Sway bars

[frantik]

it's seemingly perpetually on back order

[LX-incredible]

the ST rear sway is on backorder at summit, i'm waiting for it to come in early october

Same here man. The first one they sent me was wrong, now I'm waiting on the replacement.

Oh, and you're going to love the color...

[Oldblueaccord]

well it would make you much less likely to understeer

i wonder what would happen if somebody threw in a 22mm rear and a stock 3g DX front....3g drifto anybody? :-p

Well you could unhook your front bar totally and just run on the rear and try it. I say it would want to come around on you so try it it an empty parking lot around some light polls before you get out on the street with it.

wp

[mushroom_toy]

The cars not off the jack stands from me doing the rear discs yet. I'm going to try and figure something out and see if i can make it work otherwise I'll take it off and run something different.

Just run the rears wth the vigor bar. should be perfect fit.

[mushroom_toy]

hmmm might have to get me one of those then still havent installed my vigor bar yet

Install the vigor youll love it.

[knarg]

Same here man. The first one they sent me was wrong, now I'm waiting on the replacement.

Oh, and you're going to love the color...

yeah it's going to be Koni and ST christmas under my car!!

[MessyHonda]

yeah it's going to be Koni and ST christmas under my car!!

red and lime green.

[EricW]

Just run the rears wth the vigor bar. should be perfect fit.

I would have to find a vigor bar 1st and its smaller than the addco which I already have on the car and I believe that i can make work. The vigor is also smaller and I have more under steer than i want.

[mushroom_toy]

Got ya.

[MessyHonda]

i hope it fits...haha

[Bones]

That's the addco rear bar Messy?

Just from the pics posted earlier it looks like the addco bars mount BEHIND the rear wheels, while the stock bars seem to be mounted just in front of the rear wheels. I wonder what would happen if ya ran both sets at the same time if this is true? hehehe

Rear Sway Bars
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stock
86/87 3G = 12mm
88/89 3G = 13mm
4G = 14mm (I think)
92 vigor = 16mm

Aftermarket
3g ST = 16mm
Addco = 19mm
4g ST = 22mm

[87LXiR]

Heh, so did the bar fit? If it did how does it drive now?

[MessyHonda]

its going to be installed on sunday il take some pics of the install.

[kentwat]

bump. Alot of good info in this thread. I'm going to get a 93 Vigor bar in tomorrow. I was also going to upgrade to the 88-89 front bar.

[2drSE-i]

Word on that. Messy, does your aftermarket 4g bar fit? I dont see why it wouldnt, but just curious.

[Pico]

Word on that. Messy, does your aftermarket 4g bar fit? I dont see why it wouldnt, but just curious.

yup it fits, I helped him install it, just had to drill new mounting points and it fit with no problem

[Sabz5150]

What are sway bars typically built from? Solid round or tubing? Carbon steel or stainless? I'm asking because my shop is borrowing a beast of a bender and I'm sure I could make a serious bar or two with it.

[MessyHonda]

yup it fits, I helped him install it, just had to drill new mounting points and it fit with no problem

yeah...thanks man...i need better tires becuase it handles thru the corners

[2drSE-i]

What are sway bars typically built from? Solid round or tubing? Carbon steel or stainless? I'm asking because my shop is borrowing a beast of a bender and I'm sure I could make a serious bar or two with it.

oem honda/acura ones are generally hollow inside. not sure on material tho

[Sabz5150]

oem honda/acura ones are generally hollow inside. not sure on material tho

So some stainless tube with a thick wall. Pinch the end, grind, drill.

An ST rear bar is 5/8". So some 3/4" round with a 1/4" wall ought to make for something nice.

[Strugglebucket]

Stainless is kind of weak, unless you have some 17-ph

Most aftermarket solid bars are some kind of hardened steel, and the hollow ones are usually chromoly.

[Sabz5150]

Stainless is kind of weak, unless you have some 17-ph

Most aftermarket solid bars are some kind of hardened steel, and the hollow ones are usually chromoly.

I can get 17-4ph, have to price it out. 4140 steel isn't a problem either, again given the price is decent.

Stainless I can simply stretch my arm out and find. The other steel grades are an order item.

[kentwat]

This weekend I got the 93 Vigor sway bar on my 86 LXi. I'm very happy with the ride. I got all parts from PullaPart. The only thing that I used though was the bar and the rubber bushings and clamp. The end links on the Vigor bar were shorter than my originals so I used them. I may try and swap out to the 1 inch shorter end link, but I'm thinking that there will be less pressure on the bar and increase the sway amount.

The main mod was the bar mount bracket on both sides of the frame. I had to grind out the square mount hole that the clamp hooks into. I also had to grind the top of the clamp so it would fit into the bracket. I first tried using the Vigor frame mount brackets leaving one mount bolt out but the bar and bushing would not clear the rear arm. Thanks for the swap info. Next I was thinking about swapping out to Integra rear coils but the thing handles great right now and I'm just going to enjoy it.

[ddemetrius456]

Suspension techniques are really a advance form of engineering.

[3gmodifier]

This weekend I got the 93 Vigor sway bar on my 86 LXi. I'm very happy with the ride. I got all parts from PullaPart. The only thing that I used though was the bar and the rubber bushings and clamp. The end links on the Vigor bar were shorter than my originals so I used them. I may try and swap out to the 1 inch shorter end link, but I'm thinking that there will be less pressure on the bar and increase the sway amount.

The main mod was the bar mount bracket on both sides of the frame. I had to grind out the square mount hole that the clamp hooks into. I also had to grind the top of the clamp so it would fit into the bracket. I first tried using the Vigor frame mount brackets leaving one mount bolt out but the bar and bushing would not clear the rear arm. Thanks for the swap info. Next I was thinking about swapping out to Integra rear coils but the thing handles great right now and I'm just going to enjoy it.

i too have the vigor sway bar. i made molds and made my own poly bushings. it works great!