Does anyone have an idea whether they make a front sway bar for an 08' 1500?? I know hellwig makes one for the rear but I cant seem to find anthing on the internet

 

during all of my searching, i have only ever seen rear sway bars available for our trucks. i guess there isnt enough interest in an upgraded front sway bar

 

yea I havent seen an upgrade for it...

 

lots of people disconnect the front sway bar.

 

Why do they do that? Wouldn't it handle like crap after?

Also, Im dropping my truck 2/4.5 here in a couple months, and I plan on getting a rear sway bar and some caltraks. Do you all think Ill have a problem with these three pieces fitting together? Will the drop reposition the mounts? I think Hellwig offeres a lowered rear sway bar, but Im not 100% sure. I still have a lot of researching to do.

 

Dodge Ram front Hellwig SWAYBAR

The main reason they are hard to find is because most vehicles already have front swaybars where as not all of them have the rears. I'd suggest getting the back and see how things are before you buy the front. The front bar will probably have limited improvement over stock which makes it a hard to justify the expense. I'd say get the rear and be done with it. If you have too much snapsteer, then i would upgrade the front, but only then. Do some internet searching regarding swaybars, their purpose and effetiveness to understand the logic behind them before going through the differences of one to another

Most have front swaybars from the factory to give the effet of understeer which means you turn the front wheels and nothing will happen in a really sharp turn. This saves inexperienced drivers from having the *** end swing out instantly(snapsteer) where the vehicle is much harder to control. A swaybar on the front and not on the rear causes this. Upgrading the front will only make this problem worse. UNLESS, the back swaybar is a bit too much, then you would want to upgrade the front to accomodate the rear.

Guys unhook the front for articulation. Doing it for anything else is pointless because the truck will handle very sloppy, especially in highway conditons.

 

The only one i recall for the street is the Hotchkis TVS suspension setups for 02-05 but i think it was discontinued. Not sure.

 

Hotchkis TVS for Rams was discontinued. To help the front sway, get urethane or polygraphite bushings to replace the rubber and reduce load deflection. That usually helps tremendously, then add a rear bar.

 

I added a rear sway bar. I have seen improvements when I make turns and stuff.

 

My rear sway bar made an amazing difference in cornering period. That said i also removed the front sway bar for weight transfer and one thing for sure is that it feels like a luxury Cadillac on dirt roads lol.