Megan Racing strut bar done!

[Tdurr]

I got a front a rear strut bar for a 4g accord, and decided to make it fit, cut the bracket in half and welded it together. Can be done in less then 30 min even if u wanted to paint it.

I got the rear strut bar all welded up nice like... pics:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/strutbar3.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/strutbar2.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/strutbar.jpg

Yea its upside down :uh:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/Strutbar4.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/strutbar6.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/strutbar5.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/strutdone.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/TheDarkDarkRacer/strutdone2.jpg

the front is gonna be a lil harder cuz of the wires....

[Joay]

Had a chance to tell if it made a difference?

[Tdurr]

I could tell it made a difference when i only had one bolt on each side, so yea its worth the money i paid for them lol.

[87roach]

Nice job, I'll try to get one of these made this year. Thanks for actually posting pics too.

[Tdurr]

^^ no prob. I doesnt take long if u have a welder, hack saw, and a grinder.

[ghettogeddy]

so if i bought one and sent the brackets to you you can re make them

[84Accord]

awesome! my spw billet rear strut bar looks identical to that and i did the exact same thing for the brackets. good job!

[SILENT]

so if i bought one and sent the brackets to you you can re make them

If you would be able to count me for 2 bars!!!

[Tdurr]

so if i bought one and sent the brackets to you you can re make them

yea, shouldn't be a prob. i wanna see if i can maybe send the brackets in and have them copied by a company and then it gets mass produced.

[ghettogeddy]

yea, shouldn't be a prob. i wanna see if i can maybe send the brackets in and have them copied by a company and then it gets mass produced.

try that first lol then i can just buy them

[Tdurr]

pay for shipping and i will lol

[ghettogeddy]

pay for shipping and i will lol

kk zip code ill prolly be doing this real soon

[Tdurr]

wait witch one?? lol

[ghettogeddy]

wait witch one?? lol

rear

[MessyHonda]

i would not mind an adjustable one...i already have a solid one when justin made them.

[Pico]

looks good. I have a 4g bar sitting around in the garage and I was wondering if it could be used in the rear.
Glad you posted up a how to on it.

[Tdurr]

rear

no i was asking if u wanted me to weld up urs or if u wanted me to try and get it shipped out lol..

and I guess i gotta give back to the 3g community after my shit ton of questions! hehe.

[ghettogeddy]

no i was asking if u wanted me to weld up urs or if u wanted me to try and get it shipped out lol..

and I guess i gotta give back to the 3g community after my shit ton of questions! hehe.

i ask for you zip so when i buy it i can send them to you lol
just let me know how much you wnt for say materials

[Tdurr]

zip is 30215. pm me when u get one and we can talk more bout it then.

[ghettogeddy]

zip is 30215. pm me when u get one and we can talk more bout it then.

kk

[Rendon LX-i]

Good to see that you tryed what i told you bout. pretty simple mod. You prolly wont notice anything at all but still give more suport then anything else. Nice man.

[2oodoor]

Nice thread! are they still adjustable and do you have to release one end to make adjustments?

[Tdurr]

^^ there is a nut on each side, loosen it and then turn the bar and it either pushes the struts out or pull on them.

and rendon, i actually can feel a difference, i have it pre-loaded.....
but im still gonna get a vigor sway bar.

[Civic Accord Honda]

nice! im getting megan bars for my civic

[Rendon LX-i]

^^ there is a nut on each side, loosen it and then turn the bar and it either pushes the struts out or pull on them.

and rendon, i actually can feel a difference, i have it pre-loaded.....
but im still gonna get a vigor sway bar.

Well....Thats good i never tryed it personaly but i have amps mounted and it wouldnt work now...BUT i can tell you the vigor bar....WOW..i was doin 70 on the roundabout lol..

[MessyHonda]

Well....Thats good i never tryed it personaly but i have amps mounted and it wouldnt work now...BUT i can tell you the vigor bar....WOW..i was doin 70 on the roundabout lol..

now you know how i feel....i went from the stock sway bar to the 22mm 4th gen sway bar.

[Tdurr]

^^ yea i need to find a jy wit a vigor... fayco jy's= teh sux.

[1988HondaLXIAccord]

Which is better to do spread them apart or together. i have upper rear strut bar and lower rear tie bar

[Tdurr]

^^ what?

[turabaka]

I think he means is it better to tighten the bar so it pulls the towers together or loosen the bar so it pushes them farther apart?

