hellwig swaybar install

360dartgts said

IMHO

The Addco bar hung too low and was a major eyesore. The installation instructions... well... we're not included. So you have parts and no direction on what goes where.

The Hellwig bar is tight to the K and ground clearance is not an issue at all. If you want a great sway bar buy the Hellwig and don't turn back.

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Okay, fair enough. But I have to answer and say that the front Addco bar does not sit too low on my Duster - it fits inside the rad -2- K middle support. I did make up K member supports from, roughly, 1/4 thick mild steel, which a welder connected to the supplied 'L' support, so that the K attachment uses the two bolt supports that the factory bar uses. If anyone has the Addco bar, you might want to consider doing this. The rear Addco bar does fit low. That's because the 'U' supports on the axle housing are too narrow - and long - for the 8.75" axle. This is corrected by removing some of the material on both sides of each 'U' - maybe an inch or two (don't remember exactly). I know that the frame mounted rear bar is preferable to the axle mount from an unsprung weight point of view ... but the 8.75" is so heavy as it is, I doubt another 10 lbs will ever show under any street condition. Mind you, I am not defending the Addco bars and I certainly don't get any commission from them - LOL - but fair is fair ... if SOME modification is still needed for the Hellwig bar, as mentioned, then compare the modified version to a modified Addco ... zall I am saying.