Ek9Max

I have sway bars installed on my ek. The suspension techniques ones.

Do lower tie bars help? I'm not even sure where the front one goes. The rear one I know.

Luserkid

From what i heard the only lower tie bar that works is the front. The rear one is just for show.

You install the front ones to your lower control arms. Pretty easy, just like the back.

skip.two

yes they also help

whoDAT

get a sway bar if you want to feel a difference.

suspendedHatch

Lower tie bars make more of a difference than the uppers, mostly because the lowers are usually mounted closer to a point that takes load compared to the uppers which are usually bolted to the strut towers.

The front lowers that I have seen all bolt to the back of the LCAs, where that huge round bushing is. The rear lower should share the bolt where the rear LCA is bolted to the subframe or somewhere very close to that point.

They make a small difference compared to the swaybars, but enough that you'll feel the difference especially if they're one of the last mods you do to your fully built suspension.

Ek9Max

yea /i got sways bars front and rear already they made a HUGE differenc.e especially since EK's didn't have any stock.

Tad

i duno.. type R's havem stock... so honda thinks they do somethin.. if you get one super cheap, why not use it?

I would.

personally I like the comptech one cuz it privides subframe tear protection also.

kommon_sense

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">From what i heard the only lower tie bar that works is the front. The rear one is just for show.

You install the front ones to your lower control arms. Pretty easy, just like the back. </TD></TR></TABLE>

think about it like this... then why does the itr/ctr both come with a rear lower tie bar and no front lower tie bar?

kommon_sense

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shaundrake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Lower tie bars make more of a difference than the uppers, mostly because the lowers are usually mounted closer to a point that takes load compared to the uppers which are usually bolted to the strut towers.
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the struts are load bearing members in a civic/tegs suspension. So the uppers which attach at the struts or strut towers actually do more weight than the lowers. A good upper bar will do more than a lower tie bar.

kommon_sense

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ek9Max &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have sway bars installed on my ek. The suspension techniques ones.

Do lower tie bars help? I'm not even sure where the front one goes. The rear one I know. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Not trying to be an @ss, but if you are not sure what they are helping, then best that you put your money towards something else. You should always understand your mods before spending your hard earned money.

Ek9Max

Kommon_sense..... What the hell do you think I'm asking for?

daver

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ek9Max &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Kommon_sense..... What the hell do you think I'm asking for? </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha, i love a good response...

Status Sean

kommon_sense makes good points ! haha

kommon_sense

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ek9Max &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Kommon_sense..... What the hell do you think I'm asking for? </TD></TR></TABLE>

My point is that you should not be asking "will this help?" Help what? What problem are you trying to solve? If you tell us what problem you have, then we can help. If you just buy parts just because someone said that they will help then you will find yourself broke in no time and your car will have a bunch of useless parts on it.

Ek9Max

ok well I asked my question. And pretty much figured out that I won't buy the front one now. And that they don't help all that much anyways. Sway bars help more, and I have those done already so I'm set.


Thanks everybody for the help!