Front or Rear or Both Sway Bar?

Hey everyone,

As I have seen a lot of others comment on, the Tahoe has terrible body roll. I installed a Hellwig rear sway bar on my truck, and it improved the body roll significantly. I'd like to do the same for my wife's Tahoe. Have any of you all installed one or both on your vehicles?

My thought was to first install just one, and see if it improves the ride to my liking. If I want more stabilization, I will get the other. My question is really, which provides a more dramatic impact to the ride, front or rear?

Any feedback/opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

I have done both front and rear on all my vehicles, can't really say which one would make the most difference it's kind of funny after doing them it seems like I can tell the difference just sitting in it, that may just be in my head though. Def helps.

sspearsau said:

Hey everyone,

As I have seen a lot of others comment on, the Tahoe has terrible body roll. I installed a Hellwig rear sway bar on my truck, and it improved the body roll significantly. I'd like to do the same for my wife's Tahoe. Have any of you all installed one or both on your vehicles?

My thought was to first install just one, and see if it improves the ride to my liking. If I want more stabilization, I will get the other. My question is really, which provides a more dramatic impact to the ride, front or rear?

Any feedback/opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

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I just purchase a 2019 tahoe and wondering about the same thing .... body roll. However, there are front and rear sway bars on the tahoe already. I am hoping the Hellwig are larger diameter or stiffer. Does any on know?

I would think that the pair would be 'tuned' to work together, to provide an overall increase in stability of the truck, but I am not real knowledgeable yet in sway bars for trucks. I know that in the past for cars, the tuned pair would make a huge difference, and it was the best way to go.

surypap3 said:

I just purchase a 2019 tahoe and wondering about the same thing .... body roll. However, there are front and rear sway bars on the tahoe already. I am hoping the Hellwig are larger diameter or stiffer. Does any on know?

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Sway bars work so well you don't notice them until they're gone. Back in 2009 my 1999 Tahoe LT 4X4 front sway bar bushing deteriorated and fell out. Of course I didn't notice until some fool dropped his load in the lane right in front of me and I had to swerve hard to avoid eating his garbage (and yes...he kept going). I had trouble getting her back into the lane as it seemed I kept over correcting. I was all over the road. The combination of slow braking and less steering input straightened her right out...after what felt like forever! Went directly to Maui Off Road Center and had them look at it. The play in the front sway bar was really bad. Pull on the bar and you could hear it clunk and rattle. Checked the back sway and it the bushing was about to fall out too. IMO, when your pushing a 2 ton plus truck down the road at 55 mph+ you want your sway bars nice and tight, even firm is better than nothing. But that's just my opinion...for what it's worth. Aloha!

I had 12 Escalade's from 2007 to 2014, yes I said twelve, on every one I replaced the sway bars with Hotchkis sway bars and end links, the difference was night and day, and if you tow I found it VERY important to have better sway bars, on my 19' Callaway Tahoe I went with Callaway's handling package that dropped the truck several inches and added Callaway's sway bars, and their setup works really well too. Too me the trucks drive like 70 caddy's without changing to better sway bars.

I've got eibach sway bars front and rear. They make a huge difference. I did the rear first and it was so noticeably that I had to get the front to match it. The front made a difference as well, but not as much as the rear upgrade did. Still worth it though!

I've upgraded sway bars on almost all my vehicles throughout the years. No matter what I'm driving at the time, upgrading the bars always make a big difference. I even ordered a set of belltech bars for my Colorado that are waiting to get installed.

Just replaced the rear sway bar on my 2015 Yukon Denali XL with a Hotchkis bar and new GM sway bar links. Roughly 68k for miles.
The rear links were rather worn at the sway bar connection. Also the factory rubber at the sway bar attachment had a lot of give as the bar was worn to the metal on one side. There was wear on the other side as well.
Overall pleased with how it feels. Some more stiffness over bumbs and takes corners ALOT better. Well worth the bang for buck.

FYI: Hotchkis just told me late February is when the 2015 & up front/rear kit will be back in stock.