I think I have the answer to this 4 page question... remove it.. drive extremely careful and see how it does while respecting the fact that it may drasticly change the handling (which it did the first time I did) and see what you want out of the vehicle

it's all about respecting the vehicle and not thinking you are a freaking formula 1 racer

I can only agree with that that. Something else that no one has mentioned, and I forgot about this, on my vehicle the swaybar fouled the steering linkage at full droop with the strut extensions fitted. I didn't like the idea of that and, like I said before, a bit bit offset on the wheels and you don't notice the difference.

erm... just wonderin... someone has probably mentioned this already.... but does the amount of flex u need not depend completely on what the terrain is...?? quaddawg... i noticed in your picture that you are driving through mud... i know assumptions are the mother of all "hick ups" but i assume... that u dont really go rock crawling do you? because i would say you need lots of flex/articulation for this.... whereas using something with stupid amounts of flex/articulation in somewhere thats relatively mild terrain... just rather slippy is completely different.... just a thought....

anyways... its very late over here... and i'll bet none of that made any sense.... and its probably all repeated from someone else.... but meh... i dont care 

No, no... I don't do a lot of mud at all.. I mostly trail ride, on difficult trails, and hills..

BUT, I crawled quite a bit this weekend, at the Zookimelt. and did pretty darned well for my ground clearance


And yes, you are right. Rock Crawling needs the most flex.. BUT  Mike Hagen won the Rock Rage at the Melt again this year, and his Rock Star won't flex too awful well at all, but it will climb to the top of the RTI ramp without rolling over....

AND many of the guys asking these questions never ever see the rocks, mostly street, and some trail.


You are right,  but I still contend flex isn't  as important as many of these kids are thinking

I won't argue with the flex overrated with lockers but without I don't think it is at all. sounds like some don't get much extra flex at all without the bar but with my setup  I get quite a bit extra. I don't off road much I'll admit but going to allot when I have another vehicle to daily drive