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aznboy808: Only '01 LX's don't have sway bars. '02 LX's have them already.
sicsol: I'm sure that our LX's don't have holes on the rear subframe for the holders. Do you think that drilling a set is all we need to do? When you installed those new holders did you notice anything in particular about those holes for the bolts, or were they just regular drilled-out holes? Also, I'm not sure if our LX's have endlink holes? I'll check that out tomorrow. Pics of your install would be great and would help a lot of people. E-mail me at dobosz@wpi.edu and attach the pictures. I'll host them for you.
Edit #2: Judging by the weight distribution of our cars (approx. 60/40 front/rear) and the size of the stock front sway bar (25.4mm) the right size for our cars would be the 19mm. This size, coupled with the stock front sway bar will give us slight over-steer. The 22mm will give us much more over-steer. The rear of the car will want to slide out from under you during high-speed cornering. I'm going to go with the 19mm and upgrade my front bushing to polyurethane while I'm at it. This combination should be a nice improvement over stock and more importantly (to me at least) it will be cheap!
Word, just got off the phone, my dad is gonna upgrade to the jdm type-r bar for his rsx-s and hook me up with his old bar and bushings, then all I need are the mounts. SICSOL is my hero. BTW Sic, you never by chance cruised in a del sol did you? Also, I went to unionville down by kennett. Peace.
Intruder, that's great, I'm glad I could help. I was wondering that since your dad has an RSX, is there any way that you could post pics of the front and rear suspensions of his car (with wheels off of course). Basically, when I decided to see if the swaybar thing would work, I checked out an RSX sitting in a dealer lot to see if the swaybar mounted in the same places. So, if your dad's suspension settup is the same as ours, then we should be able to upgrade to an RSX 5 lug conversion (w/ suspension and rear disc brakes), or even tap into the RSX aftermarket giving us a wider variety of suspension parts to chose from. Any help would be appreciated. Ohh and yes I had a 93 delSol si before the civic. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
sicsol where did you go to get the USDM 19mm sways? Link? I thought about a 22mm sway, but I don't autocross, I just turn in aggressively on the street so it'd be a bit overkill.
Edit #1: sicsol: Did you change out the EX's endlinks as well, or are the EX's and RSX's endlinks the same?
Edit #2: !@#$ I took a look at the lower arm and it looks like it doesn't have any holes in it. It's not a simple matter of making a hole either. It looks like the EX's and 2002 LX's have a little piece of metal with a hole in it welded on to the lower arm. Take a look at the following pictures and then take a look at your 2001 LX's or DX's rear lower control arm:
Thanks for hosting the pics! The stock EX endlinks work just fine.
I just got back from the autoX and the rear end seems to be a lot firmer. Only on sharp turn in did I notice the car still had a little tendency to push or understeer. But, on the sweeping turns, which carry some seen the car seemed planted and there was no hint of understeer. I guess it should be noted that I have a set of eibach sportlines on my car and am running 205 50 15 kumho's
sicsol: Hey, could you take a picture of where the endlinks attach to the rear lower arm? It would solve once and for all if us DX's and 2001 LX's can attach a sway bar.
Sicsol, I'll try and take some pics next time I am home, could be a while though. Also, are you the sicsol that used to be on the SHO del sol forum? I was Interceptr9 there and used to roll in a 97 del sol si vtec. Peace
Sorry guys, I was just borrowing the camera off of my friend and had to give it back.
I did post a lot in that SHO delSol forum and I also had a link to my old website off of that site, so it could have been me, but I think that there was another guy going around pimpin my name too (thief).
Sicsol, the mounts/holders looks the same for ours as the rsx's, do we need the new mounts for this to work? are they beefier or something? Just trying to figure out what exactly I need, if anything, other than what I can get off the rsx. Thanks.
Hey, just a question, if the rear lower tie bar from DC sports (or anyone for that matter) was used with this larger sway bar, would it
a. not fit together, one or the other only
b. fit, but provide horrible oversteer
or c. fit and work wonderfully, angels sing, god comes down to earth, states "cool" and then goes off to throw his mac
?
