Ok... so I'm under my car installing my exhaust today and I was looking at my LCA's and I noticed that they don't have any mounts for swaybar endlinks on them. My car is a 95 EX Coupe... I thought I heard somewhere that the EX and Si 5th generation civics had the endlink mounts on the LCA's... but maybe I was misinformed.

If that's the case, what LCA's do I need to use if I want to go with some kind of swaybar setup in the rear (not sure what one yet)? Ideally, I'd like to still be able to use the Bilsteins I already have on their, so I need something that's a direct swap... did the 5g Si's have the LCA with the endlink mount? Are DC (94 to ??) integra LCA's swappable, and which models actually have the endlink mounts?


[Modified by matt-eg, 9:05 AM 7/20/2002]

 

Bump... c'mon, someone has to know... I KNOW i've seen plenty of 5g hatches and coupes with rear lower sway bars.

 

two choices
94-up teg - ALL models have the rear bar
92-95 civic 4DR EX also have the rear bar

either of these will work and are the same part number

ITR rear bar bolts on to these also ......... can you say 22mm

 

So, any 94 and up teg LCA's will fit on my coupe, and I'll still be able to use the same shocks? I'm going to assume that's also true for the 4 door EX LCA's. ITR sway... ooh, sounds goood

Guess I gotta do some junk-yard shopping.

 

yep , same shocks and hardware

just get the endlinks with the control arms , they work just fine with the ITR rear bar

make sure you reinforce your subframe though

 

Sounds good.

What's involved in re-inforcing the subframe though? We have a mig welder and both my brother and dad are pretty good with it and I can borrow them for a few hours... so that won't be a problem. I'm just wondering what needs to be done... weld a plate in there somewhere?

Know of any place I could look at a pic of the reinforcing someone's done?

Or, should I just get the Beaks kit and be done with it?


[Modified by matt-eg, 1:21 AM 7/23/2002]

 

You can use a Beaks Kit. No need for welding...

www.beaksproducts.com

This is what i used 94+ Integra LCA's and a Beaks to mount the ITR sway on my 95 EX...

 

If you use the ITR LCA, you CAN NOT use that shocks that you know now. You will have to use the ITR shocks.

 

You can also use a 94-95 DelSol DOHC Vtec lca's, I used these on my 95 hatch.

use the beaks or BSQ kit for the subframe reinforcement


[Modified by SLPR, 5:31 AM 7/25/2002]

 

u can just the ST kit and not worry about it..the swaybar ends have brackets that attach to the strut bolts..rather then on the middle off the lca

 

what kind of muffler is that?

 

same with the progress 22mm...two words>>>weld it!

 

i think it's an es... go to http://www.es-sports.com/ and click on exhausts. It's on the bottom

 

I'm going the same route... trying to put a GSR sway bar to my EH2.
But I'd wasted three afternoon just for the damed bolts in the old LCA with no luck. Got one rounded and one head off. Wasted half can of penetrant lube; also tried butane, and 2' long breaker bar. (The rental shops all told me impact wrench is no better than brute force. )
Any suggestions before I dump my hard-earned money to get a "pro shop" to get rid of those bolts.
PS: those replacement bolts from the dealer are so expensive!!!

 

here is mine, using itr lca on my eg hatch.

 

I know what you can and cant use
ITR rear lower control arms you CANT use w/ eg shocks
ITR rear SWAY BAR you can , thats what I was talking about

the BAR , not the ARMS

 

crappa , forgot about those

I think even the Si sohc dellys had a rear bar

 

That's a negative there Doc.

 

I'll take that as the final word since you drive one , thought those little things had a rear bar...........guess not

Jamie -

 

you better get a BSQ or beaks kit on there, otherwise those little mounts are going to rip out of that subframe if you do any type of hard driving (and I should hope you do, seeing those nice coilovers you have there).

 

i installed a ITR bar and used the beaks SRK kit + integra 94+ rear LCA's. highly recommended. there is a write up on my personal website:

http://www.fastasknutz.com/team/just...ybar/index.htm

enjoy!


[Modified by dogpile5, 5:13 PM 7/25/2002]

 

Yeah I thought they did too, until a fellow Soler pointed out the lack of one. Got down and checked it out for myself, and sure 'nuff, no bar.

EDIT: I had a thought and just double checked...the '96-'97 Si models got the suspension of the VTECs, so they would have a rear bar. But the '93-'95s got the shaft.


[Modified by delsolguy, 4:59 PM 7/25/2002]

 

good little bit of info there