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vitara front sway bar

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vitara front sway bar

Post by sally_o »

hi all , i have a 96 swb vitara with 1 inch ome lift + 30 mm spring sracers front and rear running 225/75/15 bf muddies.from what i have read on here it seems i can ditch my front sway bar with little or no negative effects is this right?
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Post by Toecutta »

Just makes it wobble around a little but you get used to it, you will have to adjust your on road driving to suit by slowing down :D
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Post by joeblow »

if you don't want to chew through too many cv's than leave the swaybar in.
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Post by Gwagensteve »

joeblow wrote:if you don't want to chew through too many cv's than leave the swaybar in.
WTF?
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Post by 11_evl »

Gwagensteve wrote:
joeblow wrote:if you don't want to chew through too many cv's than leave the swaybar in.
WTF?
because if you leave the sway bar in there is no chance of the front flexing beyond level and will almost neva break a cv, altho i still think its possible

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Post by sally_o »

think i might give it a go.me thinks it might be worth it for the extra travel.if i start having to much trouble with cv's then i will put it back in,not a big deal so i break a cv.
thanks for the feed back all
ps . as for the wabble . its a suzuki whats a little more :)
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Vitara Swaybars

Post by Impulsive »

I have owned about 6 Vitaras, and the first thing I do to them is remove the swaybar. I have a 65mm suspension lift in my current one, and I can belt around corners without even the thought of losing it or rolling it.

I do, however, have 7in slightly offset rims and 235's. I probably wouldn't be quite so brave on the pizza cutter stocker wheels.

As far as I'm concerned, taking the swaybar off has very little effect to the on-road performance, and I have never broken a CV offroad in 4wd mode. I'd very comfortably say that with your minimal lift you have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Get it off :lol:
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Post by sally_o »

thanks Impulsive
. will be done next weekend
after i get a bar for the winch i just bought looking at lifting the body an inch,that wont make any difference iether(apart from a little extra body roll)???
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