I put the Hellwig rear bar on last week, and I still have the front waiting to go on. Hopefully I’ll be able to get around to it in another week or so.
The install was pretty easy, and took me about an hour and a half from dropping the spare tire, to hoisting it back up. Really, no surprises and the kit was well thought out. Hellwig gets a definite bonus for supplying the backing plates that go inside the frame with wires welded on to help position them.
So far I’m liking the ride as body roll has been cut to about a quarter of what it was in the rear. One of the bonuses with the install is that it really reduced the axle hop with hard acceleration in 2wd, though I’m still getting the torque arm installed to eliminate it completely and plan to run them in tandem. I also think that I’ll be able to disconnect the bar pretty easily with a set of qd pins, I just need to head to the hardware store to find the right size set.
Now that I have the rear done, I definitely want to knock out the larger front bar, because the front roll is more noticeable going around sharp turns with any kind of speed. (You know, trying to fly through a left turn before the oncoming traffic gets there!)
