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Phone's ringin Dude.
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Alright, I know CPP doesn't have the best rep around here, and I've even ranted about them myself. With that being said, here's the deal- was surfing the Bay and ran across THIS. I figured a hundred bucks was worth it. Being the tightwad that I am, and knowing that my truck handles like wet poop, I thought I'd give it a shot. Well, $124 ($99+$25 shipping) and a few days later, the brown santa visited while I was at work. It was packaged very well and arrived in a timely manner. CPP must be listening, because this is not like them. I'm sure something will give me hell during the install.
Well, that brings me to today. Beautiful spring weather, a long weekend, and the wife at work. First, I pulled my front bumper just to get a little more room to work with. You know how to do that. No pic necesary. Next, you have to grind out the factory rivets that hold the front crossmember in. This is where the back bolt for the bracket goes. I lucked out, and only had to do one side, as someone had already put a bolt in one side for me. A cross-threaded fine thread nut on a coarse thread bolt. How nice of them. Right on par. ![]() ![]() That's the hardest part, I swear. After that, bolt your brackets on. The front holes should already be there for you. CPP says in their ad that tehy include brackets for non-lowered trucks, and you have to buy brackets for lowered trucks, but I thought I would give these a try. ![]() I had to scrape a little 'patina' off this side to get the bolt through ![]() ![]() Next, I bolted up the swaybar to the swaybar brackets. DO NOT do it like I did. If you do it this way, it will hit the bottom of the A-arm and will make you feel like a donkey. Make sure the ends of the swaybar are resting on the A-arm. Leave everything nice and loose, you'll tighten it up in the end. ![]() Next, install the end links. Again, leave em loose. You might have to fight them a bit, but they'll go, trust me. ![]() ![]() Now, just tighten all of it up, and there you have it. ![]() And since you don't want to look like no jive turkey, clean her up a bit and shoot some fresh Rustoleum down there while your at it. ![]() Overall the install went good, and only took about an hour. My truck handles light years better. Well maybe not that much, but you can tell a difference. It by no means is ready for Nastruck, but I wish I would have done this a long time ago.
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
Nice writeup, this should go into the FAQ. Cant wait til I finally get a drivable 63-72 to be able to install on it.
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
Nice write up been thinking about getting one too
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
I installed the front and rear swaybars from CPP also when I rebuilt my truck they are night and day difference......They are great...
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
Likewise - and thanks for taking the time to take some pictures of your installation.
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
i bought the brackets for lowerd trucks@#$%^&$# couldnt get them to work...the brackets they send with the kit have sloted holes where they bolt to the frame, and the lower ones are just a hole...after about a hour i said screw it and put the standard ones on. im still going to mess with it again to see if i can make them work.i also bought the rear bar and havent installed it yet.we will see how that goes ....rear leaf truck....good lokking stuff though...ill post some pics of the bracket differences.
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Phone's ringin Dude.
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
mine is dropped4.5" in the front so its a little closer to the ground...i guess it could always be bolted directly to the frame without the stands...or i may mod the shorter ones to work...
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
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Phone's ringin Dude.
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
Mines lowered at least 5 in the front, so I don't think you'll have a problem. What Rob said was a good idea, though.
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
that was another thought i had, ill figure it out soon.....
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
hmmmmmm... went and looked at mine took some pics. i didnt use the spacer on mine because it would have pushed the sway bar up into my steering adjusters. i see you have the newer style. but how still did you use the spacer?seems the bar would be better off more level.anyway maybe mine is done way wrong...heres my pics....
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
oh and i had to use shorter bolts....
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
Dug this thread up looking for this very type of picture,
but there are 2 different ways it was mounted here? If your using the lowered front brackets would Forever's be the better way to go? (Hope to have mine on soon)
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Re: CPP front swaybar install
here are picts of the brackets on mine also from CPP
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