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Jan 22, 2007 | 08:33 PM

ssv05civic

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Rear Sway Bar

Hey there got a question, im planning on upgrading to a larger rear sway bar on my 05 lx. Should I go with the dc5 oem 22mm or the comptech 22mm. Both include bushings and I can get them at virtually the same price (plan to re-use factory endlinks). Which should I go with? As well I have a maganaflow cat-back exhaust setup, upgrading wont cause the sway bar to rub against the exhaust will it, assuming not but just to be 100% certain I am asking

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Jan 22, 2007 | 09:10 PM

Boilermaker1

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Its the same bar. One is black, one is silver.
Buy whichever is easier to get. I'd go for the comptech bar because it comes with poly bushings, whereas the OE one comes with rubber.

Jan 23, 2007 | 06:04 AM

fventura03

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stock dc5 is 19mm, you must mean, dc5r - i think that's 22mm

Jan 25, 2007 | 08:56 AM

efficiencyJunkie

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Re: (fventura03)

Considering the stock one is tiny - 13 mm, everything is a huge upgrade.

Question, the sway bar brackets, that hold the middle of the bar up, what do you guys replace that with when upgrading?

EDIT - sorry 13 mm. haha

Modified by carbnjunkie at 10:22 AM 1/25/2007

Jan 25, 2007 | 09:02 AM

Curiouz_G

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did you just say the stock rear sway is 19mm?

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Jan 25, 2007 | 09:09 AM

mrtrinh

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Re: (Curiouz_G)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Curiouz_G »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you just say the stock rear sway is 19mm?

:/</TD></TR></TABLE>

for a usdm dc5

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by carbnjunkie »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Considering the stock one is tiny - 19 mm, everything is a huge upgrade.

Question, the sway bar brackets, that hold the middle of the bar up, what do you guys replace that with when upgrading?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can still use your stock ones from the 12mm sway

Jan 25, 2007 | 09:35 AM

InanimateCarbonRod

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Re: (carbnjunkie)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by carbnjunkie »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Question, the sway bar brackets, that hold the middle of the bar up, what do you guys replace that with when upgrading?</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you have the 19mm sway bar, you can use the 3/4" polyurethane bushings/brackets from Energy Suspension.