[codyJDM]

Push them away, it "preloads" the bar so it counteracts body roll most efficiently.

[1988HondaLXIAccord]

Here It Is And Thanks Guys
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/104/l_d8dc2964a8ea45df8e126835138e8e3d.jpg

[Tdurr]

oh! lol yea. I need to get one of those for the "Bling" factor.

[Rendon LX-i]

it just sucks cuz you cant see it from behind like the CIVICS YO

[Tdurr]

lol if its shiny enough ull see it!

[86ccord]

it bblinds meh, fromz my headlightz on da backz...yo..!

[Rendon LX-i]

LOL i got a shinny one...no cant see LOL

[MessyHonda]

LOL i got a shinny one...no cant see LOL

yeah we cant really see ours because our fuel tank is on the way...i got one...but i didnt really feel any difference....i get alot more overstear with the rear swaybar....i cant do fun U turns because it wants to keep going..lol

[Tdurr]

^^ i need a vigor rear sway bar... *sigh*

[MessyHonda]

^^ i need a vigor rear sway bar... *sigh*

get a 4th gen aftermarket bar....i got a 22mm one.

[turabaka]

Does anybody know how big the Vigor sway bar is? I've got one, but never actually measured it.

[Tdurr]

Does anybody know how big the Vigor sway bar is? I've got one, but never actually measured it.

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=40846&highlight=upgrade+sway
BAM!!
and http://www.3geez.com/forum/showpost.php?p=595077&postcount=6

[turabaka]

thanks man. You found that quick.

[Tdurr]

only cuz i was looking it up like 2 days ago lol.

[Haxxorz]

Man this sway bar talk is making me really wanting one lol... So i'm assuming I don't have one stock on a DX? Could I add one from a vigor? If so, where would I mount it etc...

[turabaka]

Man this sway bar talk is making me really wanting one lol... So i'm assuming I don't have one stock on a DX? Could I add one from a vigor? If so, where would I mount it etc...

there's a front one, but no rear one.

The rear bar off a Vigor fits,but you have to modify the bushing brackets a little bit to make it fit. Nothing a couple minutes with a dremel can't fix.

[Haxxorz]

Haha, okay I'm sure I can make it work... Having a rear sway bar helps that much doesn't it? Imma go look up the local junk yard # now. ;)

[Tdurr]

^^ it helps a helll of alot. I have sooooooo much less body roll now its weird, but nice.
oh btw, i have had a sway bar for like a month now lol.

[Haxxorz]

=D I'm excited to get one now. Just to take corners 'oh' that much faster. Its fairly easy to mount correct? Just need to get the bushing brackets etc?

I'll concentrate on finding one first. ^_^

[turabaka]

=D I'm excited to get one now. Just to take corners 'oh' that much faster. Its fairly easy to mount correct? Just need to get the bushing brackets etc?

I'll concentrate on finding one first. ^_^

yep. When you find a vigor bar take everything. Including the endlinks and all the bushings.

[Tdurr]

it took me fucking forever to get the bushings the right size. but thats cuz i didnt have a dremel.

[turabaka]

it took me fucking forever to get the bushings the right size. but thats cuz i didnt have a dremel.

you cut the bushings? I'll be that did take awhile. I just modified the vigor brackets to work on the Accord.

[Tdurr]

^^ explain.

[turabaka]

I took the brackets for the vigor bar and redrilled the bolt holes so that they would fit the accord chassis. That allowed me to reuse the bushings from the vigor.

[Tdurr]

thats really fucking simple. why didnt i think of that?

[Rendon LX-i]

I took the brackets for the vigor bar and redrilled the bolt holes so that they would fit the accord chassis. That allowed me to reuse the bushings from the vigor.

Thats what i did:bandit:

[Tdurr]

shut up fagots. lol makin me look bad.

[MessyHonda]

rear sway bar FTW

[Haxxorz]

Alrighty! Just back from the junkyard and found a 92' vigor with its rear sway bar. I kinda failed at preparation and only brought crescent wrenches cuz I thought that they were just bolts and nuts. EXCEPT most are hard to reach... and so I can't get any torque on them, but I borrowed a socket from the shop and got everything.

Here's my question: I got everything except the two brackets more towards the middle of the car. they had like 3 fatty bolts each that I couldn't get to the other side of them without dismantling more. Did I need those brackets? each had one bolt holding onto the sway bar.

I'm going to make it work somehow, just need some insight lol.

