hellwig confusion
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hellwig confusion
So i called jcwhitney today to order a rear sway bar for my '05 PSD X and they claim that they do not carry this product. I'm sure that others have gotten this product through jcwhitney. Am i correct in this?
If someone has purchased this product, could you shoot me a part number? I talked to two representatives and they both claim to not carry this product.
Dave
If someone has purchased this product, could you shoot me a part number? I talked to two representatives and they both claim to not carry this product.
Dave
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I'm really looking forward to it. My X has no bar right now so this will be a huge improvement. I had talked to a wrecker and he had an 1 1/4 sway bar off of a F250 suspension but i started thinking about everything that I might have to do to make that work and decided to spend the extra $200 for the Hellwig.
Like so many other people who are doing suspension mods on FTE right now, my parts will probably show up the day after I leave for vacation.
Dave
Like so many other people who are doing suspension mods on FTE right now, my parts will probably show up the day after I leave for vacation.
Dave
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Be aware that it might not fit quite right, at least mine didn't. Had to take it into the shop where he had the tools to tweek it a little. Made a big difference in towing afterwards though.
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Thanks for the info Rushmore X. Hopefully there is no tweaking involved. That would make life a whole lot easier.
I see you have a MBRP exhaust. Is that cat back or turbo? Did you notice a large performance improvement? That one is next on my list.
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I see you have a MBRP exhaust. Is that cat back or turbo? Did you notice a large performance improvement? That one is next on my list.
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Yeah wallz, I ordered through jc. When i called back with the part # which Monsta gave me they said it was in stock and ready to ship. I didn't ask if the bar was itemized as an excursion part or not. It could have been listed as a F series upgrade for all I know. The price was $275 cdn to my door. The cheapest I could find locally was $325 and it was 3 hrs away.
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My goal is to get whatever performance I can out of the truck without a tuner. I don't want to take it to the level where the head gaskets take a vacation. I was able to put out the funds for the diesel (which I really wanted) but that makes the wallet light for awhile.
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I ordered my hellwig swaybar from JC Whitney in April and got it about a week and a half later. The only problem with it was that the U bolts in the kit are 1/2" and the holes in the plate they go through were 7/16". I thought about drilling them out but decided instead to call Hellwig and they had a new set of plates at my door in another week.