Remove front upper stop-bumps and rear sway bar

[delicat]

Hi all,

Just a simple "How-to" for a easy way to remove the front upper stop-bumps and also a few pictures to show the articulation travel gained by removing the rear sway bar. I think the pictures explain it all much better than I can do but feel free to ask if you have questions. Gotta add, I removed mine 'cause I re-indexed and cranked up my torsion bars. Other may chose to simply cut it in half if you're concerned with removing them... for my set-up this was the best choice.

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Cheers,
David

[jessef]

Nice post David.

Trade rims ?

[L300Foca]

Do u drive whithout stop-bumps all the time? Is it possible?

[jessef]

Do u drive whithout stop-bumps all the time? Is it possible?

Of course. It is not relevant to driving.

It is there to prevent excess travel on the CV axle joints, however the bumpstop plate on the frame prevents the control arm from moving any further downwards.

The single downside to removing the upper bumpstop would be if you max out the travel, you may hear a clunk instead of a bump. No ill effects.

You only remove the upper bump stops, not the lower one's.

This gives you close to an additional 2" inches of downtravel at the wheel.

Some people remove it while others take it out, put it on a vise, hacksaw 90% of the rubber off and put the base plate with a bit of rubber back on.

People have been doing this since IFS on Toyota/Nissan/Mitsubishi's were invented.

[L300Foca]

Do u drive whithout stop-bumps all the time? Is it possible?

Of course. It is not relevant to driving.

It is there to prevent excess travel on the CV axle joints, however the bumpstop plate on the frame prevents the control arm from moving any further downwards.

The single downside to removing the upper bumpstop would be if you max out the travel, you may hear a clunk instead of a bump. No ill effects.

You only remove the upper bump stops, not the lower one's.

This gives you close to an additional 2" inches of downtravel at the wheel.

Some people remove it while others take it out, put it on a vise, hacksaw 90% of the rubber off and put the base plate with a bit of rubber back on.

People have been doing this since IFS on Toyota/Nissan/Mitsubishi's were invented.

Thanx, ill try this today :)