just as the topic states. will stock 88 crx suspension fit on a 91 crx? i have inspection soon and dont think my suspension is going to pass on my 91 daily, my 88 is a parts car. plan on getting them off the 88 tonight, but if i know it wont swap then i wont waste my time.

 

The rear shocks will not fit.

 

El Vapp is right on....the rear LCA are different on the 88's.

 

damn it... then i guess ill swap the front and have to somehow come up with money for the rear... oh well...

 

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Use the 88 rear LCAs and you can swap the rears on your 91.

 

um the LCAs? dont know what they are... how hard is it going to be to do that? i would much rather use what i have then go out and buy new, eventually i will buy new aftermarket, but i dont have the money right now

 

why don't you just swap LCA's ? like el vap said it's like 2 extra bolts

 

alright, well you make it sound easy, now you just have to explain to me what the LCA's are, is this just on the rear or the front as well?

 

just the rears.

88's are on top.

89-91 are on bottom.



they function the same. just require different types of shocks.

 

alright, so i can just swap that arm thingy on my 91 as well, and use the full 88 suspension then. is that correct?

 

LCAs are your Lower Control Arms. They are mounted to a fixed point on the chassis and the strut tower mounts to the Lower Control Arm at the bottom of the strut.

 

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yes

 

alright well thanks for everyones help, i got the lca's and suspension off, ill probably put them on my daily this sunday, one finall question before i try, will the 88 si sway bar brackets bolt up to my 91 dx? if they dont is there any modification or welding that can be done to make them fit?

 

no they wont fit. the threaded holes are not there.

yes, you can make them fit.

either drill from inside the hatch area and bolt it that way.

or do this.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1146145

 

put my SI sway bar on my DX no probleme at all no custom bracket too!

 

to do that did you just use nuts and bolts in the pre-existing wholes? no special mount? can you get to the other side of the hole from under the carpet in the trunk?

 

you just need the patien to pass the bolt by the whole in the frame not far from the place you need to fix it!

 

um what? whats the patien? and what are you saying i need to fix?

 

ah, youre the one that said it. i remember you mentioning this now.

yeah, if you take off the rear bumper, youll see the channel in the frame. you have like 2 or 3 feet to go and fish it through. i imagine you first send something through from the hole, out, then tie a bolt to the end and pull it back in place.

if this works, its a nifty way of getting it done. i would use some lock washer on teh bolt too, before sending it in.

 

so what your saying is that i can fish a bolt through a pipe, that i can get to by taking off the rear bumper... sounds tricky... but i may try. how do you thread the bolt on then though, since you cant prevent the bolt from spinning with the nut?

 

lock washer? friction?

 

okay... im not fully sure what lock washers are. so ill just assume it will work if i go out and get some...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stemiched &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">okay... im not fully sure what lock washers are. so ill just assume it will work if i go out and get some...</TD></TR></TABLE> You dont know what lock washers are? They are washers that look cut and bent slightly. They keep the nut from jossling loose.

 

well i think i know what they are, im just not fully sure, im going to have to see if i can put the sway bar on using this method this weekend

 

damm my english is bad sorry!!

patien mean it take time en effort to do it? anyway i used bolt whit big head (like washer style in it)