I wanted to avoid modifying my bumper brackets.
I mounted a standard 3/4" sway bar and it cleared the bumper brackets when the wheels were on the ground. It touched the brackets when the car was on jack stands but I didn't think that would be a problem.
On the car's maiden voyage at one point there was a big bang from the front and I thought I had hit a pot hole and bottomed out the suspension.
Recently I looked under the front and saw that what actually happened is that the sway bar hit something. The sway bar was pretty badly bent and got jammed up against the uprights at the end of the beam. It probably is good that I have braces at the ends of the beam.
So, I gave in and modified the bumper brackets. I was concerned about the 1" x 1/4" bar being flimsy with the lower tube being cut away. If it bends the bracket and bumper would rotate. So, I replaced it with an angle.
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