Thanks, Scott, exactly what I was looking for

As for Leeboy...go ahead and yank the rear one, drive it for a week (carefully), then disconnect the front one and drive it (more carefully) for a few days, or around a parking lot, to get a feel for it. Then go ahead and make your decision about the front. Having said that, what bpc and Scotto said makes perfect sense... Part of my advice also comes with driving an SAS'd Xterra with really soft springs up front and no sway bar, so take that for what it's worth.

I'm gonna disagree with Chef on this one.. Take the rear off for sure... no biggie.. but i'd leave the front on. Even off road you aren't going to achieve what it's worth in travel to disco the front. That and you put the CV's at a greater angle, putting you more at risk at snapping one.

Not to make this any more complicated, but I also run without front or rear sway bars. I do, however, have the stiffer bars that were part of the Calmini kit. With stock bars, I would recommend keeping them on as long as your X is on the pavement.

Despite the title this thread is about sway bars

So your T-bars help cornering?

I forget who it was that did the test. But they went on an RTI ramp with both sway bars, then the rear one removed, then the front and rear removed. There was a big increase in articulation with the rear one removed. With the front removed as well, there was just a slight increased over just the rear removed.

I'd be willing to bet that for most wheelers (including myself), the extra gain obtained by removing the front one is hardly worth the effort.

If only I could find that thread. Had pictures and RTI figures.

its funny, i totally mis labeled this topic and its become a good lil discussion. thanks everyone for the input. I will probably take the rear sway bar off and leave the front. it is a DD so ill be safe. I heard something about "quick disconnects" so i could just easily take them off when going off road. do these parts exist?

Calmini sells the rear (rattles like a mofo from what I've heard), fab it yourself for the front. There's a thread here or on NOR about the front disco's.

NOR?

Years later and many miles away , your explanation help me too , thanks from Brazil