Ready to pull the trigger on rear sway bar set up 70 Dart, 8 3|4 axle....

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Brooks James

Brooks James

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KYB Gas adjust on rear

Adjustable snubber

Appears to be no factory hardware to mount it.

Who has had an arrangement that worked well ?

thanks in advance
 
Addco rear bar set up. Uses 2 square u-bolts that you mount through the frame rail. Requires hole drilling. These mount the upper brackets for the links. I don't like the brackets to mount the bar to the housing but ours never moved in the 7 years this set up was on the kids Duster. Why a snubber? You're either racing or doing aggressive cornering. A snubber is generally set up close to the floor for racing but this is usually too close for street driving. Unless you have nice smooth streets your snubber will probably hit the floor. You can always lower it and raise it as needed.
 
66Valiant528 said:
Addco rear bar set up. Uses 2 square u-bolts that you mount through the frame rail. Requires hole drilling. These mount the upper brackets for the links. I don't like the brackets to mount the bar to the housing but ours never moved in the 7 years this set up was on the kids Duster. Why a snubber? You're either racing or doing aggressive cornering. A snubber is generally set up close to the floor for racing but this is usually too close for street driving. Unless you have nice smooth streets your snubber will probably hit the floor. You can always lower it and raise it as needed.
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Snubber, I might lurk over to the drag strip once in a whie, with M/T Street Drag Radials 235 60R 14's on the rear, depends on the weather , lol
 
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I 2nd the Addco rear bar. I usedthe3/4 in diameter to compliment the large Helwig bar on the front. They provide a template for the holes in the frame rail so it wasn’t a too difficult installation
 
I have installed both Hellwig and Hotchkis rear sway bars. The install is a little different, the Hotchkis requires welding on the hangers while the Hellwig can be a "bolt on" operation. The Hotchkis install is probably a bit cleaner though.

Addco has very cheap hardware.
 
72bluNblu said:
I have installed both Hellwig and Hotchkis rear sway bars. The install is a little different, the Hotchkis requires welding on the hangers while the Hellwig can be a "bolt on" operation. The Hotchkis install is probably a bit cleaner though.

Addco has very cheap hardware.
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I noticed the cheap hardware on a Addco front bar , once
 
Brooks James said:
I noticed the cheap hardware on a Addco front bar , once
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Hey if you like it go for it, but then why ask for advice?

Both the Hellwig and Hotchkis bars are high quality bars, with high quality hardware, detailed instructions, and good available support. At least they used to be, I've heard Hotchkis has been a bit hit-and-miss in the support department since they relocated. But honestly they have step by step, detailed pictures in their instructions that cover pretty much anything you could run into.

I personally wouldn't waste my time with Addco, or buying new hardware or modifying stuff because the hardware that came with the kit is cheap/ill fitting. There's plenty of threads here describing Addco installs and the extra work, parts, time required. Yeah, they're cheaper, and it's pretty obvious why.
 
72bluNblu said:
Hey if you like it go for it, but then why ask for advice?

Both the Hellwig and Hotchkis bars are high quality bars, with high quality hardware, detailed instructions, and good available support. At least they used to be, I've heard Hotchkis has been a bit hit-and-miss in the support department since they relocated. But honestly they have step by step, detailed pictures in their instructions that cover pretty much anything you could run into.

I personally wouldn't waste my time with Addco, or buying new hardware or modifying stuff because the hardware that came with the kit is cheap/ill fitting. There's plenty of threads here describing Addco installs and the extra work, parts, time required. Yeah, they're cheaper, and it's pretty obvious
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Hellwig 5906, 1.125 dia, on the front of the car now
 
I'm doing with a Hellwig rear bar
accompanying the Hellwig front one.
Kinda pricey but their stuff is known to be high quality and durable .
Huge factor in a Hellwig bar purchase , absolutely outstanding customer service !!
 
I agree 100% about the Addco bars. The bars are fine. The hardware blows. I put an Addco front bar on Vixen, but I got a universal sway bar mount kit from Energy Suspension. I also mounted it up a lot higher than what Addco recommends so it has lots of ground clearance. I also got their 7/8 rear bar. The mounting hardware for that bar was much better than the front, but the links were way too long, so again, Energy Suspension to the rescue. I also made some reinforcement plates for the frame rails out of 1/4" plate welded to the frame rails, because I've read where the U bolts can pull through the frame rails. Ain't happenin with this one. The Addco bars can work fine as long as you know going in about the hardware. Had I not found both bars at a really great deal. I would have likely gone with Hotchkis.
 
Brooks James said:
I'm doing with a Hellwig rear bar
accompanying the Hellwig front one.
Kinda pricey but their stuff is known to be high quality and durable .
Huge factor in a Hellwig bar purchase , absolutely outstanding customer service !!
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After reading Rrr's post on
"Ubolts pulling through frame rails, I definitely going bolt on
 
Hellwig front and rear on my Duster, bolt on, but requires drilling.
 
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