New Hellwig tubular sway bar

The primary benefit of a tubular sway bar is weight. Also it has a nicer apperance than a heat treated sway bar as it has less tool marks and a nicer surface finish because is not heated to 1700 deg F quenched in oil and tempered at 1000 deg F. THe only drawback is in tensile strength as a tubular bar is not heat treated and has significantly less tensile strength. However, in a car application there is not enough articulation to cause a stress issue. IF designed properly, a tubular bar will last as long as a solid bar. 4X4 applications are a different story. We do not offer any tubular sway bars for the truck market for this reason. Before bringing a tubular application to market, the stresses are analyzed to ensure the performance of the sway bar.