Rear anti-sway bar for more comfortable ride?

[BillBaker]

Anyone ever install a rear anti-sway bar just for a more comfortable ride?..(knowing it's a truck though). Not talking for when a truck has a load, trailer,etc. I have a lot of long,winding, hilly, roads where I live and notice I still have some roll in the truck even though it has newer (within the last year) suspension parts including Bilstein shocks, end links, polyurethane bushings,etc. And it seems the only available aftermarket one may be from Hellwig?...

 

[NIsaacs]

My '01 has the factory one and I don't like it off highway, empty. Seems to not allow any twist between the front and rear axle. My old '75 Ford F-250 high boy, rides way better off highway, it don't have any, front or back. I am loaded a lot with my Dodge so I leave it on.

Nick

 

[Michaelsloft]

Anyone ever install a rear anti-sway bar just for a more comfortable ride?..(knowing it's a truck though). Not talking for when a truck has a load, trailer,etc. I have a lot of long,winding, hilly, roads where I live and notice I still have some roll in the truck even though it has newer (within the last year) suspension parts including Bilstein shocks, end links, polyurethane bushings,etc. And it seems the only available aftermarket one may be from Hellwig?...

My '99 came with front and rear sway bars. I have noticed that the tires and tire pressures affect how my truck handles on winding & hilly roads. For example, my truck came equipped with Michelin LTX A/S tires that were great on the interstate and stable at high speeds towing, but on twisties it rocks and rolls quite a bit with the Michelins. Have an additional set of stock wheels with Yokohama Geolander AT's that I use in the winter and it handles significantly better through winding turns and hills. The Yokohamas do not ride as smoothly as the Michelins but handle better in the twisties. Michelins sidewalls are softer, ride great but don't handle as well in the twisties. Michelin LTX M/S handle worse in the twisties on my truck. Michelins get better MPG! Maybe try some different tires and working with tire pressure some along with a rear sway bar.

 

[Bob4x4]

Adding a rear sway bar will make the truck lean less during cornering and change the tendency to understeer.If that is your definition of comfortable it will help.

 

[BillBaker]

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have new nitto terra g2's tires on the truck so. And maybe i'll try out the hellwig and see if it works.

 

[Michaelsloft]

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have new nitto terra g2's tires on the truck so. And maybe i'll try out the hellwig and see if it works.

I've heard good things about the Nitto terra g2's and I'm confident the Hellwig will help significantly. And if you have not already done so, I would highly recommend "dialing-in" the front and rear tire psi. I have found that even a 1psi change up or down between the front and rear can make a difference in handling and MPG. Establish a good base setting for the front psi and go from there. Even 1 psi will make a difference on a 7,000 lb truck. The more you get it dialed in the more you will notice the improvements.

 

[BigPapa]

Bill, it's not going to give you a more comfortable ride. I'd say it will actually do the opposite. Put it this way, I know fellows that have removed their factory rear sway bars in search of a better ride.

 

[BillBaker]

Bill, it's not going to give you a more comfortable ride. I'd say it will actually do the opposite. Put it this way, I know fellows that have removed their factory rear sway bars in search of a better ride.

Are those the stock anti-sway bar's you're talking about?..

 

[BigPapa]

Are those the stock anti-sway bar's you're talking about?..

Yes, the stockers.