sway bar

i know this has been covered numerous times on here i just wanted to reiterate on it a little bit DONT REMOVE THE FRONT SWAYBAR ON A DD
its scary. just driving its not that bad takes a few to get used to but you add in a 20 mph gust of wind and your removing your seat from where it should not be.
there are mixed opinions on this throughout this forum but with a stock height jeep with wore out springs it is not a good idea i dropped mine off at a shop this morning to have them put some pins in or something cause i did not want to drive back down the mountain without something there

jeep/bronco said:

but with a stock height jeep with wore out springs it is not a good idea

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I believe the worn out springs are a worse idea than removing your front sway bar. I have been driving now for almost a year without a sway bar and I started driving 35 miles each way to work in September and have no soiled seats thus far. I would think the body roll would be much less in a stock height Jeep due to the lower center of gravity.
My .02

91Woody said:

I would think the body roll would be much less in a stock height Jeep due to the lower center of gravity.
My .02

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I agree completely that is why i stated stock height lifted would only be worse

I've been DDing my 96 XJ with a 3" lift and either 31s or 32s for about 3.5 years now. I've had a set of JKS gen II quicker discos for over 5 years sitting in the toolbox, but I've never installed them, even on my lifted MJ, which I DDed without a swaybar (before I had the 96XJ). Never had any problems. I'm even locked, with an aussie. Yeah, sometimes the body sways a bit, but it's predictable and I'm used to it. On the highway when you're on the gas going around a curve, and you let off for a second, you have to under/over steer, but it's predictable and not enough to be an issue. I don't whip around on/off ramps at high speeds. I think it handles fine and wouldn't think about installing a swaybar.

I also have a 99XJ with 6" of lift, TnT longarm, and depending on the time of year either 35" BFG ATs or 36" TSLs. It does not have a swaybar. When my other jeep is down, this jeep serves as my DD. Sometimes I take it far away to wheel, but most of the time pretty local. I do get it up on the highway fairly often. There is only one section of road that I don't like driving and that's route 2 in Leominster, MA, because it's got tight downhill/uphill curves, and with the big jeep, the turns get a little hairy. However, if I slow down, I'm fine. Other than that I've never had a problem with it whipping down the highway at 75 mph.

Swaybars are for SWB jeeps!

ok maybe my prob is just the lack of spring strength

maybe that, or the shocks, or a combo of both???

Very very possible

When I was stock I would unbolt my sway bars and drive to and from off road locations (mostly freeway 65+ mph) and it was SCARY would get a side to side oscillation. I now have RE 5.5 lift and run no sway bars all the time (and it feels better!!!). The stock spring rates are too soft and combined with crappy shocks= not a good idea. Lift is believe it or not......way better/safer (feeling) regardless of CoG.

my jeep is lifted 5 inches and its more stable without the swaybar connected than it was stock and disconnected. I can tell the difference when im connected but its not dramatic enough to be a real issue

hmm thats kinda surprising to hear but it makes some sense

5" lift 33x10.5's and no swaybars at all. lots of city and highway driving with 70-80mph. no soiled seats here either.

unless your rearend comes around and you fishtail completely sideways almost 4 times. that almost soiled my seats. LOL