking to brent from wizard yesterday and he has just sourced a swaybar from a series 3 GU which are much thicker than earlier models and he is gunna put it on his blue ute with the 8" lift and five link for high speed work.
he then just uses the disconnects and has the best of both worlds.

Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne

hey guys , sorry ,yeah its a 93 gq lwb, and im running the toyota offset rims. Also its duel fuel so i have that huge belly tank just infront of the rear diff and on full flex the top trailing arm hits the tank aswell. Think im gunna extend the sway bar connecters for now to the length that it just misses every thing. thanks shane...

Top arms hit tank due to shock droop not swaybars.
Remove tank go to Brown Davis or Longranger and get it modded. BD did mine a few years ago for $80. When I had a gas Mav.

Bazzle

Joined: 23 Oct 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia

bazzle wrote:

bagsy wrote:

hey guys , sorry ,yeah its a 93 gq lwb, and im running the toyota offset rims. Also its duel fuel so i have that huge belly tank just infront of the rear diff and on full flex the top trailing arm hits the tank aswell. Think im gunna extend the sway bar connecters for now to the length that it just misses every thing. thanks shane...

Top arms hit tank due to shock droop not swaybars.
Remove tank go to Brown Davis or Longranger and get it modded. BD did mine a few years ago for $80. When I had a gas Mav.

Bazzle

Brown Davis, they are in Holloway Drive, Bayswater aren't they?

Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Location: melbourne. sth eastern subs

Thanks bazzle , yeah been playing about again today , and think its a good idea to modify the tank because the trailing arm really leans on it . Flex is great without the sway bars on though......shane