so, yeah. I installed my suspension, but now what? I'm thinking engine internals? or should I continue with wheels? I can't afford a turbo yet, but I am headed in that direction... so, if I have $300.00 to burn, what should I get, or how much more should I save to get what? Help! - ekzrated!

 

Just enjoy your suspension for the time being.

If you have to ask a forum what to buy for your car, you're not buying it for yourself.

 

Do you have a traction bar?

What's your suspension setup anyways?

 

Ok, good point. I do have to get the under tension arms and strut bars, before I'm closer to being done, but I do want more power out of it without wasting money on headers (since i'm going to turbo). To be more specific (something I'm consistently not)... I am looking to purchase something that'll help improve the power, or help me get there sooner. Should I begin buying pistons, cam shafts/gears, etc or should I finish the exterior (minor body work + new body parts/paint) then go for engine stuffs? I know what I want, just not sure how to get there effectively... ok. this got long... sorry-ekzrated

 

are under tension arms sway bars? my friend calculated replacing the rear sway bar in his gsr with an ITR sway bar and its like an 818% increase in efficiency. the single most effective suspension mod.

personally i think you should continue on the path of keeping control of the car and just the body work stuff if you have to be doing something and then get power out of it later than sooner. just my opinion though.

edit: uh, im tired and that sounds fucked up. my philosophy is - focus on control before power. much more concise... heh.

 

yeah. sounds like a plan, but as far as the sway arms go, would that kind of set up work with my 4-door ls? I was thinking getting skunk 2 braces and strut bars... but looking for opinions too... nothing better than testimonials (hey, it works for infomercials, no?) -ekzrated

 

eh, id stick with one section and finish it. sway bars, strut tower bars, camber kit, alignment. Get that completely done and move to exterior/interior mods. Finish the car by finishing your motor. Just an oponion.

Something I see in retrospect is I should have gone with the comptech swaybars package. Would have saved me about...a bill and a lot of peace of mind.

 

Save your money or get a Type R rear sway bar if you don't have one already.

 

If you get any kind of rear sway bar, and also want the rear lower tie bar. Go for comptech. They make a sweet as package of the two together. Its a 22mm rear sway bar, that is adjustable, how? i dont know, but it is. With a built in lower tie bar. Its effing sweet, comptech makes some quality parts. USDM ITR rear sway bars are 22mm in diameter, which is the same as the comptech piece. Dont get anything bigger cause rear sub frames cant handle it, i believe that is the difference with GSR's and type R's. hope that all made sence.

check this out, this is awesome, kinda pricey like $375 or so.. but extremely worth it.

http://www.comptechusa.com/store/140100.html


it says $399, but if you look around you could probably find it for cheaper at some other online store, or a local shop that sells aftermarket parts for Imports.

 

get a ITR sway bar.. and save up a lil bit more for some cams and tuning..

 

yeah Comptech and Type R are the same size, but the Type R will only run you $130 for the whole package...thats BSQ kit, all nuts bolts, and the bar itself.

 

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quality, fit and finish are not comparable. You might have to worry more about ripping your rear subframe(The part the sway bar connects to). It has happened before, and also some people have been just fine too.

comptech

 

get a carbon fiber lip

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4DooRGiSzer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">quality, fit and finish are not comparable. You might have to worry more about ripping your rear subframe(The part the sway bar connects to). It has happened before, and also some people have been just fine too.

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how is it not comparable? The Type R part is OEM. The subframe you dont have to worry about if u have a BSQ or Beaks kit.

 

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quality, fit and finish are not comparable. You might have to worry more about ripping your rear subframe(The part the sway bar connects to). It has happened before, and also some people have been just fine too.

comptech </TD></TR></TABLE>


wut the hell r u talkin about ? have u ever have experience wit itr swaybar to say sumthin about it ? i dont think u ever had experience wit it so if i were u i rather keep my mouth shut. if itr sway bar rip subframe why Honda use it on theire integra type R ? answer that question 1st before say sumthin.

