Hellwig Anti sway bar ?
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Hellwig Anti sway bar ?
I have been reading the posts and the searches that the rear Hellwig anti sway bar is the way to go. My EX is 2wd v-10. I could benifit from better handling up here on the twisty's I don't tow and don't plan to just like the Ex for everything else it can be used for, and I do use it. The problem is where is the least expensive place to buy one?
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Ok. Thanks. How did you like it once installed? Was it worth the time and money?
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Yesterday I finally got to tow one of the dump trailers with the X with the Hellwig sway bar.
To be totaly honest I'd now rather tow the dump trailers with the X than the F250. It squats but some air bags would help that. In the past it would sway a little on the corners but not at all now.
Of course the dually is still the number one choice for towing but the X with sway bar really impressed me. I found 14 mpg towing the dump trailer empty with the X and I get 10mpg empty with the DRW.
To be totaly honest I'd now rather tow the dump trailers with the X than the F250. It squats but some air bags would help that. In the past it would sway a little on the corners but not at all now.
Of course the dually is still the number one choice for towing but the X with sway bar really impressed me. I found 14 mpg towing the dump trailer empty with the X and I get 10mpg empty with the DRW.
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have put one on all 3 of the ex's I had....
the best benefit I saw was on the 02 that had no sway bar at all ...
but the 05 I have now, I'm not convinced it was put on properly,
too lazy to crawl under there to check it
I noticed improvement, but not like on the 02 or 03....
you basically can carry more speed through turns and across off camber stuff that you used to worry would turn you over before
the best benefit I saw was on the 02 that had no sway bar at all ...
but the 05 I have now, I'm not convinced it was put on properly,
too lazy to crawl under there to check it
I noticed improvement, but not like on the 02 or 03....
you basically can carry more speed through turns and across off camber stuff that you used to worry would turn you over before
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One related question: does the Hellwig come with the links and everything you need to install on an Ex that didn't come with one originally? I'm in the same boat on my '01 2WD.
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My 3 did - at least the 3 times I had them installed I just paid $40 for the install and didn't have to buy any other parts
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Sounds like it would be a great help with my Ex. Just leaving my house going down the road there are some real steep off camber turns that usually net about one crash a week. The Ex roll's still a little to much even with the new Bilsteins installed. I wonder also if I looked into a salvage yard here for a wrecked F - 250 and pull the sway bar off of that. Some say they would have put the ford part on, but do to the price went with the Hellwig. The ford bar looks so skinny though.
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lot's of discussion about it many times
Size DOES matter, but also the bars composition and mfg processes....
I just found ordering the hellwig and having someone install it was a lot easier than
scouring scrap yards for used sway bars
course u could go to the stealership and buy the new parts @ a premium too ...
Size DOES matter, but also the bars composition and mfg processes....
I just found ordering the hellwig and having someone install it was a lot easier than
scouring scrap yards for used sway bars
course u could go to the stealership and buy the new parts @ a premium too ...
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lot's of discussion about it many times
Size DOES matter, but also the bars composition and mfg processes....
I just found ordering the hellwig and having someone install it was a lot easier than
scouring scrap yards for used sway bars
course u could go to the stealership and buy the new parts @ a premium too ...
Size DOES matter, but also the bars composition and mfg processes....
I just found ordering the hellwig and having someone install it was a lot easier than
scouring scrap yards for used sway bars
course u could go to the stealership and buy the new parts @ a premium too ...
Agreed !
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I put the Hellwig on my '03 Ex 7.3L when I first got it. Took my time. Not a hard job. Made a tremendous improvement. But then, I did not have a factory one.
Then TS Performance 6 position chip. K&N FIPK but with an Amsoil filter. 4" MBRP turbo back. They made a great improvement in power and miledge. About 1.5 added mpg around town. I never thought that a street diesel could smoke tires as it can, if I care to. Recently drilled & slotted rotors. What an improvement they are. No pulsating when stopping. No fade from deep water. Bilstein shocks, also, recently. And my Airlift bags came today.
Lot's of fun. Like when I was a kid "improving" my '65 Mustang.
I started putting Hellwig anti-roll (as they were called then) bars on my vehicles then. The best thing you can do for your ride and handling.
Then TS Performance 6 position chip. K&N FIPK but with an Amsoil filter. 4" MBRP turbo back. They made a great improvement in power and miledge. About 1.5 added mpg around town. I never thought that a street diesel could smoke tires as it can, if I care to. Recently drilled & slotted rotors. What an improvement they are. No pulsating when stopping. No fade from deep water. Bilstein shocks, also, recently. And my Airlift bags came today.
Lot's of fun. Like when I was a kid "improving" my '65 Mustang.
I started putting Hellwig anti-roll (as they were called then) bars on my vehicles then. The best thing you can do for your ride and handling.
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I put the Hellwig on my '03 Ex 7.3L when I first got it. Took my time. Not a hard job. Made a tremendous improvement. But then, I did not have a factory one.
Then TS Performance 6 position chip. K&N FIPK but with an Amsoil filter. 4" MBRP turbo back. They made a great improvement in power and miledge. About 1.5 added mpg around town. I never thought that a street diesel could smoke tires as it can, if I care to. Recently drilled & slotted rotors. What an improvement they are. No pulsating when stopping. No fade from deep water. Bilstein shocks, also, recently. And my Airlift bags came today. I started putting Hellwig anti-roll (as they were called then) bars on my vehicles then. The best thing you can do for your ride and handling.
Then TS Performance 6 position chip. K&N FIPK but with an Amsoil filter. 4" MBRP turbo back. They made a great improvement in power and miledge. About 1.5 added mpg around town. I never thought that a street diesel could smoke tires as it can, if I care to. Recently drilled & slotted rotors. What an improvement they are. No pulsating when stopping. No fade from deep water. Bilstein shocks, also, recently. And my Airlift bags came today. I started putting Hellwig anti-roll (as they were called then) bars on my vehicles then. The best thing you can do for your ride and handling.
Lot's of fun. Like when I was a kid "improving" my '65 Mustang.
Sounds like ya got yourself a nice rig. Thanks for the info,I will buy the Hellwig. Next improvement. Putting a fuel processor on my big Kawi next week, trying to fatten up the fuel on that pig so it will stop pinging in hot weather,and run a little cooler. Lot's of things to do ar
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