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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 05:46 PM
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Default EJ2 GSR brakes and sway bars.

I have a 94 DX coupe with upgraded GSR brakes all around. While i was at it, i replaced some worn bushings, upgraded to brenbo drilled rotors and ceramic pads. The DX trim did not have sway bars, i figured since i have GSR sway bars sitting around doing nothing, they might help some once installed in the car.
Front is 24mm and Rear is 14mm.

now my questions are:

1- For the Front i'm thinking on getting this:
( i will change the lca for an integra one with mounting brackets for the sway bar )


bushings

already have this, but not sure if i got the right one???


End links

2- For the rear i have BLOX lower control arms. I'm thinking on getting this


BLOX adjustable end links


bushings.

i read somewhere online that is recomended to use the adjustable REAR end links with aftermarket LCA or atleast with Blox LCA. its this really true?

I'm also thinking about Rear sway bar fitment, i have a 3" exhaust so i'm not sure but i will mount mount it and see.
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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Default Re: EJ2 GSR brakes and sway bars.

The bushings will work fine.

I am not sure if those are the correct endlinks for you. However, they look right.


Those Blox endlinks are junk. I have them, they didn't last a year.

You DO have to run adjustable endlinks due to the blox LCA's. (the holes are not in the right spot on 92-95 civic and 94-01 intgera's)
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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Default Re: EJ2 GSR brakes and sway bars.

you mean the front end links right?

i've seen the straight looking ones. i got the L looking ones because i thought they were the ones i needed. but i dont think they will work.

what rear adjustable end links would you recomend buying? dont want to spend much either.

Thanks man, i appreciate your help.
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 08:12 PM
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Yes, I was talking about the front's.

The straight ones I thought were for the 96-00's. That is why I said I was unsure. lol
Will you be able to re-turn the endlinks you bought if they don't work?

Tough subject, cheap/quality doesn't go togther.

Blox is cheap, but trust me, you will hate them.

Mine drive me absoluty ****ing crazy! Every time I hit a bump, anything, I hear pops,cracks. I sounds like something is loose in my suspension. Very anyoying.

There is Funtion7 and ASR, also, I think Eibach recently released some.
They run about $80


Really the easiet way, hit a junk yard and buy some integra LCA's. if the bushings are bad, grab some ES bushings and throw them. Then you can just buy OEM or OEM style endlinks.
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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civics(92-95) and LS tegs use the straight endlinks, gsr and typeR have the endlinks pictured above in the front, for the rear I would stick with oem
I am runnig the same sway bar set up on my eh3, gsr front and rear
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 06:31 AM
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Default Re: EJ2 GSR brakes and sway bars.

Originally Posted by 98civdx
Yes, I was talking about the front's.

The straight ones I thought were for the 96-00's. That is why I said I was unsure. lol
Will you be able to re-turn the endlinks you bought if they don't work?

Tough subject, cheap/quality doesn't go togther.

Blox is cheap, but trust me, you will hate them.

Mine drive me absoluty ****ing crazy! Every time I hit a bump, anything, I hear pops,cracks. I sounds like something is loose in my suspension. Very anyoying.

There is Funtion7 and ASR, also, I think Eibach recently released some.
They run about $80


Really the easiet way, hit a junk yard and buy some integra LCA's. if the bushings are bad, grab some ES bushings and throw them. Then you can just buy OEM or OEM style endlinks.
Thanks, cant return them back. i bought them off ebay.
i'll check out what else is out there adjustable and see what i can do.
thanks man.

Originally Posted by egsleepercivic
civics(92-95) and LS tegs use the straight endlinks, gsr and typeR have the endlinks pictured above in the front, for the rear I would stick with oem
I am runnig the same sway bar set up on my eh3, gsr front and rear
so that means that the ones i got will be able to work on my civic? i know when i took the sway bars off my old GSR shell they had the same end links i got now.

i've seen people runing OEM Rear end links with aftermarket LCA and dont complain much. i dont know exactly what to go for you know!!

how you like the improvement with the sway bars on your Eh3?

thanks for your help guys
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 09:36 AM
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To be more specific, I'm trying to get the car to handle nicely using what I already have in my garage. The set up is

KYB AGX shocks set to stiff (number 4 setting)
Coilovers 500/400 Front/Rear
No Front camber kit
EM1 front strut bar
Rear camber kit
Rear Spoon lower tie bar
Hopefully install the GSR sway bars.

Now I set the lowering height to where you can fit 1 finger between tire and fender in front and 2 fingers between panel and tire in the back.

I'm also considering on upgrading to poly bushings. ( I don't daily dive this car ) so stiffness doesn't matter to me.

Now I noticed a decent amount of negative camber in front, but I guess I will get into more detail about that once I get an alignment.

What would be a good alignment setting that will provide a better handling according to my suspension set-up. ??? I know every set-up is different but I want to hear opinions and other people thought about it. I plan to auto X and road race the car but I kinda spent too much on engine/transmission swap so I want to make this set up work for a while until I can upgrade.

Thanks
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 09:54 AM
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Currently sitting on buddyclub p1 15"


K20-LSD-4.7final drive-3" intake-3"exhaust-hytech rep. Header-RBC manifold


Gutted interior and other goodies.

I figured pictures wil help
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