I just picked up a ITR Front Strut Bar for my EG, but when I went to bolt it down, the holes on the bar don't line up with the strut towers....not even close! So do I need some kind of adaptor or special piece to make this bar fit? thanks!

It's this type of bar:

 

There's no adapter plate. It doesn't go to the bolts on the strut tower. There's two "dimples" on the fenderwell near the shock tower, and on cars equipped with a strut tower bar, there are two studs welded in place there. Just buy some metric grade 10 bolts (or SAE grade 8), drill a hole in through your fender, put some Rustoleum paint around the holes. Then bolt it down.

Here's an example, my EJ6 with a DC2 strut bar.

 

I want to eat off your valve cover! CLEAN!

Nice, thanks for the tips! I never would have figured that out.

 

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Nice, thanks for the tips! I never would have figured that out. </TD></TR></TABLE>

No problem

 

Here's my car... As Eran said... but you don't need to drill holes in an EG.

 

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You guys have the studs already?

Suckass.

 

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You guys have the studs already?

Suckass.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, they are bolts I bought at a hardware store. They have rubber caps that cover the holes you feed the bolts through, no dimples.

 

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No, they are bolts I bought at a hardware store. They have rubber caps that cover the holes you feed the bolts through, no dimples.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ah. So your car just comes with holes ....

 

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Ah. So your car just comes with holes .... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup

 

or you can buy a OEM JDM sirII civic 92-95 strut bar.
hmotorsonline has them in stock. and they bolt right on with no problems!!!

 

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hmotorsonline has them in stock. and they bolt right on with no problems!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

The SiR and ITR bars bolt into the same location.

 

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i was told that you have to modify the itr and grs bars.

 

Sorry this is off topic and not to be a post *****, but that is one clean *** engine bay you have there Eran.

 

My 94 dx coupe didnt have the rubber plugs so. that means I had to drill.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlueIntegraBoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here's my car... As Eran said... but you don't need to drill holes in an EG.

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Just FYI

 

not 100% about this, but i think si's had the holes pre-drilled. like they said, just get the bolts/studs/whatever, slide them from tire well and you'll be fine.

btw, i had a gsr strut bar on my eh3...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jboy08 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not 100% about this, but i think si's had the holes pre-drilled. like they said, just get the bolts/studs/whatever, slide them from tire well and you'll be fine.

btw, i had a gsr strut bar on my eh3... </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Ah. So your car just comes with holes .... </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Yup</TD></TR></TABLE>

NOPE, if you have a civic from 92-93 then yes they came with the holes already and has caps which need to be removed if you want to mount a oem bar on top.
94-95 did not come with this and the holes need to be drilled.


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i was told that you have to modify the itr and grs bars. </TD></TR></TABLE>

WTF? who ever told you that was lieing, don't ever listen to them again, EVER!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by philosofy1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NOPE, if you have a civic from 92-93 then yes they came with the holes already and has caps which need to be removed if you want to mount a oem bar on top.94-95 did not come with this and the holes need to be drilled.
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ahhh... it all makes sense now. haha. i started reading towards the bottom and i see some people are saying you gotta drill their own holes. and im like what the hells goin on here? haha. cause i had holes in my hatch. thought i was freakin out for a minute.

 

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WTF? who ever told you that was lieing, don't ever listen to them again, EVER! </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol, figures. most people on here dont know wtf they are talking about anyways. but i only paid like 45 bucks for my SIRII strutbar.

 

SiRII strut bar is the same gsr and 99-00 Si.

The type r bar fits. Loosing the 4 bolts first and adjust it in.

 

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lol, figures. most people on here dont know wtf they are talking about anyways. but i only paid like 45 bucks for my SIRII strutbar. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I paid $10 for my GSR bar. Mine isn't jay-dee-em though.

 

All the Same Bar:

EG SiR II
EK VTi / SiR III / ViRS
EM1 Si/SiR
DC/DB GS-R

And of course ...
EK CTR (wrinkle-coated red instead of gloss black)

 

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lol, figures. most people on here dont know wtf they are talking about anyways. </TD></TR></TABLE>

sure.

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. but i only paid like 45 bucks for my SIRII strutbar. </TD></TR></TABLE>

oh and yeah, you got ripped off. gotta love that jdm SIR2 tower bar.

 

I should buy gsr/99 si strut tower bar and paint red. Sell it as JDM EK9 type r and get mad profit.

 

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Phase 1: Paint Bar

Phase 2: ?

Phase 3: Profit

 

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