Sway Bars!
09-14-2011, 03:13 PM
#63
I envy how clean your cars stay in Cali, but don't envy your smog laws for sure 
The Hotchkis sway bar kit arrived yesterday...took them out of the box and took a look. The front bar was chipped in a few spots, and they, or someone touched it up...hey, $420 shipped works for me, I'm not worried about a few chips that you can't see unless you crawl under the front of the truck
I have my daughter this week, and I have a few other things lined up, so it may take a little while for me to get around to the install, but when I do, you know I'll post up with pics
The Hotchkis sway bar kit arrived yesterday...took them out of the box and took a look. The front bar was chipped in a few spots, and they, or someone touched it up...hey, $420 shipped works for me, I'm not worried about a few chips that you can't see unless you crawl under the front of the truck
I have my daughter this week, and I have a few other things lined up, so it may take a little while for me to get around to the install, but when I do, you know I'll post up with pics
11-26-2011, 08:32 AM
#67
Do you have any pics of your exhaust? My problem is with a rear-mounting sway bar and where I have my tailpipe dumped, which is why these Hotchkis bars should work out great when I get the chance to install them (been too damn busy lately)
11-28-2011, 02:43 PM
#70
Very similar to mine with Hotchkis bar and girdle cover.
I did rear mount shocks on my lifted Sierra, and now really wanting to do that on my Silverado too. Which axle shock mount kit is that, is that the QA1 pieces?
And how are those double adjustables? Worth the extra coin over the singles? I have singles now, and often wonder how much more I could play and dial it in with separate rebound and compression damping...
And another thing, I've heard that combined with the Cal-tracs, a rear sway bar isn't the best thing... I ended up selling my cal-tracs before I even mounted them so I never found out first hand.
Hardest part for me (besides drilling frame, which some could argue makes other kits easier to install, but no biggie to me personally) was getting the front sway bar in there without disassbembling all kinds of nonsense, but I actually got it around the front diff, etc. Was a big puzzle mind twister. But I finally got it, and now my bar probably looks more like your "scratch and dent" sale kit, haha, already have some chips in mine I need to touch up again.
Had a problem with my front bar hitting the outer tie rods when turning after I installed the Cognito pitman & idler arm support brackets, which needed sway bar mount lowering spacers... and I had to add spacers to the end-link tubes... and probably could add even a few more just for safe measure and clearance...