COMPLETED GROUP BUY: Hellwig Tundra Swaybars and Air Kit

[Dave@Hellwig]

For the month of August, 2008 Hellwig Products is offering Group Purchase Pricing on the following products for Toyota Tundra applications:


7700 1st Gen Tundra Adjustable 1-1/8" Rear Sway Bar $195


7692 2nd Gen Tundra Adjustable 1-1/8" Rear Sway Bar $199


6307 2nd Gen Tundra Air Helper Spring Kit $260
This kit does not require cutting off bump stops


Pricing does not include shipping or CA sales tax (if CA resident). Contact Dave or Nancy at 559-734-7451 for orders.

[Big_Al1]

Is this the new and improved swaybar that a guy did a write up about on his first gen tundra?

[duffyatkinson]

I saved a link to the 1st gen Hellwig sway bar offered by suspensionconnection.com for the time I had the $$$ to pick it up. They used to list it at $175. Now it is posted at $286.95!! Ouch...

What's up with THAT???

[Tundradrenalin]

Originally Posted by Big_Al1

Is this the new and improved swaybar that a guy did a write up about on his first gen tundra?

Big Al, here's your answer!
Do-It-Yourself New Hellwig Rear Stabilizer

[Dave@Hellwig]

The 1st gen sway bar p/n 7700 is the new design that includes the adjustable end links.

[weengers]

If I have no plans to lift or lower my truck is there any advantage to the 7700 over the 7641?
Since I have no plans to lift or lower my truck would the 7641 be a better choice?

Also would a sway bar make a truck less likely to roll-over while on a hillside, kinda thinking out loud here?

[Dave@Hellwig]

The 7700 replaces the 7641 and is designed for stock vehicles as well. It is adjustable so that you can tune the sway bar to match your driving style. Roll over on a hillside depends on where the vehicle's center of gravity is located. Once the center of gravity is past the centerline of the wheel you are going to roll over whether you have a sway bar or not. The sway bar will make the vehicle more stable but will not prevent roll over if the angle of the hill places the vehicle's center of gravity outboard of the wheel.

[weengers]

Thanks Dave, I may have to get on this GB after reading the DIY thread, and thanks for the physics lesson.

Let me try to paint two different pictures

First, in your explanation we are on the side of a paved smooth hill that has a steadily increasing angle. At some point the center of gravity will be outboard of the wheels and roll-over occurs.

Second, we are on the side of a levee that has bumps. One of these bumps throws the center of gravity outboard of the wheels momentarily.

Does a sway bar lessen the chance of that happening.

This thinking out loud is coming as a result of reading Boosted27606's comment in the DIY thread.

Originally Posted by Boosted27606

I could not understand at first why the truck seemed softer until I figured out that as one rear wheel hits a bump, it instantly transmits that upward input into the shock and spring, thus resulting in a stiff motion of the chassis. Now the wheel has to move BOTH sides of the truck ( both shocks and both springs) due to the extra stiffness of the bar.

That situation makes the rear suspension significantly softer yet more stable.

GOOD JOB HELLWIG !

[GORILLA]

the HELLWIG REAR ANTI SWAY BAR.
although my truck say's it's a 05 toyota tundra double cab.
my truck feel's like a BMW or AUDI, now for almost a year now, since the install of the HELLWIG REAR ANTI SWAY BAR.
so far so good, all is tight, all bushing are mint, all hardware in place.

it's a dream come true! :-)

thankyou HELLWIG for the best product on the market!

you made my truck driving experience incrediable.
now,although i own a toyota it surely feel's like BMW or AUDI!
that's how awesome the truck handle's.
regards,
gorilla

[fore-speed]

Originally Posted by Dave@Hellwig

For the month of August, 2008 Hellwig Products is offering Group Purchase Pricing on the following products for Toyota Tundra applications:


7700 1st Gen Tundra Adjustable 1-1/8" Rear Sway Bar $195


7692 2nd Gen Tundra Adjustable 1-1/8" Rear Sway Bar $199


6307 2nd Gen Tundra Air Helper Spring Kit $260
This kit does not require cutting off bump stops


Pricing does not include shipping or CA sales tax (if CA resident). Contact Dave or Nancy at 559-734-7451 for orders.

6307- any chance this kit can be used on an 07 Tundra lowered 4" in the rear?

[Dave@Hellwig]

wengers:

The sway bar will resist deflection from a bump on one side of the vehicle, however, there are a lot of variables - what side of the vehicle the bump is on, size of bump,speed, etc, etc. To generalize, a sway bar is great for street driving and moderate off-roading. But extreme off road (rock crawling) and off camber situations with bumps may not benefit from a sway bar.

[weengers]

Dave, the levee in question has been traversed previously during deer bow season and will be again this season. I was hoping to reduce my pucker factor this year.

It sounds like I would benefit from the sway bar, just not in the particular circumstance I was thinking about.

[LoupFou]

Just wanted to confirm that this is running through the end of August.

I could buy in right now, but would prefer to wait till the next paycheck in ~2 weeks.

Thanks,
Will