show off your steering stabilizer setup

[golfobx]

looking to use a fox steering damper to match the other fox shocks I'm running.

looking for what set up, bracket placement, configurations y'all have come up with.

most of the bilstein and fox steering stabilizers are eye to eye, instead of stem to stem, so just looking for pictures and ideas on how you fit something similar on y'all's

thanks in advance

 

[knack]

I went with the "delete" option. Don't miss it at all.

 

[Deano]

is this what your talking about?

 

[Whoaa]

Removed mine and cut the mount off!

No shimmy-shock needed or required for a good a driving & handing machine.

 

[SteveL]

X3 on delete. I run 35s

 

[Deano]

I don't need them because it drives bad I just liked the look of them. one don't have any oil in it.

 

[CW72]

What about a show off thread for hydro assist? That has some real benefits.

 

[Elite Broncos]

We are in the final stages of a Bilstein setup. We should have them for release soon. I'll show some pictures soon.

 

[Deano]

Cool!!! Can't wait to see it

 

[garberz]

Mines steers so fantastic on the road, I don't run it either.

Mark

 

[broncnaz]

Steering stablizers are more for a reduction of shock to the steering system than a fix for bad handling. Any handling improvement from a stabilizer is a side effect.

 

[Broncobowsher]

If you are driving on the road and can tell a steering damper is working, you have issues with the suspension/steering that should be fixed and not hidden.

Do you care about impact loads to the steering box and frame when off-road? I prefer not having the guts of that expensive steering box smashed internally nor having the frame crack. A good steering damper does wonders there. Only time I ever noticed it (actually the lack of it) was running a nasty rocky trail. Would sometimes catch a tire on a rock and watch the steering wheel take a violent spin. Never did that before. Later found the damper bracket on the frame had broken loose. That was a lot of force that was routed away from the steering box over countless off-road trips. On the street, never knew the bracket was broken. Ran that way a couple of weeks before it was found.

So yes, you don't need one. Properly set up on the street you can't tell if it is there or gone. Even mild trails you will never notice it. But get into harder stuff, stuff that wants to rip the steering wheel out of your hands, stuff that beats the life out of the steering box, stuff that cracks frames, that is where having a good damper will take some of that beating and distribute it across the frame.

 

[JIMS74]

this is what I made.