Magny
02-03-2004, 08:25 PM
Damn, and it was sooo easy too!!!
OF course I had to :beat: the sh*t out of it to get it in, but its in.
Anyways all you gotta do is go to O.S.H. or any hardware store (depending where you live that has metal supplies) and buy a 4 foot 1 inch steel square pipe. Then just cut the angles to clear the lip and to get the nuts back on. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT put the lock washer under the pipe, put it on top. Course order is lock washer first then nut, common sense.
May not look pretty at first, but it's a start. I installed mine with the help of my old autoshop teacher. Had access to the saws and drills to get this thing to work. Oh and another thing, use a rubber mallet instead of a steel head hammer or sludge otherwise you bend the metal.
I can custom fab more, but the problem is I can only think that since I have a 86 accord lx that all the others are different sizes, so you have to do it. I'm just providing information. I'll try to get pics of the bar when I get the chance. Im alsp thinkin of painting it, but since it was a b*tch to get on, I'm just gonna leave it for now. Probably might just paint it while its on. Of course I'll clean it up first to make it look good, but for now its just plain ol steel.
After I installed it I went cruizin around. Did alot of turning in the Santa Cruz HWY 17, and I'll tell ya what, my back end of the car is more solid than ever.
I'm currently planning to custom fab a bar for the front tower using the same square steel bar. I was thinkin about the aluminum bars, but the guys at O.S.H.(here where I live) said that it would rip apart for the application that I am doing, so I went with steel for its strength. I know steel is heavier, but I'd rather have something thats gonna last instead of ripping apart on me in a turn.
OF course I had to :beat: the sh*t out of it to get it in, but its in.
Anyways all you gotta do is go to O.S.H. or any hardware store (depending where you live that has metal supplies) and buy a 4 foot 1 inch steel square pipe. Then just cut the angles to clear the lip and to get the nuts back on. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT put the lock washer under the pipe, put it on top. Course order is lock washer first then nut, common sense.
May not look pretty at first, but it's a start. I installed mine with the help of my old autoshop teacher. Had access to the saws and drills to get this thing to work. Oh and another thing, use a rubber mallet instead of a steel head hammer or sludge otherwise you bend the metal.
I can custom fab more, but the problem is I can only think that since I have a 86 accord lx that all the others are different sizes, so you have to do it. I'm just providing information. I'll try to get pics of the bar when I get the chance. Im alsp thinkin of painting it, but since it was a b*tch to get on, I'm just gonna leave it for now. Probably might just paint it while its on. Of course I'll clean it up first to make it look good, but for now its just plain ol steel.
After I installed it I went cruizin around. Did alot of turning in the Santa Cruz HWY 17, and I'll tell ya what, my back end of the car is more solid than ever.
I'm currently planning to custom fab a bar for the front tower using the same square steel bar. I was thinkin about the aluminum bars, but the guys at O.S.H.(here where I live) said that it would rip apart for the application that I am doing, so I went with steel for its strength. I know steel is heavier, but I'd rather have something thats gonna last instead of ripping apart on me in a turn.