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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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I just had the front and rear swaybars with hellwig sway bars and the difference is remarkable!!! I can't believe I waited to long to have this done. It came about because my factory swaybar actully broke at the bend! I can't believe that something this large can handle so great!!!

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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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where did you end up getting yours from? Get a good deal?
 
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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I ended up getting them from Transamerican distribuiting. I got one for $171 and one for $200. Free shipping on it all. I can't complain, just praise the ride!!

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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Bryan,

I had thought about replacing the stock ones with the Hellwig. Did it make a lot of difference? I wasn't sure if the upgrade would be worth the money.

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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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I also did't think the upgrade was going to be worth the money but it definatly is. I got both thte front and rear and the X now rides like it is on rails, very little body roll in the turns. It also seems to handle better on the highways and biways!
 
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 05:12 PM
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Cool.....I'll put them on my Christmas list. Thanks again!
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 01:48 AM
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hey shadowdd, did you have the factory sway bar on yours? the one that broke, was it the front or rear?
 
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 05:17 AM
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Hellwig swaybars and Bilstein shocks best thing I ever did to my 04 CC superduty. Not only does it ride like a Cadillac it lays down in the corners much much better and towing is much more comfortable.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 08:28 AM
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Racerx7775, it was the front factory sway bar that broke. It broke right at the bend we it trurn back to connect to the down link.


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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by shadowdd
I just had the front and rear swaybars with hellwig sway bars and the difference is remarkable!!! I can't believe I waited to long to have this done. It came about because my factory swaybar actully broke at the bend! I can't believe that something this large can handle so great!!!

Thanks, Bryan
Bryan,

What year is your X? Mine ('04) has the stock front and rear and I'm pretty sure that I was going to go ahead and do it (the Hellwigs) and was wondering if you had the stock rear too (you said the stocker front busted). The Bilsteins showed up today and it sounds like a good idea to do everything at once. Thanks...

Matt
 
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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Bryan,

What year is your X? Mine ('04) has the stock front and rear and I'm pretty sure that I was going to go ahead and do it (the Hellwigs) and was wondering if you had the stock rear too (you said the stocker front busted). The Bilsteins showed up today and it sounds like a good idea to do everything at once. Thanks...

Matt
Matt, I have an 03 that did not have the stock rear sway bar. The addition of the rear was remarkable.


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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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Bryan,

Thanks for the info...

Matt
 
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 03:03 PM
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does that mean if you have an 04 with rear bars,that a helwig replacement front and rear will not help ?
 
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check out summit racing for hellwig. ouch been awhile since I was there prices have gone up $219 sorry about that
 

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j.c whitney. $179.99 for the rear hellwig bar...
 
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