Has anyone installed their rear lower tie bar? What steps do I need to take to do this? I want to install my Spoon Rear Lower Tie Bar. Will I need jackstands? Is it hard to unbolt the lower control arms and rebolt them again? Please help!

 

you need to jack your car up and put them on jack stands.

 

yes you will need a jack and some stands, all you have to do is take out 2 screws and its in there, it will take you longet to jack up your car then it will to put the bar on.

 

This will give you a rough idea of what you're about to do:

http://www.g2ic.com/tegtips/suspension/1.html

Pictures shown are from a G2 Integra.

Regards,

Oz

 

Will a lower Tie Bar for a 96-00 civic fit? I know some parts can be swapped, is this one of them?

thanks

 

I believe not, it's generally EG's and DC2's that share the same chasis parts.

 

Do I need to remove the rear wheels? Does the lower control arm are stay in place when the bolt is removed or will I have to line up the lower control arm when I put the bolt back in?

 

no you wont have to take off any wheels

 

That's the part that can be a little tricky.

 

You WILL want to remove the rear wheels. It will lighten the load on the control arms and make it easier to maipulate the bolt. The Skunk 2 ones use different bolts, which differ from the tapered factory bolt. Not sure about the Spoon ones, but removing the wheels will ease the installation.

 

did your spoon bars come with hardware to replace the stock LCA bolts?

 

Nope, you just bolt it behind the factory LCA bolts.

 

What is so tricky about this?

 

its just tricky sometimes because your control arm will move just a little bit, so you have to get the holes lined up again, not really that big of a deal

 

I could not get the bolt back it without lowering the car till the rear wheel touched the ground. The holes will just not line up. I tried for 40 minutes then decided to lower the can and it went in in 5 minutes. If you need and more help just message me. HTH

 

Not at all it took me 30 mins on my driveway with a honda Jack, lol.

It prob wasn't the safest way but it worked just fine for me. As long as the car does not shift, the lower tie arm bolts will go in and out with out a problem.

 

I found that using your jack and placing it underneath the control arm and raising it up a bit helps to make aligning the holes easier.

Good luck!

 

removing those bolts on the control arms, does it affect alignment?

 

Not really hard at all. I have installed and removed mine a couple of times and some friends and was not all that complicated.

If anyone is interested I am selling a DC Sports Rear Lower Tie Bar - Silver finish

Model Number: HTB3003
Fitment: 90-00 Integra
88-95 Civic
93-97 Del Sol


Asking $70 shipped O.B.O.




[Modified by IntegraGSR23, 12:45 PM 11/7/2002]

 

It's funny that you said that because I had the same problem last night when i was trying to put on my spoon tie bar. The control arm moved and it took me 2 hours just to put back the bolt. I end up have to lower my car to get it lined up again. So right now, the tie bar is still off because i'm too affraid of taking it off again.