what is involved in installing front and rear sway bars on a 91 hatch std? thanks

 

Since the car have no sway bars, well mine didn't have any, you need to buy 2 brakets to install the front one. There is some holes in the 2 front LCA.

If you are installing the stock bar (Si) in the back, you will need the Si lower control arms because there is no holes fos the endlinks in yours. I installed a Suspension technique rear sway bar and it bolts at the bottom of the shock, so this was not a issue.

PL

 

thanks for the info,could you tell me where and how much $ was yours,did you do the front also?

 

I bought the 2 bars (front/rear) from a local speedshop for 500$ can with taxes if I remember correctly (good price here; the neuspeed rear sway bar cost something around 700 here if you pay full price!).

If you like a stable and neutral setup, I would recommend getting the 2 bars. I also bought a Si front bar for auto-x use cause I couldn't get enough rotation with the rear bar maxed out. I also tried to run with the rear bar only but my H&R sport are not stiff enough and it made the chassis twist like a **** (but it was so fun; oversteer in every corners half to 3/4 throttle all the time, hehehe). I haven't tried out the Si bar yet, winter time sucks!

PL, who is jealous of the american $$

 

so how did u mount the rear one since it dont have any threads in the rear for bolts?

 

I have a standard hatchback, and I picked up both front and rear swaybars at the junkyard. The front was off of a civic dx sedan, and the rear was off of a crx si. Like what was said before, I needed the rear lower control arms off of the crx as well. Other than that, they bolted right up... all the necessary threaded holes were there to mount everything... I can't recall exactly how much it all cost.. but it wasn't much, probably something around 30 or 40 bucks.

 

You can also buy the Eibach or Suspension Techniques fr/rear kits for about $250 or so, and they come with everything you need supposedly.

 

I replaced one of my rear LCAs with an hf one, and just drilled and taped a new hole. (91)

 

I just drilled and tapped a set of HF LCAs. It was really easy with them off of the car.

If you get the suspension techniques bars, you don't need holes in the rear LCA. If you want cheap but decent, I personally would recomment a crx Si front bar with a Suspension Techniques rear.

I could probably sell you a front bar if you can find one anywhere else. (I'm in Ohio)

 

thanks for info

 

The rear sway bar (suspension techniques) bolts on the tow hooks.

PL