 

Thanks for the info folks. I've made up my mind. Gonna hook up the suspension, then, body work/paint job, interior, and Vah-ROOOM!. -ekzrated

 

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if itr sway bar rip subframe why Honda use it on theire integra type R ? answer that question 1st before say sumthin. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ive seen pictures of GSR's that had the ITR sway bar mounted and they ripped the rear sub-frame where the sway bar connected(i would assume this was from some extreme use of the car at a road course of some sort), and if you knew more about the ITR you would know that the subframe on the ITR is more reinforced, its built stronger to handle the larger sway bar. Just like every other part of the ITR. Everything about that car is better than a GSR.

I actually did alot of research along time ago, and read all over honda-tech to figure out everything about putting the ITR sway bar on my GSR.

If any ITR owner knows this is true or false let me know, correct me if im wrong.

 

its true i agree that the itr sway bar rip the subframe off but it depends on installation and how u use the car wit itr swaybar... installing it, it has to be on a even pavement before installin them, 2nd u gotta make sure u dont make a really big hole on the subframe where the C-clamp goes too... and 3rd the person who installing it gotta know of course wut hes doing.

 

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how is it not comparable? The Type R part is OEM. The subframe you dont have to worry about if u have a BSQ or Beaks kit. </TD></TR></TABLE>

The way it mounts up, whatever im done arguing about that. It wont mount up without the BSQ or Beaks kit.

 

yes it won't mount up w/o a BSQ/Beaks kit, whats why it rips out...but a BSQ kit is only like $20 bucks, and it allows it to be a more flush install, thus less extreme angle that causes it to rip out. Of course the Comptech bar is a less hassled install(no drilling required), but is that worth to you to pay $250 bucks more, for same size sway bar and an extra tie bar...which is pretty much a useless mod. Thats up to you. I've been running the ITR bar and've been loving every minute of it, and there's been no tears in my subframe either

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by njandrewg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yes it won't mount up w/o a BSQ/Beaks kit, whats why it rips out...but a BSQ kit is only like $20 bucks, and it allows it to be a more flush install, thus less extreme angle that causes it to rip out. Of course the Comptech bar is a less hassled install(no drilling required), but is that worth to you to pay $250 bucks more, for same size sway bar and an extra tie bar...which is pretty much a useless mod. Thats up to you. I've been running the ITR bar and've been loving every minute of it, and there's been no tears in my subframe either </TD></TR></TABLE>
Ok, so what should I do in that case? I mean, where do I even find an ITR bar new and that BSQ kit? I've looked in the usual places, but I don't know what to look for... -ekzrated

 

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Ok, so what should I do in that case? I mean, where do I even find an ITR bar new and that BSQ kit? I've looked in the usual places, but I don't know what to look for... -ekzrated
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do some search to look for ur ITR sway bar make sure u getting the one with endlinks. try http://www.passwordjdm.com, http://www.jdmshit.com, http://www.icbmotorsports.com theres a lof of site who carry them even here on h-t i just saw one a week ago for $120 shipped.. about the BSQ hit the guy from h-t name "BSQ" he helped me out from the scratch when i didnt kno wut to get and wut to do, feel free to ask him wut u need to complete ur ITR sway bar project.. search here to how to install it theres thread here to and it has been covered so many times.. all question u have Search button is friendly and ready to help you out.. gud luck !

 

i got my Type R sway bar from the dealer
acuraparts247.com I think is the site I used, get all the parts there too. The bar new was $65, the bushings and all other hard ware was another $50. And then the BSQ kit from http://www.geocities.com/bretq/mounting_kit.html Thats another $20. For the money the best handling mod. I mean a decent strut bar costs like $100. And those don't have that much effect compared to the sway bar

 

dont get a ITR sway bar just get the comptech,

i had a itrsway bar with a "solid" benen tie bar

the way comptech is designed its like a ITR subframe, it feels better....more solid in the back...

you do get what you pay for, im not just saying this, this is first hand experience with both.

 

Ok, so as far as the strut bars go, should I get aftermarket (was looking at Skunk2, vs. ITR)? I would like testimonials, pls. -ekzrated