anyone remove the front sway bar?

[M3sparky]

this may be a stupid question, but i have removed the front sway bar in the past on my tacoma truck to make the truck not tilt so easy if one wheel would drive over a rock or whatever. and since i had full icon suspension installed on it, the cornering was actually still really good on it. so i was curious if people have tried to do it on this truck or if its designed differently that it wont make a difference on the truck tilting when one side of the truck wheel is sitting higher than the other. it made for better off roading as well on the taco. so i was just curious

 

[Sharkus29]

I removed mine yep

 

[Simplejack]

do yall leave it disconnected all the time or just for off roading? Thought about doing it but wasn't sure of any issues that might come up if I left it disconnected for long duration.

 

[Sharkus29]

do yall leave it disconnected all the time or just for off roading? Thought about doing it but wasn't sure of any issues that might come up if I left it disconnected for long duration.

I removed the whole sway bar completely. I guess you could leave it disconnected if you want. I knew I wasn’t going to connect it again so it served no purpose sitting there on mine

 

[xrocket21]

I removed the whole sway bar completely. I guess you could leave it disconnected if you want. I knew I wasn’t going to connect it again so it served no purpose sitting there on mine

Well, hows it drive?

 

[skiborsy]

Well, hows it drive?

There's a long video (not mine) on YouTube on the subject - the poster did not see much change in articulation from removing the sway bar.

 

[AJS44]

I took mine off on my gen 1 and I thought it was a lot more fun to drive. More body roll feels like a real race truck. Gets sketchy weaving on the highway which led me to put it back on after being off for three months when I started driving long distance again

 

[Edbert]

My Jeep has electric disconnects that I use out of habit, but frankly that is something I do not feel I need to do in normal off-road driving, more of a rock-crawling thing IMO.

I'd suggest leaving them connected for street use, emergency lane change maneuvers could be sketchy.

 

[Sharkus29]

Well, hows it drive?

Honestly I can’t even tell the difference when on the road. Off road is where I can tell, way nicer over bumps and jumps as it’s allowing the suspension to do what it was made for and have full use of the travel when needed

 

[AJS44]

I would say the same. Feels way better over bumps and rough stuff at lower speed but higher speed turns it sways and pulls a lot