Lift and anti roll bar

I was just and pondering when a vehicle is lifted should the anti roll bar be dropped the same amount as the lift ?

I would say at least half of the amount
Just remove it drive steady till you get used to the new feel

No. The anti roll bar works somewhat independently of ride height. However for best off-road performance it's best to remove it altogether.

I reluctantly have to disagree, and kind of agree...

Adding lift raises the body (and chassis) away from the axle, this causes the anti-roll-bar drop links to angle out at the top, as the anti-roll-bar effectively shortens with the lift (that old guy Pythagoras proved this bit... the hypotenuse thingy-majig), adding spacers to the U shaped mount at the top where it bolts to the chassis straightens out these drop links... been there, done that...

Yes, I agree somewhat that the best mod for an offroad Jimny to improve articulation is indeed to remove the anti-roll-bar and "throw it as next doors dog" (as the old saying goes), after all, it is just a long length of sprung steel that is there to curb lean/sawy. body-roll on the road... and offroad therefore curbs articulation, BUT the best solution is to fit an anti-roll-bar disconnect system, predictable safer cornering, predictable body roll if you have to do an emergency swerve on the motorway, yet, remove the bolts from the anti-roll-bar disconnect system when you are at the play-site or greenlaning area, and you have ultimate articulation as well. and don't forget to bolt it back up again for the safe journey home...

My Jimny with ~5" lift...



Drop link angle



Drop link angle with 20mm spacers on the top -



These ^^^

I then upgraded to 40mm spacers -



And this was the result with the angle of the drop links -



Hope that helps...?

Dave

It's very hard to gauge the actual change from your pictures, as the camera angle is quite different (look at how the arb actually appears to be at a steeper angle *after* you've added the 20mm spacers!), but it's clearly a very small adjustment

The important question is how the small change in droplink angle affects how it feels from the driver's seat, and the simple answer is it doesn't.