Hey guys, Now I've seen members using the 4g strut bars on our cars with modification...now i ask you does anyone know how to modify a 92 civic strut bar on to our cars. I've seen one member who has it installed but using only one bolt on each side. Now I was thinking i could go for something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...0568&rd=1&rd=1
Then bend the bottom 2 brackets on each side to fit. but truth be told I dont know if that'll work or not. Anyone have any ideas?
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i would save up more money and get a set of swaybars instead.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
ok which companies make sway bars for our cars...but if i wanted to put the strut bar, would this be easier than the 4g conversion?Originally Posted by MessyHonda
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check out lilxoxbit(sp) hes got a set or justin bars for sell that will be front upper and lower and rear upper and lower for like 200 i think
ST makes swaybars for our car....they run like 300 bucks for the front and rear. and they make one hell of a difference.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
are the cars even the same width? chances are you're going to need to make sure the bar is the right length in addition to trying to get the drilled holes to line up
couldent u just weld the strut bar into place if it fits or re drill new holes into the strut tower i know its a noob question but id like to know
Actually they are...twhonza used a 92 civic one as you can see in the engin pic thread (its about half way down)
https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52138
but he only bolted it once per side. I'm thinking if i bend the bracket abit it should work...
Last edited by twofast4u; 05-29-2007 at 07:06 PM.
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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/778695
i wouldnt bother if your only gonna use one bolt. besides, those cheap ebay ones dont work for shit. Youd be better off buying the ones off lxoxbit, they are awesome i have them on my car.
dc was a bolt on... i mean...it just looks nice.....sway bars affect handling more. that is my next mod.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
he was saying it's not worth it if it's held on with one one bolt, not if it's a bolt onI like my justin's bar though the dc of course looks cleaner
i too plan on getting some sway bars.. when i first put on my new springs and shocks the car had no body roll.. once they broke in there's a lil body roll that would be nice to get rid of
i get my dc bar on the 5th then im painting it lol eewww red. satin black with the dc in red ftw!he was saying it's not worth it if it's held on with one one bolt, not if it's a bolt on
i too plan on getting some sway bars.. when i first put on my new springs and shocks the car had no body roll.. once they broke in there's a lil body roll that would be nice to get rid of
yup. dead on.
swaybars down below are much more related with wheel stability than strut bars up top. because swaybars contain suspension movement directly, by connecting to suspension components and controlling all the unnecessary up-n-down movements in wheel assemblies
strut bars just make the entire "box" a little stiffer (the body / chassis), but don't affect suspension movement directly like the sway bars do. your wheels will still bounce & move like stock with strut bars.
i run my race car at 70-90 mph on curving on/off highway ramps, like the Bay Area Maze, with no strut bars. they're not really necessary if you setup the suspension right. i use a fatty 1.25" sway bar in front, and heim joint suspension in the rear with lower control arms for CG modification, which is almost the same as a sway bar in the rear except its like an individual sway bar for each rear left and right wheels (so i can offset camber differences in wheel travel for corners).... anyways... blah blah...
stick with the swaybars for better bang per buck on suspension
Vigor rear bar. J/y find. Done and done.
Alex
i was doing some reading...and dont tell me the rear strut bars came with the EX-i...
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What? Most cars don't come with factory strut bars.
Go the j/y and pick up an Acura Vigor rear sway bar. It'll do more for your car than any other mod.
Alex
Woops! im half asleep....i meant sway bar...
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http://www.autoanything.com/suspensi...0A1777110.aspx
310 and some change shipped for the front and rear st sway bars im def getting me a set
the EX-i should have a rear sway bar...id be surprised if it didnt...the lx-is did.
Yeah, but go get the vigor one anyway.
Alex
vigors are kinda rare tho....il try to find one....but by looking at sway bars does it matter of what material they are made out of. cuz the st are not bad looking and our stock sway bars look all dinky after lots of miles.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
summit has them for 280 somethen...but apparently they are out of stock ATM
NO WAY!!! My car is just an EX but i did a carb to efi conversion...i had 2 EX-i's and i didnt think of taking the sway bar before i scrapped itOh well time to buy another 3gee for $50!
If you guys wanna check out my car, here's the site:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/778695
they are just on backorder. I ordered mine in november, i got them in early feb. and dont bother picking up a parts carfor just a sway bar, as like 3 people have said, if you get the rear vigor swaybar it is actually thicker than any performance one you can buy, and the only thing you have to do to make it fit is bore out the sway bar bushing.
some poly bushings would be nice tho....maybe make our own for the sway bar.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
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