price was not installed.

 

Well, given the info above, you can save a little $, that is if you haven't purchased it @ 169.99!!!

 

landyot's check the sway bar intallation and he added a radius rod on my X, both items help the ride about 60% improvement.
it's a must-have items.

 

Great!!!!
I ordered my radius rods from Ladyot. Should have them late this week and installed!!!

 

Here's a new one for all you anti-swayers:
I was having an aweful time getting my lift right and went through SEVERAL configurations before I ended up with the rise I like. One of them was OEM springs with ProComp add-a leaf and 2" blocks, assisted by the Hellwig. Decent ride, but seemed to push me through corners causing oversteer and it did tight bounces waaayy too much in corners and over small bumps.
the rise I now have is the Fabtech 5.5" springs with no blocks and no Hellwig. Now I actually accelerate through corners!
Don't blast me for this story:
Last fall a buddy in his Acura Integra and I were trying to make the Tuolumne Meadows Store in upper Yosemite via Hwy 120 to get some last minute things before a backpacking trip. Time was tighter than the corners on this twisting road. I was hitting 50-70 mph ripping through the trees and barely made it to the store. A FEW MINUTES LATER, my buddy arrived, short of breath asking, "I couldn't keep up with you! How does that monster corner like that?!!"

It rides a little rougher than before, but I'll get there first!

 

I just installed a Hellwig anti-sway bar on my 99 F150 and it now handles like a sports car. I just cant belive it. My buddy and I did the install. The pictures in the instructions suck but we got it done. Of course I did put on new Bilstein shocks just before. What a combination.

 

Great company, good product, lousy packaging

 

For all the future installers it would be great to contact Hellwig and communicate to them the necessity of better packaging & instructions!!! I for one will do this!!!

 

I did a year and a half ago - even offered to write it for them , and so did others...

Why would they want to change until some competition comes along ?
they sell ALL they make and they figure we have REAL instructions all over the net... so....

we just have to live with the nice product...

 

Here are some tips for you future shock and sway bar installers.
!. Do them both at the same time. You have to take the lower shock mount off the axle to put on the new U bolt and add the hellwig plate. This is a lot more difficult with a new Bilstein shock pushing it down to the ground. Trust me.
2. Buy a few more 1/2" cut washer before you start.
3. The u-bolts need to be washered and you use the eight hex nuts that are not pinch nuts. Double nut the u-bolts.
4. The D-bracket that holds the sway bar to the plate that you put on the lower shock mount should be mounted on the top two holes, the lower of the top two holes is the top of the u-bolt. Use a washer and a 1/2" pinch nut for the top hole.
5. The u-bracket that is mounted on the end of the sway bar to hold the end-links is mounted with a washer and a 1/2" pinch nut.
6. put the rubber bushings into the end links first. Then take a file and file one end of the steel sleeves that go through the bushings. File the outside rim of the sleeve so that it will slide through the bushings more easily. You will have to use a hammer to get them through the bushings.
7. The bolts that hold the end links together (4) are the only nuts and bolts that you can figure out on your own where they go. They are the smaller bolts with a lock nut. No washer needed.
8. Adjust the end links so that the Hellwig is parallel to the ground. I cut one hole off of mine. I have a 4x4. I did it because everyone said too. I found it interesting though that the front swaybar installed by Ford is not even close to being level to anything. The sway bar looks like it is a 40 degree angle and the end links are the same.
9. You will have four bolts left to mount your end links to the frame and sway bar. The longer ones are used for the top frame mount, use three washers, two on the outside of the bushings and one on the other side of the frame. Pinch nuts are used here also. I didn't use any washers for the lower link connection to the U bracket on the end of the sway bar. Use a pinch nut there too.
10.Tourqe all bolts to the specs on the instructions. This is by far the most usable section of the instructions.

I put mine all together in an hour or so, was totally confused on what nuts went where, so I called tech support in the morning and talked to a nice man that straightened me out.

I hope this helps the next guy who puts his on. Oh, and by the way, grease the inside of the big D-bushing before putting it on.
Good luck.

 

You have got to love the members of FTE.

Ken........thanks

 

If someone wants to write an article about the install (complete with pictures) I will forever immortalize your writings on the NET. I will put them in the upcoming Excursion FAQ, as well as, submit them to the FTE Technical Articles section.

I would, but I lost all my pictures of the install. .

 

I get absolutely giddy when driving my X with my shocks and anti sway bar. My kids now ask me to take the corners fast. I'm just trying to give a little back. I am grateful for the advice and help I have received on FTE. Cheers.

 

Take Ken up on the offer, to be immortalized…………..the feeling it could
be wonderful.

 

Okay, I am sold on the Hellwig and Radius Bars. Question: I have a 2 1/2" lift on my 2000 4x4 X. Will I need any additional products like brackets becasue of the lift, or will they install like normal?