Any word on when those Tera monster trackbars for the rear will come out?

 

What do you have for the front bar?

 

The only part that should matter with lift size are the end links. There are plenty of options for adjustable end links regardless of lift height or no lift at all.

 

Remove it all together. I completely removed the rear and notice ABSOLUTELY no difference in handling.

 

Addco makes both a thicker front (33mm) and rear (22mm) sway bar for the JK now. Im just checking to see if they fit right hand drive Jks too.

 

That is really bad advise and on a lifted Jeep the additional body roll could have catastrophic results.

 

The rear driver side swaybar link's bolt got sheared. Drove 5 days without noticing it. Didn't feel a single difference in handling and I take turns the exact same way. Have you ever driven the JK without the rear swaybar connected? If you haven't, how do you know how much extra body roll is present, if any? have you ever removed the rear swaybar and actually tested it by hand? You can twist the piss out of it by hand. If I gave you one JK with a rear sway and one without, I guarantee you won't know which has which. I don't take turns like a racecar, it's a Jeep. Drive it like a Jeep, and you won't have any problems.

 

I drive my JK on the highway everyday at 70mph. I don't know when I am going to need to take evasive action, slamming on my brakes or swerving to avoid a collision because someone was texting on their phone, spilled a hot cup of coffee in their lap or applying their make up.

I don't think I will be disconnecting my rear swaybar anytime soon so I can attempt collision avoidance maneuvers without it. Just like the brakes on my JK, it drives just fine without them and the problems only happen when I need to stop.

Additionally, Chrysler isn't going to waste the $150 or so it costs to place a rear sway bar on the vehicle if they didn't need to. For example, just a few weeks ago I placed an after market swaybar on my 2500 Dodge Ram, to eliminate some rear end sway. Chrysler doesn't find it necessary to place a swaybar on this 6,000lb vehicle that handles a 2500lb payload and can tow over 10,000lbs. Do you really think they would put one on a JK if they didn't need to?

Lastly, there are more than a few people who have upgraded their rear swaybars on lifted JKs on this forum, WOL being one of them. I seriously doubt he did it for shits and giggles.

 

After talking with full traction I will be upgrading my rear sway this summer to the thicker one.

 

Removing the sway bar will reduce rear roll stiffness and increase understeer (the tendency of the front tires to wash out in a turn). Conversely, installing a stiffer rear sway bar will reduce understeer (possibly create oversteer; the tendency of the of the rear end to loose traction and swing around in a turn).

The vast majority of vehicles are designed to have moderate understeer because it is more intuitive behavior for most drivers. Unless you are a performance driver or have some experience tuning suspensions on trucks or sports cars like some JK owners here; Why do you want to change your sway bar?

Unless you are fortunate enough to live at a trail head or never drive above 15 MPH, removing the sway bar is a really bad idea. If you do, I suggest you take your JK to a deserted parking lot and test a few moderately sharp turns at 10-20 MPH so you can feel the difference in handling.

Why is it some believe that there are a bunch of useless parts on a Jeep's suspension?
Anybody up for removing 1 of the 5 links? Four should be enough, right?