I did some work on my suspension last year that has it handling much flatter. I have the standard yellow shock OME 3” kit. The shock/spring combo adds about 3” front and 2” ish rear lift. First I swapped to sway bushings front and rear to urethane. This did result in a noticeable change on its own.
I had also installed adjustable rear sway bar links. Mine are Dobinsons, although several sources are available. The purpose here is to correct the geometry of the rear sway bar after lifting. Two reasons. Number one is to lower the ends of the sway bar so that it is as near parallel to the ground as possible. This puts it back in position to function as designed to combat rear sway. Second reason, after lifting, unless you have extended sway links to lower the ends, the travel of the sway bar is limited. So, in offroad situations, the axle droop can be limited by the sway bar’s travel. Adding the adjustable links fixes this and allows for the droop to be limited by the max extended length of the shock. Good stuff, eh?
Lastly, the panhard bar. Factory panhard geometry puts it pretty much parallel to rear axle. Lifting the suspension will change the angle on the bar. The bars function is to keep the rear axle centered under the truck and also to brace against side to side motion of the axle. It cant do either very well unless it is parallel to the axle. An adjustable panhard bar can be used to re center the rear axle under the truck, but does nothing to help with the bracing against side to side motion. A panhard correction bracket fixes both issues without replacing the bar itself. Forum member eimkeith sells these. It is a weld on bracket, but it retains factory mount positon in case you ever go back to stock ride height. After installing it extends the length of the axle bracket to get the bar parallel.
These three mods together made a great bit of improvement to handling. Its about as near to slot car handling as one can expect from a lifted vehicle.
Lastly, is this a new thing for her? I had a vertigo episode awhile back that really messed me up for about 6 months. Maybe theres medical help for her situation.
Also, my ex got car sick..unless she was driving. Let the girl wheel!
