Sway Away vs. Donahoe

[Run'n'Gun]

I am going to get a coilover lift in the near future and did a search for sway away and couldn't find too many reviews when compared to the Donahoe's. I also haven't heard of too many people running the sway away's. What's the main difference if any between the too. I know the hoe's are badass and will probably end up with those but was just curious about the sa's. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Run'n'Gun]

After talking with Jason at wheelers, I think I am going to go with the swayaway's. Front and rear, they are both using the same technology on the fronts and in the rear the sway away's are much beefier than the hoe's. The Donahoe's are made by edlebrock and a few have been leaky. Don't get me wrong, Edlebrock makes great stuff, but I have heard that the rear sway away's are better for my application. Plus the fronts come with a spanner wrench for adjustment which the Donahoe's don't and are a $150 less or so. Also, Donahoe has had really slow warranty turn arounds due to part shortages should I have an issue.

 

[sblbdr]

Go with swayaway. I started out with the donahoes which are nice but the saws dont leak like the hoes do. The donahoes are a little too stiff also.

 

[dsams]

i had to take off my front sway bar with the sway away front coil overs. this may not be the case with your '03 4runner. b/c of this, i went with the DR's in the front and rear.

good luck!

dan

 

[Run'n'Gun]

Thanks for the input everyone, I went ahead and ordered the SAW's from wheelers offroad. I went with front and rear, coils too. Wheelers was great to deal with and they gave me a "package" deal. I will post a write up on the install after I do it this weekend.

 

[MAC4Runner]

You can get a swaybar relocation kit for the SAWs. I'm looking forward to your review and pics! :biggrin2:

 

[boston_kevin]

Did you go for the 2" or 2.5" SwayAway? I look forward to reading about your progress.

 

[Run'n'Gun]

I went with the 2.5's they came in yesterday and are soooo nice, can't wait to install everything. Since I am doing the install myself I figured I should go for the bigger front setup I guess they are much better than the 2.0's. The rears are 2.0's and sitting next to the front's they look pretty tiny. Also, the sway away front coilover's come with the sway bar relocation kit included. All it is, is 2 aluminum blocks that basically extend the factory mounting points down about half an inch or so. They bolt on the frame where the old sway bar bracket bolted on, and then you bolt the old sway bar bracket and swaybar to the relocation blocks.