Cassie01GT

Can someone tell me the pros and cons to removing the front or rear sway bar?

My front sway bars bushings are very cracked and I was thinking of just taking it off all together. I dont do hard cornering at all. So I figured "hey might as well try and drop a few pounds.

machracer11

bad idea very bad... if you take them off the car will handle all out of wack, they help keep everything copacetic . dropping a few pounds is always a great idea but pounds that you need, not so much

grogan

energy suspension sells the bushing to fix those at advanced auto for 14 bucks. lol..take the front one off for drag racing

mudvayne1

Bad Idea. They don't weigh that much anyways. Quit being lazy and just replace the bushings.

sstang

Despite what others before have said, I have both front and rear sway bars off. It really depends on how you drive your car. As for my car, it is a Daily Driver. The only form of racing I'm into is drag racing. I have skinnies on the front so obviously I cant corner that hard anyway, so sway bars werent really used. The car will lean a tad more in curves, but if you are a halfway responsible driver you wont have a problem. It will shed some pounds and allow easier weight transfer.

97modifiedmustangGT

yeah i have both taken off too. I am also only into drag racing. I DD mine and as long as you don't drive like a crazy person there are no problems with having them off.

Cassie01GT

see and thats just it, Im not out racing around corners at all. Just want to lighten the car up a bit. Id like to remove about 150lbs when Im done

97modifiedmustangGT

well i will add this, removing them to just save weight is not the right decision. if that is your reasoning then just get new bushings and leave them on. there are plenty other areas to remove weight and the swaybars haven't been one that i have heard of.

grogan

they only weigh about 10 pounds...and on latemodelrestoration.com i found cheeper bushings for only 9 bucks

Rad Red 03

Had the factory sway bar break at the mounting point going down
an exit ramp, almost wiped me and another car out! At highway speeds
if you have to react fast and twist the wheel your gonna wish you had
left the sway bars on! Be safe and replace the bushings.
Get a rear seat delete if ya wanna start losing weight.