[turabaka]

Alrighty! Just back from the junkyard and found a 92' vigor with its rear sway bar. I kinda failed at preparation and only brought crescent wrenches cuz I thought that they were just bolts and nuts. EXCEPT most are hard to reach... and so I can't get any torque on them, but I borrowed a socket from the shop and got everything.

Here's my question: I got everything except the two brackets more towards the middle of the car. they had like 3 fatty bolts each that I couldn't get to the other side of them without dismantling more. Did I need those brackets? each had one bolt holding onto the sway bar.

I'm going to make it work somehow, just need some insight lol.

If you don't already have them then yes you need them. You can use the accord ones. You just have to cut the bushings bigger. I think it's easier to just use the vigor bushings though since you only have to modify the brackets a little bit to work.

[Haxxorz]

crap, So its better to take the brackets off the vigor and use those instead of the accord ones? That's what it sounds like most people did. Looks like i'll make another run into the junkyard and grab those.

And then i'll replace the accord stock ones with the vigors? so it'll fit the bushings correct? I know I can assemble the rest, just gotta get my car elevated a bit. I've got a drill and a bunch of bits so I can redrill the holes.

[turabaka]

crap, So its better to take the brackets off the vigor and use those instead of the accord ones? That's what it sounds like most people did. Looks like i'll make another run into the junkyard and grab those.

And then i'll replace the accord stock ones with the vigors? so it'll fit the bushings correct? I know I can assemble the rest, just gotta get my car elevated a bit. I've got a drill and a bunch of bits so I can redrill the holes.

yes. Since you have a DX you should just grab the vigor ones since your car doesn't have a rear sway bar. Meaning you have no accord brackets.

you just redrill the holes in the vigor brackets so they line up with the holes on the accord chassis. There's only two holes on the accord though, and 3 on the vigor brackets so one of the holes won't line up with anything.

[Haxxorz]

Bleh, I went back the junkyard and got the brackets no prob. Figured out where to drill and went ahead mount them in the correct 2 spots available. But its interferring with the axle? Or something.... Not enough room between the bracket and the frame/axle. Sooo annoying.... Here's some crappy cell phone pics of what I mean. I tried bending back the brackets a bit but they are seriously tough. (prolly a good thing lol) Any suggestions?
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Korici/07-03-09_1445.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Korici/07-03-09_1446.jpg

[turabaka]

do they rub when the car is flat on the ground or only when it's jacked up? I remember my sway bar rubbed when I jacked the car up, so I thought it didn't fit at first.

[Haxxorz]

Yeah it was when the back was jacked up. Will it fit if its on the ground? Ugh... That'll be fun to get too...

[turabaka]

Yeah it was when the back was jacked up. Will it fit if its on the ground? Ugh... That'll be fun to get too...

yeah try doing it that way. Actually I think what I did was jack the car up, put it on jack stands, and then jack up the wheel knuckle so that it moved that part of the suspension out of the way enough to bolt the bar on.

[Haxxorz]

yeah try doing it that way. Actually I think what I did was jack the car up, put it on jack stands, and then jack up the wheel knuckle so that it moved that part of the suspension out of the way enough to bolt the bar on.

Hmmm, okay. I got jack stand so I can prolly do that. Thanks for the help turabaka its appreciated. =D
I'll try it out tomorrow and let you know how it works...

[turabaka]

yep no problem maing.

[MessyHonda]

yeah that rear sway bar will help alot

[Haxxorz]

yeah that rear sway bar will help alot

Holy jumpin monkeys! Yeah its defintiely a night and day difference over NO sway bar. LOL
I got it done after ALOT of modifying the brackets. One side fit fine after redrilling the holes but the other wasn't... Like a mutant or something lol, after an hour or two JUST for that bracket I got it to finally hold everything. and then I bolted everything back up.

Its sexy how it handles now; except on the right side, the bar is right next to my exhaust pipe and on my bumpy gravel driveway it makes noise as it bumps against it. (going 60 on the road its fine though) whatev. I guess I'll call a muffler place and see if they can just re-pipe that one little section before the muffler as to not hit the sway bar. Other than that she's lookin good. ^^
I would post some pics but i'm too lazy to upload to photobucket rite now...

[MessyHonda]

yup...good stuff

[Tdurr]

i painted my sway bar silver :rice:

[Rendon LX-i]

x2 i agree ^^ wannabe st lol

[MessyHonda]

x2 i agree ^^ wannabe st lol

i think they are the same size...lol one is just solid the other one is not as heavy...i compared mine to my st front sway bar...almost looked the same