Halo

I have a 97 Civic Dx hatchback, with no front or rear sway bars. Who makes the best sway bars for the 96 up Civic hatch? ITR? Si?

eg6ajk

for the front go with a 99-00 si coupe its 26mm, for the rear 22mm ITR combo....
these are one of the better setups...will require, LCAs and complete bars with hardware...

the above setup is the same as JDM CTR, so you can't go wrong with that...

seek167

i got the suspension techniques on my 99 dx no body roll at all. great buy. can not compare to anything but i think there great. good luck

b18bintegra

The ITR bar is also 26mm by the way, but the best I think to go with is the SI because it is for your generation Civic. U would have to use the SI endlinks and stuff.

Mt3c

I don't know what your plans are for, but for me (autoXing in the future):

22mm ex front (plan to get)
22mm mugen rear (sitting in my room)

I've put the mugen on, but took it off due to some bending brakets. If i had the money though, i would get the 22mm Comptech rear sway/tie combo.


[Modified by Mt3c, 4:34 AM 11/7/2001]

Halo

If I go with the 00 Si front bars will I also have to get the Si knuckles, and front LCA's? I use to have the suspension techniques sway bar kit.............that is until it almost tore out my entire rear crossmember beam I want something that fits and won't tear out

Scorpaznatica

You will also need the Si front forks to match the front Lower Control Arms.

If it's possible get a Civic Type R rear swaybar instead of an Integra Type R rear swaybar, or even a Civic specific Mugen rear swaybar. The reason is because even though ITR and CTR has the same diameter (22mm), there are enough differences that will make an ITR rear swaybar much harder to put on. Trust me, I've been there, done that.

kent, clark

Will the ST bars fit with an aftermarket exhaust (GReddy SP)?

ff-formula

Don't buy Neuspeed sway bars... shiz hits my exhaust line and rattles... i want to get rid of it

EK-Cruiser

Damn. That sucks. I just recently purchased that bar and hadn't had an opportunity to install it yet. What kind of exhaust do you have??? I wonder if there is any type of fix for this problem.

kent, clark

Do some bars just hit any exhaust that is aftermarket? Or are most bars compliant with all exhausts?

-Gambit-

I have some s.t's on my 98 hatch, and I like them alot,no body roll at all, and the rear sway bay didnt hit my blitz exhaust at all, you can see the install on my car at overboost.com

TurboSedan

Bend the exhaust hanger so the pipe sits higher.

kent, clark

Thanks, I didn't know bending the hanger would make it possible to fit the sway. Last question: Would you guys recommend the front and rear or just the rear bar? I am leaning to the rear bar because it is cheaper to get and I think it will give me sharper handling. Is this true? Also, on the install at overboost.com, did you really need to take the exhaust off for the rear sway because it seems like it would fit with it still on? Thanks guys...

sol-man

Do you have the Neuspeed one for the front too?
How are those in general?

kent, clark

hmmm...TTT

-Gambit-

on the install at overboost.com that they did on my car, we didnt really have to take off the exhaust, but we just did it to make it easier to work on the car

kent, clark

thanks for the info...I was just wondering...I measured the distance between the muffler and the control arm and I still had about 4 inches. Do you think this is enough? I realize I can bend the hanger but am wondering if the sway bar will fit anyway.

ff-formula

I'm using an RS*R exhaust... one temporary solution I had was to use water pipe insulation tubing (stuff people use on roll bars) but of course it eventually melts... but it did minimize the rattling.

kent, clark

Anyone besides Halo have problems with ST sway bar tearout?

-Gambit-

i have never heard of anything like a swaybar tearing out of the car, i have no problems with mine yet, they have been on the car about 2 months now and i drive the car kind of hard

kent, clark

Not really the actual bar tearing out...just the bar tearing at the subframe which it is attached. Do you think I would be happy just getting the rear ST bar?


[Modified by kent, clark, 1:08 AM 11/19/2001]

-Gambit-

well yea i think you would be happy with st sways bars, they are probably the best for the price.

kent, clark

yeah, but what about JUST the rear bar? Would it turn in sharper than if I also got the front bar or would it just have more body roll?

Halo

Yeah I use to be happy too until the ST bar tore out my lower I-Beam