Rubbing sway bar to struts after 3”level

Hi there all first time posting long time using these threads to help me and friends . I have a 2008 4.0 . Put a 3” level kit just the spacers nothing else on . Now I’m getting a loud grinding slamming noise when I turn hard or bounce . I found out it was the sway bar and it’s left some nasty dents in my brand new strut coilovers I installed . Is it ok to remove sway bar or possibly grind it down so it clears ? Or do I need to buy new A-arms and end links? Thanks

 

Welcome. I don't run sway bars on my truck. Lots of people who wheel remove their sway bars.

 

Right on , I was wondering that . Does it make for an unstable ride at say 80-90mph? I’m gonna take them off I need the extra flex anyways

 

It's still plenty stable. All it does is increase body roll when cornering. The suspension is a lot more independent without sways. Example: If you hit a bump/pot hole with the driver front you'll feel it in the pass front too if you have sways. W/O sways you only feel it in the driver side.

 

Take it off!!!

 

Haha in a sense that kind of means if you take it off you’re not going to get what you thought you would LOL

 

Yeah... I didn’t think that through.

 

Let's be honest... If something goes wrong at 90mph in a 6000lb brick, you're pretty fucked whether you've got a sway bar or not ...

 

Depending on what leveling kit you have, it should have came with drop down brackets for the sway bar. The stock sway bar is hollow so IMO I wouldn't grind it.

 

Pictures??

 

I put drop downs on mine n it still gets a stress pop . After doing my leveling kit my truck now creaks like a 1980s Chevy that's been sitting in a field . Lol!