[Dr_Snapid]

jimny_timmy wrote:

lol yeah I was thinking of leaving it out, but the other half drives it too so I'm a little worried about her hitting roundabouts too hard lol...

I remember when the swaybar came out, i thought I could tell, but I wasnt sure if i was imagining it (because of course i KNEW it was gone) plus i was driving with it broken for anything up to a week before i knew it was broken

I am quite happy with the way my car drives on road. I have 215s, 2inch lift (albeit sagged) and roofracks/cage. This is a bad combo for a SWB with no swaybar you would think. But alas, no problem. (for me)

Regarding insurance I agree with 2 stroker. Plus, the missing bar would have to have contributed to the accident and frankly I can't see it. Contrary to popular belief, insurers can't void your insurance at the drop of a hat (even though they may initially refuse a claim to see if they can get away with it)

[jimny_timmy]

2stroker wrote:

jimny_timmy wrote:

is there any leagalities to leaving the sway bar out? I'd imagine there'd have to be???

This comment comes up so often and I usually just laugh and say nothing, however I don't know you and have not read your posts before so for what it is worth here is my 2 cents worth:

Why worry about the legalities of running a sway bar or the poor handing for your girlfriend without a sway bar when you going to make the car illegal by choping guards and running big tyres. The reason those big tyres are illegal on your car is because engineers who know what they are on about say that they will adversly affect the safe handing of your car and make your car more dangerous at speed on the road due to the added unsprung weight and extra stresses they will put on your mechanical components.

Seriously DOT and cops are going to pull you over for tyres and chopped guards long before they will notice you have no sway bar fitted, if you crash they may not even notice the missing sway bar unless your crash warrants a mechanical inspection (which most crashes dont) but they will notice that you have bigger tyres.

So I guess what I am trying to say is if you are concerned about insurance and legalities stay within the confines of the law with everything on the vehicle. If you want the benifits of no sway bar in the bush but still want the benifits of sway bar on the road maybe you should ty to source a sway bar quick release kit for your car.

(By the way, personally I think the tyres you are getting and the size you have chosen are not too big, if I had a Jimny that would probably be the size I would try to run as well, they are a good choice)

Mate totally agree with everything you said, was more of a curiosity question

[jimny_timmy]

Dr_Snapid wrote:

jimny_timmy wrote:

lol yeah I was thinking of leaving it out, but the other half drives it too so I'm a little worried about her hitting roundabouts too hard lol...

I remember when the swaybar came out, i thought I could tell, but I wasnt sure if i was imagining it (because of course i KNEW it was gone) plus i was driving with it broken for anything up to a week before i knew it was broken

I am quite happy with the way my car drives on road. I have 215s, 2inch lift (albeit sagged) and roofracks/cage. This is a bad combo for a SWB with no swaybar you would think. But alas, no problem. (for me)

Regarding insurance I agree with 2 stroker. Plus, the missing bar would have to have contributed to the accident and frankly I can't see it. Contrary to popular belief, insurers can't void your insurance at the drop of a hat (even though they may initially refuse a claim to see if they can get away with it)

I'm sure I could get used to driving with it out, and I could just ban her from driving my car (that would involve less drinking for me though ) but I'd imagine it would have some sort of impact on tyre wear aswell as handling... It's obviously there for a reason at the end of the day, but yes, it's removal offroad is awesome... Like 2stroker said, a quick release would be with considering.

[Dr_Snapid]

Yeah a quick release would win

[suzooky87]

Would there be any benefits making the front of the sway bar lower to compensate for lift ?

[BlueSuzy]

80mm lift, With full drop off the ground, how are the links?

If you lower it though, your front clearance will be demolished

[suzooky87]

Mmmmmmm, true that. I wounder if I could mount it with the links pointing up, like a wrangler......

Edit - Maybe not a good idea, it does not look like it will clear the panhard rod mount on the drivers side.

[twitchy]

jimny_timmy wrote:

Dr_Snapid wrote:

jimny_timmy wrote:

My rim had a heap of mud stuck on the inside and got a nasty wobble up at around 60km/h, so I put the spare on till I got home... however 1500m from home I got a major wobble and then all of a sudden the wheel came off and shot down the road, and narrowly missed going through a front window of a house, and ended up stopping after hitting the rear wheel of the triton parked in the driveway (luckily it was there... he normally has a smick 351 Ford GT parked there :S ). So after putting the spare on and started heading home again... My gf spilt iced coffee in the car too

HOLY CRAP that never happened to me.... i meant the broken swaybar mount

Yeah I don't get how I lost all 5 wheel studs... I made sure I tightened them all by stepping on the tire lever and everything... Just not my day apparently! Just super glad no one got hurt!

All it takes is a little of that mud between the wheel & hub & it will work loose pretty quick.