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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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does anyone know how to stop this?

mods: 2.5 exhaust piping ~ magnaflow muffler
itr rear sway bar '98 spec 23mm with blox endlinks

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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 11:47 PM
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get a different exhaust setup
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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son-of-a... not what i wanted to hear... haha i guess im just gonna live with it for a while... i also read somewhere i can take it to a muffler shop and have them fab my hanger/pipe...
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 05:44 AM
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ya take it to an exhaust shop... theyll have to bend it around the sway. id just get a cat back if the exhaust line is straight-back to the problem section

whered u get that sway bar at? im lookin for a red one for a 95 coupe
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 08:41 AM
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icm motorsports, i painted it with milano red spray paint, came out pretty good.

im thinking about lowering my car a little more, would that effect this positively or negatively? (just trying to think, since the angles change considerably [at the LCA]when you raise/lower your car)
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by obuhmyuh &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> im thinking about lowering my car a little more, would that effect this positively or negatively? (just trying to think, since the angles change considerably [at the LCA]when you raise/lower your car) </TD></TR></TABLE>
depending on where it hits but it will probably make it hit sooner because it will be closer.
I had the same problem with a gsr sway bar and my 2.5" exhaust.
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 04:46 PM
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looks sick i couldnt tell it was painted lol. i mite get one for myself...

show side pics, of wheel-to-wheel well space n ride height. u say lower more... how much is it lowered now?
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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I'm at work right now but I can tell you its lowered about 1.5"on h&r stage 2 springs with tokica illumina struts, I'll post more pics later. But its barely even lowered right now it actually looks like a normal car, before it looked like a monster truck.
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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on the topic of lowering the car... does your aftermarket shocks rub the steel brake line anywhere? i have a set of koni w/ coilovers on my car, and i lost my brakes due to the rear passenger side rubbing a hole in the line. my friends integra was rubbing the same on the rear drivers side... is that just our fault due to we put the suspensions on ourselves with little knowledge of how to... or does it do it on yurs too?

a new brake line wasnt that much, but its the fact that i had a 15 minute drive home with no brakes...lol
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by civics4lyfe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">on the topic of lowering the car... does your aftermarket shocks rub the steel brake line anywhere? i have a set of koni w/ coilovers on my car, and i lost my brakes due to the rear passenger side rubbing a hole in the line. my friends integra was rubbing the same on the rear drivers side... is that just our fault due to we put the suspensions on ourselves with little knowledge of how to... or does it do it on yurs too?

a new brake line wasnt that much, but its the fact that i had a 15 minute drive home with no brakes...lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha no it's not rubbing, everything was installed myself tho. i got some side pics now





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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 03:12 AM
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definately lower more, maybe 1.5-2", and set em to stiff so u aint rubbin tha wheel well and itll look sick

i see you too love black rims lol . i wouldnt put anything other than black rims on all my cars lol...
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by civics4lyfe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

i see you too love black rims lol . i wouldnt put anything other than black rims on all my cars lol...</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah im gonna lower it more. i think im just gonna buy some H&R race springs for like 185 bucks and rip my old ones off.

and yes, I LOVE BLACK RIMS, but just black, I hate the whole black/chrome ****. And I love the OEM look, but I think I'm gonna get some time attack color schemed rims...
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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your only hope is to get the exhaust redone, i never had a chance to do it and it eventually went away, im sure either my exhaust or sway bar or both has a nice sized dent in it.
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 12:30 PM
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Had the exact same problem with my tie bar hitting my exhaust. Took it to a muffler shop and they just welded in a new short piece of pipe to allow the exhaust to clear the bar. Cost me only about $25-40.
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