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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 09:03 AM
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so i'm looking into ASR products, my girlfriend has given me about a 200 dollar limit that i can possibly stretch to 250 lol. I already know the beaks bar is useless, so i'm looking into the ASR subframe brace or the 24mm rear sway bar. However which one is better to do for performance handling? I know both would be optimal but can't get both right now. Also is there anything else I should do first? like perhaps the front sway or suspension component that i don't know about??
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

do you drive in a straight line or do you make turns ? how dose your car feel now ?
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 09:24 AM
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i enjoy spirited highway driving..she could have alittle less body roll thats for damn sure, i'm lowered on neuspeed race springs and tokico blues that are about 4 years old and have seen about 4K miles in total.

when it comes to sway bars is bigger necessarily better?
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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No.

http://www.jdmuniverse.com/forums/view_ekswaybars.html
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 10:19 AM
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so according to this i should be using a thick bar cuz i'm on a relatively soft spring.
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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Other way around.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:05 AM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

i'm on neuspeed race with tokico blues, i'd really just like to know which sway bari should be running. To tell you the truth I can't really tell if my suspension is hard or soft, should this even be my first suspension component purchase? or would a lower tie bar be better? to my knowledge those don't do much but bling.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:44 AM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

What sway bar(s) do you currently have?
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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i don't have anything going on suspension wise except for neuspeed race springs along with tokico blues and skunk 2 front upper control arms.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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unless you want a **** load of oversteer you need a front sway bar also. A large rear sway bar and noithing in front can get you into a lot of trouble and fast.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 02:06 PM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

do you think i would benefit best from doing like a suspension techniques package?
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 02:12 PM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

Do you have a link to it?
But the answer is likely yes.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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http://www.andysautosport.com/honda/...p00037226.html
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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What kind of tires do you have? Wont do much good without good summer tires. Get the brace first. then when you can afford it get the bar. I like 22mm Type R bar. Try it with and without the stock front bar, if you have one. Yes it can be tricky but just be smart about how you drive and its fine.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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i run toyo proxes fz4's for now, going to upgrade next season.

http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/Sus...-52161/561196/

i think i'm going to go with this and do the ASR brace for Xmas.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

what your car??

if your car is civic 92-00.. you can use a 26mm front swaybra from a CTR EK9 and use a ASR subframe with 24mm swaybar...

you will have a better handling in the road..
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 01:37 PM
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That should work great, i also do recomend the ASR.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

Originally Posted by 98civdx
That should work great, i also do recomend the ASR.
Are you agreeing with me on the ST bars or the products the poster above you was talking about?
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

Eibach is deff the way to go, those cheap "white label" bars people sell on ebay are junk and do not fit correctly.

best price I found on Eibach lowering springs for my honda was on www.coopscustoms.com

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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

Originally Posted by Freshdot
my girlfriend has given me about a 200 dollar limit that i can possibly stretch to 250 lol
That's a very funny way of spelling "wife".
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 08:02 PM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

Originally Posted by Freshdot
Are you agreeing with me on the ST bars or the products the poster above you was talking about?
Eihter, he was speaking about stock sway bars. The 26mm can be found in the 99-00 SI and CTR. The CTR will have in rear while the SI will have a 13mm.

I am currently runing SI front and rear sway bars, with no brace. With a CTR RSB you will want a asr or some sort of subframe renforcment. The ST bars will work just as good as the SI/CTR.

I would base it on which you can get easier and cheeper.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Default Re: going to make my first sway bar/reinforcement purchase, but which?

Originally Posted by 98civdx
Eihter, he was speaking about stock sway bars. The 26mm can be found in the 99-00 SI and CTR. The CTR will have in rear while the SI will have a 13mm.

I am currently runing SI front and rear sway bars, with no brace. With a CTR RSB you will want a asr or some sort of subframe renforcment. The ST bars will work just as good as the SI/CTR.

I would base it on which you can get easier and cheeper.
EASY and CHEAP are my 2 favorite words in the english language. lol!
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