Rear Hellwig Install (Pics)

[Harley#356]

What a nightmere! Took me at least 3 hours of working just on the swaybar, but i spent the whole day under my truck IN THE RAIN ;c
how stupid can these friggin weathermen get? They can't tell after how many years of doing that crap, whether its going to rain the very next day? They can't predict 12 hours ahead??? They said it was supposed to be sunny and nice today.....it did nothing but RAIN all friggin day right after i got the truck on the jackstands

just had to vent

Anyway, the install was a bear! The finish on the bar was really crappy, so i took the belt sander to it, and had it powdercoated red to match my pinstripe and calipers (Thanks crockett! )
Instructions were total crap, read them over once and chucked em. It would have helped a ton if they charged 2 more cents per kit, and used color ink for the pics, or at least a flash when they took the pics
Fit of the stuff was total crap. Bolts wouldn't thread onto nuts, washers missing, extra nuts, really bad universal fit design. Hellwig did a really crappy job designing the mounting system for this bar.

I'm sure it would have went quicker and easier if i had somebody helping me, but i still wouldn't buy a hellwig again. Its the same stiffness as a L bar, and that is OEM stuff, go with that instead. I should have known

Well, now for the pics of my cool red swaybar :k