steering stabilizer?
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steering stabilizer?
i am lifting my 96 f-150 6" and was wondering how much difference is made by going dual stabilizer versus single
I am not going to do a ton of offroading so what would be my best option. I'm trying to save where i can
I am not going to do a ton of offroading so what would be my best option. I'm trying to save where i can
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Single. If you dont off road hard then you may not even need one. I would personally still get one, but its your choice. Two is for teh rougha nd abusive (me) and can mask steering problems until they get bad.
One is all you will need, especially since you will be running under 37" tires and its a lighter truck.
One is all you will need, especially since you will be running under 37" tires and its a lighter truck.
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If you would like to keep your sway bar, then yes. The easiest way (especially if you can weld) is to just get the extensions that you cut your current anti-swaybar links in half and then weld in the new 6" segments. Or, you could just go to a metal supply and buy some form of round bar of the same diameter or tubing with an inside diameter the same as the anti-swaybar links outsid diameter and do the same, but this way it will overlap.
I will be lifting mine 8" and will not have either front or rear anti-sway bars on the truck. I, however, unlike you, have leaves up front. Leaves pretty much eliminate sway anyways, as they arent the most flexable of objects. For your front coils, you may want to keep them.
My friend in his Bko doesnt run either of them and he has some body roll, mainly when he turns fast (thats become more frequent since he dropped his 351W into it).
I will be lifting mine 8" and will not have either front or rear anti-sway bars on the truck. I, however, unlike you, have leaves up front. Leaves pretty much eliminate sway anyways, as they arent the most flexable of objects. For your front coils, you may want to keep them.
My friend in his Bko doesnt run either of them and he has some body roll, mainly when he turns fast (thats become more frequent since he dropped his 351W into it).
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i think i will probably just buy the brackets because i dont want to risk having too much body roll. i know i will probably have some but i would like to keep it down as much as possible
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Yeah, with coils up front I would too. In rear, get them if you want them, but I would not. Leaves cannot roll enough to matter (usually). Actually I kinda take that bake, I dont know exactly on 1/2 tons, but 3/4 and 1 tons will not have bad body roll at all...
Edit: I misspelled flexible in my previous post...
Edit: I misspelled flexible in my previous post...
Last edited by RawPower; Feb 21, 2005 at 10:17 AM.
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