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Old 02-07-2007   #46 (permalink)
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The car handles awesome for an economy car, lol. I have really decent tires too, so that's good. I always want to be able to turn harder, though (to show everyone that driving isn't about a straight line, ya know?). My alignment is alright, the local tire shop adjusted the camber as much as they could and the tires are wearing really good, so no camber kit yet.

Awsome wasnt really the description I was looking for....

By "how is it handling now" I ment, Does the car tend to understeer, Oversteer ect... when/where does it do either ect ect ect..
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Awsome wasnt really the description I was looking for....

By "how is it handling now" I ment, Does the car tend to understeer, Oversteer ect... when/where does it do either ect ect ect..
Haha, I hear ya. I think when I'm turning corners at super high speeds, there feels like there is some oversteer going on, but other than that it feels pretty neutral.
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just wonderinf if a 27mm progress front sway is too big. i want something that can minimize my sway. im just thinking ir might me too big for my 05 lx. or should i go with a rsx 19mm.
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Instead of spending alot of money on a aftermarket company, just get the stock 01 civic lx front sway bar, i think it's like 25.4mm or something like that not 100% though, and i guess it depends on what you want to use the car for too, i track my car and i have the stock 01 lx front sway with the 06 rsx type s rear 21mm sway and it's freakin perfect for my driving, no understeer at all just a tad bit oversteer


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just wonderinf if a 27mm progress front sway is too big. i want something that can minimize my sway. im just thinking ir might me too big for my 05 lx. or should i go with a rsx 19mm.
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this is a daily driver. but everyday i have to go on a roundabout and my car sways to the right alot. i know someone selling a 27mm for 50 and i can pick up brackets for 20 and ill find endlinks some where.
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haha alright, looks like you have your mind set up so go out and do it actually if you want to take that round about faaaast just get stickier tires haha
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this is a daily driver. but everyday i have to go on a roundabout and my car sways to the right alot. i know someone selling a 27mm for 50 and i can pick up brackets for 20 and ill find endlinks some where.
get some of greys endlinks... i heard they are nice
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this is a daily driver. but everyday i have to go on a roundabout and my car sways to the right alot. i know someone selling a 27mm for 50 and i can pick up brackets for 20 and ill find endlinks some where.
what year and model car you have?
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Don't forget to buy the mounting bushings and make sure you use a bunch of penetrating oil on the end links. You need to use an allen key in the end of the bolt to hold it while turning the nut. The allen portion usually fills up with rust and strips easily so be careful.

If you try to hold the bolt with vise grips you'll bugger the threads. Either way, don't be suprised if you need new end links before you're done. I did mine early in the car's life and managed to escape unscathed. If you live in a warmer climate (unlike me) you may not have a rust issue, but, still be careful.
crap.... i wish i woulda payed more attention... DANG!
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this is a daily driver. but everyday i have to go on a roundabout and my car sways to the right alot. i know someone selling a 27mm for 50 and i can pick up brackets for 20 and ill find endlinks some where.
Learn to ignor it, and look at how the car is actually handling.... rather then what it may look like when turning.

so, check tire wear. As in, are you cornering on the tires side walls when you do that corner? and how much static negitive camber are you running? And During this turn, how is the car handling? Is it understeering? Oversteering? and what are you as a driver doing when either if these happen?
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Re: Rear Sway Bars

I recently got a 2007 EX sedan. Has anyone swapped the SI sway bars into one of these? I'm mostly thinking the rear needs to be heavier to reduce body lean and understeer.

BTW, this page might be of interest for diagnosing handling:
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nice find but yea i posted something similar to that some time ago hehe
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Re: Rear Sway Bars

When I was autocrossing I found tire pressure made a significant difference, and did so when I applied that on the street as well. What I basically did was figure out the relative balance of the car (front/rear) and then adjusted the air pressure about half as much. In other words, if a FWD car is 60/40, I ran 36 lbs in the front and about 30 in the rear. That worked well for me.

Still wondering how the the Si sway bars would work on the EX. The rear alone would probably do what I want, but the Si has that point-and-shoot handling ....
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When I was autocrossing I found tire pressure made a significant difference, and did so when I applied that on the street as well. What I basically did was figure out the relative balance of the car (front/rear) and then adjusted the air pressure about half as much. In other words, if a FWD car is 60/40, I ran 36 lbs in the front and about 30 in the rear. That worked well for me.

Still wondering how the the Si sway bars would work on the EX. The rear alone would probably do what I want, but the Si has that point-and-shoot handling ....
Like the Si rear is only 17mm, as compared to a 12 or 13mm on the civics, it would be pretty nice, but y not do for a 21mm or a 19mm one from the RSX's. But yeah it "a thicker rear sway bar will make the car more prone to oversteering but since the rear is not that much bigger than the front on my setup it makes the car a bit more neutral rather than understeering with the factory rear sway. I didn't want to go 19mm bc I thought that would be too big but alot of ppl love it. The 19mm seems to suit those with 2001-2002 civics with the bigger front sway bar." -ronaldo9-
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Re: Rear Sway Bars

i'm about to get a 19mm rear RSX-S sway bar to put on my 02 ES1. got some grays for it too.
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