Sway control for Trooper
- Thread starter Pritch
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Bennyhana
Adventurer
Do you have OME shocks as well. If not I'd upgrade to the adjustable kind like the ones Rancho sells. Also check your sway bar bushings and see if they are up to snuff. Calmini has a rep for horrible customer service with certain things. Try Matt at www.independent4x.com for aftermarket isuzu stuff. The sway away tosion bars are way better than the Calmini IMO..
robertdarin
Adventurer
what Benny said. if you are running stock shocks they are trash. the ome shocks should do the trick. if that is not enough then matt at indy4x has torsion bars on sale.
bigreen505
Expedition Leader
I would start with Sway-a-way torsion bars. Assuming you got the engine issue worked out. How did that go?
Wareagle
Observer
First, swap out the sway bushings. Then swap in Vehicross sways, they are the same diameter as the Calminis. My troopers ran with 4-5" of lift, I never saw much improvement in replacing spring, t-bars or shocks. Big changes occurred with beefier sway bars, poly mounts and repositioned rear link mounts.
Pritch
New member
Thanks for the input. The reason I was asking about the sway bars in the first place, was because I have a broken sway bar link. And I figured if I was going to have to replace that, I might try to upgrade while I'm there. So I could get new bushings/links, and you're saying that the Vehicross sways will fit?
Wareagle
Observer
Actually, the VX sways require larger bushings. I would recommend upgrading to poly bushings with either the trooper or the VX sways. ON the links, you might want to upgrade to www.independent4x.com quick disconnect sways. They are much less likely to bend, plus they greatly increase rear articulation. If you just need a sway link, you may want to post on www.planetisuzoo.com there are quite a few guys that have extra parts and pieces.