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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 04:36 PM
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Default Stock Ej8 needs to stiffen up

Ok here is the question. I have a 2000 civic ex coupe. I am running stock height, stock shocks and springs with 16 inch wheels 8 inches wide I have done a rear disc swap from an integra as well. I want to stiffen up the car through corners. I think I don't want as much body roll on highway on and off ramps. I know some roll helps handling but there is such a thing as too much aswell.

I don't want to change my ride height. I am interested in sway bars and strut braces. I have an integration rear sway bar I have not installed yet I have an ex front sway bar installed.

I am thinking I want a rear strut tower brace, a front strut tower brace maybe 3 point, maybe an si front sway bar and the integra rear sway bar from an ls.

Just wondering if anybody is running this type of set up.
I paid 1800$ for the whole car so I will not be dumping 1000$ into braces but I was just wondering what people are using how they like it and what they spent.
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Old Sep 21, 2015 | 06:45 PM
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Default Re: Stock Ej8 needs to stiffen up

Originally Posted by Grant12978
Ok here is the question. I have a 2000 civic ex coupe. I am running stock height, stock shocks and springs with 16 inch wheels 8 inches wide I have done a rear disc swap from an integra as well. I want to stiffen up the car through corners. I think I don't want as much body roll on highway on and off ramps. I know some roll helps handling but there is such a thing as too much aswell.

I don't want to change my ride height. I am interested in sway bars and strut braces. I have an integration rear sway bar I have not installed yet I have an ex front sway bar installed.

I am thinking I want a rear strut tower brace, a front strut tower brace maybe 3 point, maybe an si front sway bar and the integra rear sway bar from an ls.

Just wondering if anybody is running this type of set up.
I paid 1800$ for the whole car so I will not be dumping 1000$ into braces but I was just wondering what people are using how they like it and what they spent.
if you don't know what you want, take the car to a local autocross event, run the car as is, and get a feeling for what it does first.
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Old Sep 23, 2015 | 09:56 AM
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Default Re: Stock Ej8 needs to stiffen up

Originally Posted by Grant12978
Ok here is the question. I have a 2000 civic ex coupe. I am running stock height, stock shocks and springs with 16 inch wheels 8 inches wide I have done a rear disc swap from an integra as well. I want to stiffen up the car through corners. I think I don't want as much body roll on highway on and off ramps. I know some roll helps handling but there is such a thing as too much aswell.

I don't want to change my ride height. I am interested in sway bars and strut braces. I have an integration rear sway bar I have not installed yet I have an ex front sway bar installed.

I am thinking I want a rear strut tower brace, a front strut tower brace maybe 3 point, maybe an si front sway bar and the integra rear sway bar from an ls.

Just wondering if anybody is running this type of set up.
I paid 1800$ for the whole car so I will not be dumping 1000$ into braces but I was just wondering what people are using how they like it and what they spent.
You're thinking entirely wrong. The strut braces won't do ****.

Swaybars work with the springs. If you don't want to move to stiffer springs, then you really need to stiffen up the swaybars to get them to limit the body roll. Nothing stock for the rear is going to cut it here. You want a reinforcement kit for the subframe, and a massive rear bar (solid 24+mm or 32mm hollow), potentially balanced out with a nice thick aftermarket front bar as well.
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