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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 06:19 AM
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Front Sway Bar

I am thinkng about getting the front sway bar from Mid-Fifties and I am wondering if it worth doing. I am looking for feedback from anyone who has installed it?

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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 08:35 AM
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What kind of front suspension? If it's an IFS, it will improve handling quite a bit. If it's a straight axle, not so much...
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 10:27 AM
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It has the stock front end.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 11:43 AM
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Save your money. The parallel springs function like a sway bar.
 
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Save your money. The parallel springs function like a sway bar.
Yeah, what he said...
 
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Well, I'm going against the grain (as usual) and install one on my beam axle. It won't be the Mid Fifty one though.....I have an old junkyard one that will fit pretty good.
 
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Well, I'm going against the grain (as usual) and install one on my beam axle. It won't be the Mid Fifty one though.....I have an old junkyard one that will fit pretty good.
Come back and let us know if you can feel any difference in handling after it has been installed. I have built two trucks but both had Volare IFS with the stock bar on the front and an aftermarket sway bar on the rear. You can really feel the difference going around curves...
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 08:29 AM
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I had one for years and couldn't tell the difference, when I went with the drop axle I didn't put one back
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