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Old Mar 16, 2002 | 03:02 PM
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My suspension is currently stock. I have 215/45 17 tires on the car right now (Mistake). I attempted to lower it with eibach's but it just dropped the car onto the tires because of their size. I'm ok with the stock springs, but I would like to somehow reduce my body roll. With stock suspension, can a sway bar or strut tower bars or anything else greatly help my suspension? If so, what do you recommend?
The car is used mostly for daily driving and long trips. I would really appreciate any expertise you can give me.
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Old Mar 16, 2002 | 03:13 PM
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Which Eibachs did you use?? Im debating to go a bigger tire from my 215-40-17 since there are big potholes around where I live. I have Eibach Pro-kits and they seem fine. If you want to reduce body roll, the biggest difference Ive seen is using polyurathane bushings throu the car and a few sway bars wont hurt either.

Everyone recommends the R swaybars for bang for the buck. I personally prefer the eibach's sways but somewhat pricey. If you ever see how thick the eibachs are; I think you will agree they are well worth the money.
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Old Mar 16, 2002 | 05:33 PM
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I'm not sure which set of Eibach's they were. I know they dropped the fron 1.75" in the front and 1.5" in the rear. I have never heard of polyurathane bushings, what exactly do they do? And do you know what I can expect to pay for them? I really appreciate your help.
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 06:21 AM
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Urethane bushings do not do anything for body roll.
They attempt to elliminate the "play" in the suspension system that occurs from the rubber bushings distorting under load. Getting urethane bushings will make steering response better, especially when transitioning from one turn to another, and they will make it <u>seem</u> like the springs are stiffer, but they won't do anything for body roll.

IMHO, a 19mm rear anti-roll bar is the best thing for reducing body roll on a daily driver that is stock, especially if the Teg is a lower model than the GSR (the GSR has a 24mm front bar, but the others are smaller, so if you go bigger you might end up with oversteer, which isn't really as safe on the street). If you have a GSR and really want to get the ITR rear bar, then go for it, but remember to get the mounting kit from BSQ or some place, 'cause with stock springs you definitely need to make sure that the bar is installed properly.

There aren't too many ways to change the roll stiffness of your suspension, and the anti-roll bar is the easiest way...
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 10:12 AM
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Im debating to go a bigger tire from my 215-40-17 since there are big potholes around where I live.
You gotta make a tradeoff somewhere. Simply put Integras can't handle tires more than 205 wide and more than about 23-23.5" diameter w/o modifications to other things. So if you want 17's you're going to have to use a 205/40-17 tire to be able to drive it, but that means problems if you have alot of potholes and other uneven roads. If you want more sidewall protection and still want to drive the car w/o making modifications, you HAVE to use a smaller wheel. I personally have 205/50-15 tires and I love it. I would never go bigger than a 16" wheel on my car. I had 205/50-16 tires on my old Camry (stock 185/70-14) and I NEVER bent a wheel in over 2 years I had them on there. 215/45-17, that's more suited to a newer Camry (the ones that come w/ 195/70-14 or 205/65-15 stock).
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