Steeda rear sway bar for F-150

[INADAZE]

Has anyone installed the Steeda sway bar on a 2024 yet? Are there any reasons why it wouldn't work. I don't believe there's a huge difference between the 23 and 24. I'm adding the Ford Performance Lowering Kit in a few weeks and thinking of what might be next (sway bar, new struts, etc.).

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[INADAZE]

UPDATE

Spoke to a sales tech named John at Steeda earlier this morning about ordering the Ford Performance Lowering Kit and while I had him on the phone, I asked about their sway bar. He confirmed that I should absolutely go with the 2WD version since I'm going with a modest drop which should tuck the bar up a lot more than the 4WD. And he was 95% sure they have run it on a 2024 without issue.

 

[22SpaceWhiteXLT]

The first change I plan on doing to my truck is replace the stock shocks with 4600 Bilsteins on all 4 corners. I'm hoping that will make me happier than with stock.

I did 4600s on the rear only because at the time fronts for 2wd were not available. Made a massive difference. Then I did the FP rear lowering shackles (did not make as much of a difference as the shocks)

 

[Forumlurker24]

I understand the sway bars largely leave the ride quality the same when going in a straight line, but how do they handle uneven terrain like potholes? Lots of conflicting information, on the subject

 

[isthatahemi]

Has anyone installed the Steeda sway bar on a 2024 yet? Are there any reasons why it wouldn't work. I don't believe there's a huge difference between the 23 and 24. I'm adding the Ford Performance Lowering Kit in a few weeks and thinking of what might be next (sway bar, new struts, etc.).

Yep - put one on my platinum, added some hellwig helper springs for a heavy tow. Everything fit and worked well.

 

[powerboatr]

UPDATE

Spoke to a sales tech named John at Steeda earlier this morning about ordering the Ford Performance Lowering Kit and while I had him on the phone, I asked about their sway bar. He confirmed that I should absolutely go with the 2WD version since I'm going with a modest drop which should tuck the bar up a lot more than the 4WD. And he was 95% sure they have run it on a 2024 without issue.

Personally I think the 2wd links would work fine on the trucks with the composite spring
I have one with 4wd links and it's very difficult to get the bar level when truck is empty.
The links bottomed out.
I removed one jam nut on the link adjuster barrel and it got me 99% to level on the bar
I borrowed hmmm snakebittens idea

 

[INADAZE]

Nice. Thanks for the feedback, y'all. The Ford Performance Lowering Kit will be installed on the 19th. I'll ride around a bit before picking up the sway bar. My bank account needs to recover.

I haven't even made the first payment yet and I've dropped thousands on bed liner, tonneau cover, PPF/tint, ceramic coating and the lowering kit + install inbound. Thankfully, I'm incredibly blessed and I'm able to do all of the important things right out of the gate.

 

[Calson]

The "downside" of a sway bar is that it transfers the shock encountered at one wheel with that on the opposite side. With one on my truck there was severe wheel hop when turning when one tire would hit a bump or depression in the road. The sway bar made a great deal of difference with the light rear of the truck.

So often money is wasted on changing out the shocks. I idid this with my 1-ton to be able to carry a 3700 lb camper in the bed and had already installed SuperSprings that provided an additional 1400 lbs of load capacity. I used Rancho XL adjustable shocks and had the amount of dampening set twice as high at the rear shocks as for the front shocks. With the front shocks set to eliminate propoising with the camper in the bed, I only adjusted the rear shocks to a lower setting when the camper was off the truck. Takes less than a minute to make the adjustment to both shocks.

I added the Supersprings leaf pack to the truck to reduce roll when each set of factory leaf springs had to support more than 50% of the camper weight on inclined surfaces or in turns. I spent $500 on the Supersprings and $500 on the Bigwig sway bar and $500 on 4 of the Rancho XL shocks.

I learned at an early age not to drive over rocks and hope there was enough clearance. Putting a wheel on a rock increases ground clearance for the center of the truck. Driving in low range on very rough ground allows for driving at a third the speed with full power from the engine and one can crawl through the rocks - easier on the vehicle and easier on the passengers.

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