I figured this would have been covered a thousand times in the forums, but if it has I haven't found it.

Like 99% of us, I'm really tired of messing with greasy and muddy disconnects at the end of a ride (not to mention that it's a PITA to get them both reconnected sometimes). I'm currently running JKS disconnects and have been overall pleased with them, as disconnects go.

Now, however, I'm really thinking of moving to a better solution and I'm wondering if the Currie Antirock might do it. I've seen a ton of posts about people running fronts and rears of the Antirocks, but I'm wondering if just replacing my front factory sway bar with an Antirock might just do the trick (leaving the stock rear in place).

I'm sure lots of folks have done this and I'm looking for your input. This is a DD '14 JKU (although I work from home, so my commute is pretty easy...). Will installing just the front still provide enough articulation for trail use without installing the rear as well? How are the road manners?

 

I've been running front and rear anti rock for quite while and have been very pleased with them. Great articulation with them offroad and on road you'll get a little more body roll but nothing too severe. I've attached two pics hope they help.

 

Did you run with only the front Currie at any point and your stocker in the rear? That's specifically what I'm considering.

 

No I swapped them both at the same time, sorry.

 

Thanks for the reply (cool pics).

Does anyone have experience with just running the front? I'm wondering how necessary it is to replace the stock rear with the AR.

 

Don't have direct experience with the anti-rocks but did have a buddy recently just do the front and here is what I observed.

While on the street going through some twisties I was watching his rig in my side view. What I noticed was the front and rear were fighting one another. The front appear to want to roll more while the stock was keeping the jeep from rolling that far. Basically fighting one another. When I addressed this with him he said he could feel the front wanting to do more and the back not allowing it. He could really feel it when we would get twisted up on some other obstacles. His solution, add an anti-rock to the rear. When we were last out could see that his front and rear were now rolling at the same rate. He stated he was much more pleased with the jeep's performance on and off road. He is also running fox 2.0's that he had re-valved to assist in compensating for the anti-rock's freer movement.

What is interesting is, people that just do the back don't seem to have this issue. Don't know why.

Anyways, try it, see how ya like it, be sure to do a write up for us.

 

So I'm running the front only and I'm happy with it.

Off road I got almost as much articulation as when I had the Rubicon e-disco disconnected. My reason for replacing that one was that the electronics were too sensitive to getting wet and I was tired of going back to the dealer to have it replaced. The Antirock provides the same ease of use... no greasy links and rocking the vehicle to get them back onto their brackets. It's a breeze.

The only "downside" is that it is a little sloppy on the road. I feel like if I had to swerve to miss hitting something on the road, at high speeds I could end up rolling it. Just a little more body roll than I would care to have. That being said, I've gotten used to it and I'm still very happy.

I called Currie a while back and asked them what I was missing out on by not having the rear and they didn't seem to think it was crucial to have both. In fact they said its going to have more body roll for on road driving, obviously, so if I didn't like that, I should stick with the front only.

Hopefully this helps. I'll subscribe to the thread in case any other questions come up.

 

Thanks. This is what I'm looking for. I really want a solution that doesn't require me having to deal with disconnect links if I can help it, but at the same time I definitely don't want to feel like I can't swerve to avoid something on the highway without rolling.

 

I'm running the front only, and I like the handling. My Jeep also has full width Pro Rocks under it, and that may help, because it corners nice and flat. If anything, the back end feels like it has more body roll than the front. And I haven't felt anything that feels like one end fighting the other. Its nice not to have to mess with disconnects, just drive, and it works well on road and off road.

Keep in mind that Currie makes two different anti-rock torsion bars. One is bigger and stiffer than the other, and I have the stiffer one. I don't know which one these other guys have.

 

You might want to look at one of the dual rate torsion bars out there. There are a couple of manufactures on these that give you firm handling on the road then you flip a lever and get the light spring rate for off road. I know one even has an air actuator so you can just flip a switch in the cab. The antiroc is more of a hard core off road sway bar that does not handle that great on the pavement as far as body roll goes.