Sway Bars

[ntguy]

My Defender is a 200tdi. However it is a late one. On the rear and front i think is mounts for sway bars. On diff and chassis.

Is there any advantage in using them?

[Red90]

They reduce sway and they reduce articulation.

[clive22]

If you're doing heavy laden desert trips with lots of high speed highway - install;l them

If you're looking for an pure or mainly off road truck on uneven track with low speed work take them off.

There are many threads on this topic


Clive

[Red90]

If you want both you can get the ones with disconnects on them.

[MLD]

Some would argue to fit them to the rear and not to the front. That set up restricts flex in the rear to match the front making for a more balanced 4wd off-road. That assumes you stick with the factory geometry set up (i.e. the OEM shock length). If you mess with the factory geometry it can lead to inverted sway bars.

[weeds]

I didn’t have a sway bar on the tdi and had nothing to compare against. My TD5 has one on the rear, I run stand suspension on the front and air springs on the rear......I think a swag bar has its place for a tourer.

[timax]

My td5 dosnt have them.
Its just a tourer and i dont feel that i really need them.
If i had a car with them though id wouldnt remove them.

[donh54]

My D1 has a 50mm lift, and the standard sway bars used to invert themselves all the time. Added 50mm spacers and problem solvered.
The ride difference with it loaded for touring is huge! I wouldn't be without them.

[rammypluge]

Some would argue to fit them to the rear and not to the front. That set up restricts flex in the rear to match the front making for a more balanced 4wd off-road. That assumes you stick with the factory geometry set up (i.e. the OEM shock length). If you mess with the factory geometry it can lead to inverted sway bars.

Unless a car is designed from the factory to not have a front bar and have a rear bar, and i cant think of one like that, its generally considered unsafe because it generally promotes oversteer.

[Vern]

If you want both you can get the ones with disconnects on them.

For a small fortune!