Joseph Garcia
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I had the Eibach bars on mine and then changed to the Hellwig and I couldn't believe how big of a difference it was considering I already had bigger bars installed.
I didn't need the spacers on mine. I ordered it not knowing I needed them and found out after it arrived. I tried it anyway and the bar is nowhere near the transmission lines. Mine also came with new bolts for the front straps so I'm surprised you had to reuse the originals.
Where I saw the potential for contact with the transmission cooler lines, was when the truck's tires were lifted off the ground with a jack on the frame, where the suspension hung down to its lowest point, and the center portion of the sway bar was rotated to its highest position. That position was not visible during the installation, as Hellwig insisted that the installation be performed with the tires on the ground (or blocks in my case) in a normal suspension rest position. I did not check the clearance after the installation, by jacking the truck up by the frame with the wheels off the ground. I simply took Hellwig's word that the spacers were needed, rather than finding out after the fact that my transmission cooler lines were crushed.
The new bolts supplied were too short, if you used the spacers. With the U strap and the 2 spacers in place, there was less than 3/16" of bolt thread available to connect to the nut in the frame mount, and I felt that was not enough available thread 'meat' for these large sway bars, and the stress that would be generated in hard cornering.
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