I might go try to make my mounts look like that !
Mine is dropped 3.5" in the front with Belltech struts and McGaughy knuckles. Maybe at the most an 1/8" difference left-to-right with one 1/4" ring on the driver side strut (1/2" lift) and none on the passenger side strut. My crazy short end links got the sway bar really flat/parallel with the frame. I had to relocate the sway bar mounts on the frame back about an inch. I drive it like a Miata and have no contact anywhere other than the front tires rubbing the fender liner and inner fenders at times. The sway bar rests on the lower arms when I pick the Tahoe up on the lift and the front suspension droops. But that doesn't hurt anything other than rubbing the paint off the bar.
It was driver low with the bilsteins so I doubt it’s the belltech.
I meant with the MaxTrac coils. Height differences will happen if one coil isn't seated properly, but it they look correct on your pics. Remember that, due to the geometry, any discrepancy is doubled. A spring not seated properly and sitting only 1/2" taller will cause a 1" taller side. So, if you're 1.5" high on one side, something about 3/4" is holding it up.
I’m assuming the sway bar only needs like a 1/8” gap between it and the lower control arm?
It cycles up and down with the arm. So, other than the bushing deflection, it shouldn't contact. If you have the same amount of drop as me, you might need to relocate your bar like I did. With the arc of the sway bar's swing, the holes in it were about 1/2" out of alignment with the holes in the arms. I unbolted the arm from the frame and bolted it to the arm without the end links- just one bushing between the bar and arm. Wherever this pushed the bar back is where I drilled holes and relocated the mounts on the frame. Thankfully, I was still able to bolt them to the original pads on the frame. Barely, but they fit.
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I would imagine somebody out there makes custom or adjustable links. I tend to be a bit out there and I make custom links. :p
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PPVs don't have the hooks. Those openings in the bumper are where the push bar mounts. I hope I can just grab these hooks from the junkyard and install them. This is what @89Suburban did. He mounted a push bar on his so he no longer had a use or place for the hooks.
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As I ponder future sway bars, one of the things I'm struggling with is the extra weight of the solid bar. Yes, you can argue that it's small potatoes on such a heavy vehicle, and that's true. I'm just still clinging to the idea of shedding weight rather than adding. It's sort of a mystery how...
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