New sway bar links or drop brackets???

[legoms013]

I going to go for a 4 inch lift on my mazda b4000 soon, and am wondering if its better to have new, longer sway bar links or drop brackets for the front sway bar?

The kit im looking into is the tuff country 4" lift and it comes with drop brackets which won't work on my truck; reason is that I have a front mounted receiver hitch that uses the sway bar's mounting holes to bolt onto and drop brackets won't work there.

Seems to me that longer links would be better than drop brackets b/c then the sway bar stays tucked up closer to the frame away from tie rods and where the tires can hit when turning.

 

[4x4junkie]

I would use longer endlinks, even if it's just for aesthetic reasons. (well, actually, I'd just ditch the swaybar entirely if offroad performance is any concern).

 

[legoms013]

Yes, most of the time I would disconnect the sway bars any way during an outing. We almost always do on our jeeps.

 

[canyoncritter]

unless your going to be towing or carrying heavy loads all the time, you can pretty much ditch the sway bars and be fine. IMO I think they drive better wiht out the sway bars, not as twitchy to bumps in corners.