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4.5
Hands down the best modification I have ever done on one of my vehicles. I have an 11,000 lb. 5th wheel that I towed behind my 2016 F250. It pulled like a dream. I upgraded trucks and went with a 2021 F250 Tremor. I anticipated that it wouldn't tow as nice as the 2016 due to the Tremor being designed for off-roading, but I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was.My first trip pulling my RV in the the Tremor was 800 miles one-way, and I was white knuckling it most of the way. The Tremor does not handle well at all pulling that much weight. Plenty of power, but horrible sway. In fact, with no weight at all behind it, I was disappointed in how it cornered. Very soft with LOTS of roll. I'm not mad at Ford for this. It's designed that way for a purpose, but I bought the Tremor for the appearance alone with no intention to off road it.I did some research and read on the forums where the Tremors don't come with a rear sway bar and guys were putting aftermarket sway bars in their Tremors with good luck. I've done a lot of upgrades over the years and have spent good money on components that I didn't think made much of a difference, so I was hesitant to buy this sway bar due to how much it is. I sucked it up and opened up the wallet. Man am I glad I did. Hands down the best mod I've ever done. I noticed improvement immediately. I mean, like pulling out of my garage and onto the street immediately. You couldn't wipe the grin off my face on my test drive.Installation was SUPER easy. Some other reviews talked about having to remove fuel tanks or loosen brackets. I didn't have to do any of that. I had easy access to everything. On the drivers side, there is a bracket you mount to a hole in the frame rail and it was not possible to get my fingers up there to install the washer and nut. My solution was to insert the nut into the box end of my wrench, then tape it and the washer to the wrench with some masking tape, being careful to make sure the holes were aligned. This allowed me to use the wrench to get into the tight area and start the bolt by finger. I got it on the first try and took all of 2 minutes. Slow and steady. Hopefully this isn't the reason for people taking off tanks and brackets. Maybe the new models have some design changes? The manual says to mount to the softest hole of the sway bar first, but I mounted to the middle hole. I wanted significant improvement out of the gate and that's what I got.I've not pulled my camper again since installing the Hellwig, but I now have complete control of the truck where before it was controlling me in the turns, so I expect the ride will be significantly improved.If your experience is similar to mine and you are on the fence, stop thinking about it and get this sway bar.
