DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
09-20-2009, 11:27 AM
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09-20-2009, 07:36 PM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
Nice write-up 
Might wanna throw some Rustoleum on those cuts, its gonna start raining here like crazy lol
Got any brackets you wanna sell?
Might wanna throw some Rustoleum on those cuts, its gonna start raining here like crazy lol
Got any brackets you wanna sell?
09-20-2009, 07:54 PM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
If dont have any sadly. I found a site that carries them...let me dig it up and i will post it.
I am gonna try to make some spherical endlinks for the sway bars. a lot firmer than OEM rubber. and I wont make a HUGE margin of profit off of them either. Just like enough to cover the parts, some of my time, and then shipping. Im gonna try and start on them tomorrow.
09-20-2009, 08:59 PM
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Nice write up and technique apekd
Many people have created some ingenious ways to mount the rear sway bars on the dx/hf/std. The addition of a rear sway bar can make such a great improvement to the handling of the car.
The one in the FAQ, this guy welded and fabricated the factory rsb bracket and used the tow hook mounting bolts to secure it to the frame rail. (very similar to suspension techniques)
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-crx-ef-civic-1988-1991-3/how-i-put-da-rear-sway-bar-my-dx-hatch-pics-galore-1146145/
I have seen others who cut the wall of the frame rail to put bolts through.
I personally have the most ghetto method, but after several years of solid performance I am not concerned at all. I actually used the holes in the bottom of the frame rail as a guide, and drilled up into the upper edge of the frame rail and into the interior of the car. Then I ran the bolts down and used a metal plate to distribute the force over a wider surface area. It works great for my stock crx sway bar and urethane bushings.
Many people have created some ingenious ways to mount the rear sway bars on the dx/hf/std. The addition of a rear sway bar can make such a great improvement to the handling of the car.
The one in the FAQ, this guy welded and fabricated the factory rsb bracket and used the tow hook mounting bolts to secure it to the frame rail. (very similar to suspension techniques)
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-crx-ef-civic-1988-1991-3/how-i-put-da-rear-sway-bar-my-dx-hatch-pics-galore-1146145/
I have seen others who cut the wall of the frame rail to put bolts through.
I personally have the most ghetto method, but after several years of solid performance I am not concerned at all. I actually used the holes in the bottom of the frame rail as a guide, and drilled up into the upper edge of the frame rail and into the interior of the car. Then I ran the bolts down and used a metal plate to distribute the force over a wider surface area. It works great for my stock crx sway bar and urethane bushings.
09-20-2009, 09:03 PM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
^ thanks for the heads up.. I thought of doing that. but didnt want to hack up my interior metal to do it.
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09-20-2009, 09:58 PM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
good write up, im thinking about putting a sway bar on my std hatch now. this should be stickied!!!
09-20-2009, 10:06 PM
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09-20-2009, 10:52 PM
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i added the link to this thread to the thread that is already stickied covering the same material. good job. a zoomed out pic with the bumper removed would be helpful. its not clear where youre cutting unless you already know the process.
09-20-2009, 11:09 PM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
thanks Tyson! Yeah I will get that tomorrow when I go back over there. Stayed at my folks's house tonigt. Missed my queen size been haha
09-20-2009, 11:15 PM
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GREAT!! now gimmy back my mounting brackets!! lol or find me a replacement set of si brackets. i don't want the da ones, i want to keep it all legit ef stuff.
09-20-2009, 11:19 PM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
I showed you the DA didnt fit. and those brackets wont come off lol I torqued them to 50 ft lbs to make sure it stayed. tried to get it off and when I saw i couldnt that why i asked for them lol durrr
09-20-2009, 11:39 PM
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lol well if you had patience (like me) then youll wait till i have money. still then, hold your horses
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09-21-2009, 12:16 AM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
^ yes you are. now go to the corner till your in a better mood! NO PS2 FOR YOU!
09-21-2009, 12:21 AM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
not trying to hijack this thread but just want to know the difference between suspension technique, progress and stock from DA? is it the "bracket" location only or anything else?
i got brand new progress sitting in the garage and i will install it after the paint job.
i got brand new progress sitting in the garage and i will install it after the paint job.
09-21-2009, 12:29 AM
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Re: DIY: Adding a OEM sway bar to your STD/DX hatchback
no clue. I never looked in to swaybars till now. frankly I am looking at keeping a OEM EF swaybar and nothing more.
