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Old Aug 25, 2005
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Swayin badley need help befor i kill myself

at higher like 70mph and up my car tends to sway form left to right it fills like wind is pushin me around but there is no wind but i dont know if just the road service or what if i to low or alinement or tire not bein balanced right i dont know please give me some advic in this b/c its startin to **** me off.

and then i dont know if this is makein it happen im kinda low in the back and i think my sway bar is hittin the lower arm of the back suspension.

my setup
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-16in rota c8s with 205/50/16 es100

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did you get an alignment?
'cause before my rear was pretty low, like no finger gap to the rear fender well, and my sway still didn't hit the lower control arm.
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The sway bar is hitting the LCA, I can see the paint missing. I think your sway bar is upside down actually, it should be bent the other way.
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Originally Posted by Boilermaker1
The sway bar is hitting the LCA, I can see the paint missing. I think your sway bar is upside down actually, it should be bent the other way.
do you think this can be the problem boilermaker b/c i fell it come form more of the back or the car. dont you think the sway bar is up side down or do you know it is????

wonders- no i have not gotton an alinment with my new tires do you think thats the problem..

keep them coming guys..
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Originally Posted by goodtimes
do you think this can be the problem boilermaker b/c i fell it come form more of the back or the car. dont you think the sway bar is up side down or do you know it is????

wonders- no i have not gotton an alinment with my new tires do you think thats the problem..

keep them coming guys..
I know it is on upside down. The bar should go up and over the LCA. It isn't that hard to switch around. Take you about an hour.

Also, when was the last time you got an alignment?
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[QUOTE=robbclark1]I know it is on upside down. The bar should go up and over the LCA. It isn't that hard to switch around. Take you about an hour.
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This is the right way, compare. Yours looks upside down.
Is that the problem, probably not.
I wouldnt think so.
When was your last alignment, what are the specs? If its been 6 months or more, get one done.
Sometimes bad toe settings can cause flutter.
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Originally Posted by Boilermaker1

This is the right way, compare. Yours looks upside down.
Is that the problem, probably not.
I wouldnt think so.
When was your last alignment, what are the specs? If its been 6 months or more, get one done.
Sometimes bad toe settings can cause flutter.
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Originally Posted by robbclark1
I know it is on upside down. The bar should go up and over the LCA. It isn't that hard to switch around. Take you about an hour.

Also, when was the last time you got an alignment?
the last time i got the alignment done on my car was when i got my B&Gs on so about like 3 or 4 months ago. i have lowered it more sence.

do you guys think i should get an alinement to see if that helps me out
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It's since, and yes get another alignment. Sounds like a toe issue.
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Originally Posted by goodtimes
the last time i got the alignment done on my car was when i got my B&Gs on so about like 3 or 4 months ago. i have lowered it more sence.

do you guys think i should get an alinement to see if that helps me out
You change the height, you need to align the car.
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Old Aug 26, 2005
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^^^^ yeah thats true so im going to go ahead and do that and see how things feel after they do it

i took some pics of my sway bar so you guys can tell me witch way to move it
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its not only that...my car does it too...but its not a swaybar problem...its the tires...some tires tend to follow road grooves..the OEM ones were chosen by honda because it doesnt follow road grooves and it has the least ammount of vertical bounce when driving and the wear pattern is best...i have pirelli's on my steelies and they follow road gooves like mad...i talked to my auto tech professor and he told me about that...
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first of all... you might want to put the sway bar on the right way. Second.... An alignment and balance would be nice. And if that doesn't help too much, go for more body reinforcement.
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The bar should be up next to the subframe and the "arms" should go up and over the LCAs. Just print out boilers for a reference when you change it.
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i had that problem, my wheels werent centered right. make sure you tighten your wheels using the correct pattern. Hub-centric rings might help too.

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If you do not have a strut bar then get one. I lowered my **** and put 17's on it and noticed the car would pull left to right and the steering wheel would jerk around alot. When I put my neuspeed upper strut on it helped a ton. Btw your sway is on way up side down. I hope you did not bend it too bad. And get ready for some major exhaust rattle with the bigger sway and after market exhaust and your car being so low. My **** rubs all the time I even put cusco exhaust mounts and(it helped)it still rattles.
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use zip ties and bungee cords to hold it down....lol...from looking at your tires on ur pics goodtimes its prolly them which is the cause for the swaying...when traveling at higher speeds the tires like to follow roadgrooves and look right in front of ur car and see the lines on the road when u drive and u'll see that ur car follows them...i noticed it earlier when i just got my new tires and the douchebags at americas tire co. didnt bolt down 1 wheel all the way so the car violently shook from left to right...so i pulled off the freeway and checked to see if the lug nuts were tight enough an sure enough one rim was not tightened at all as in i could tighten them by hand...so i grabbed my tire iron and tightened them all again and they would each turn another half to 1 full rotation before they were tight...than it still followed road grooves....than i found out from my tech teacher that it was the tires...so sticky they love to hug and follow the ground....
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thanks for all your input,

ragingSPAM- i dident think about that yeah it would look like they would follow the road grooves b/c the car would only sway when i am on different road serfices(sp)

blahman240-i did not put the sway bar on myself a shop did it and there going to fix it on monday and im going to get an alinment later in the week

cg9566- yeah im plannin to order the newspeed strut bar when the shop changes my sway bar on monday, my rear sawy is only 16mm and i have greddy evo v2 do you think it will rub

robclark1-thanks for all the help

boilermaker-Thanks for the pic and tellin me that my sway bar was up side down(that sway bar has been upside down for more than a year lol)


Thanks to all that replyed.
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I was actually afraid of mounting my RSX sway bar upside down, but I just followed the diagram... The arms of the sway bar is different on each side.

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