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Alright. So the sway bar disconnects have made a small change in this slope but not as much as thought. Problem is this spot normally lifted the rear so not ideal.
Pics to follow with short description. You be the judge. I think disconnected only makes the front right push up maybe an inch higher if that. But maybe it will be more apparent in ruts where the front lifts.
Connected
One side disconnected
Both sides which I didn't expect much different than one side
Peter
How was the front left looking? Was it always on the ground?
Gary
Yes it was. I'm gonna do another comparison where it's more about the front lifting. Maybe that same slope but in reverse.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtb_gary
It may not have made a huge difference there (although I'm pretty sure the front tucked up a touch tighter) but it has to help. When I went up the travel ramp I noticed that the front right didn't hit the bump stops and pretty confident with the sway bar disconnected it would have.
OK so it may appear like I'm trying to defend the disconnects here but I have no financial interest in disconnects promise :D And the disconnects only took half an hour to install so I'm not trying to justify my time.
But after looking at the pics again, I noticed that the car is sitting slightly flatter with them disconnected. I took the photos from the same height and same distance from the car and you can see with the scenery in the background that it's very simliar perspective. I'll be sure to reverse up next time as well, and use a tripod even :o
You can see the passenger side door when disconnected but not when they are connected. You can also see it in the roof lining and the bonnet. Showing the car is sitting slightly flatter. And I have put the same red line to show the difference between the two front left tyres. I have a feeling the connected was just touching the bump stops and the disconnected was compressing the bump stops. Normally they don't tuck up that much on that slope so I must have chosen a line that encouraged the front to tuck more than usual.
See there I go again defending the disconnects :p
Edit: Unfortunately the quality of the uploaded pic declined again due to the width of the pic. But you can still sort of see the details.
I have to believe Pete. Yeah - I see it. I've ordered some of the JKS's to replace my homemade efforts.
Looks like a good thing to me! Definitely sits flatter.
And for just under 200 bucks and maybe 2 hours work to shorten and fit them it was a small/cheap job.
Hey Sean did you go 30mm spacers or 50mm spacers? Had a feeling you did the shorter ones as well.