Upgrade sway bars in 1993 Suburban?

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bob850

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I have a mostly stock 1993 Suburban C1500. It has fairly new shocks and the sway bar links are fairly new.

It has the stock front and rear sway bars. It is a little boaty around corners, as is to be expected.

Would replacing the stock sways with aftermarket units make much of an improvement? Would I need to do both, or would just the rear (or just he front) be an option to consider?

Any comments based on personal experience would be appreciated.
 
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someotherguy

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You're gonna spend about $400~$450 replacing both ends on the Suburban and honestly you should do both; the rear stocker is pretty wimpy. I suggest Hellwig. I've bought rear bars (for pickups) from AddCo and Hellwig, and feel the Hellwig is the better product.

Also recently got killer service from Hellwig; free replacement bushings and hardware on a bar I up-front told them I had installed 7 years ago! Not to say this is how they treat everybody, no idea, but I was impressed by this considering I was totally willing to PAY for the bushings - I just hadn't been able to find them online.

A few other things you can do to improve the big burb's handling, if you're willing:

- Lower it - even a little. Spindles up front and shackles out back, or more.

- Upsize wheel diameter to decrease tire sidewall height, and go to XL load rated tires with higher inflation pressures. No need to go crazy; 17's would be an improvement, 20's would be nice. Anything more and you're decreasing daily driver feasibility.

If you're running stock size (P235/75/15) for example, the P being key here - that's literally a passenger car rated tire and the sidewalls are flexing like crazy while you maneuver that beast. Those that stick with 15" wheels would be better served with an LT tire.

Richard
 

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So what did you end up going with?

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