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Old Jan 20, 2019 | 03:18 PM
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Hello there, I was wondering if someone could help with some advice I have a 93 Civic Ex Coupe V-tec I want to upgrade the sway bar which is 21mm I believe someone told me I could put a thicker one from an Acura that it fits perfectly as my stock one but I forgot what year and what model, can some one help me and tell me what I need

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Old Jan 20, 2019 | 03:42 PM
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Front or rear sway bar?
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Old Jan 20, 2019 | 03:45 PM
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Old Jan 20, 2019 | 04:59 PM
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GSR should be easy to acquire.
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 09:50 AM
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What rear bar are you using? I personally love the 21mm front with a 22mm rear, very well balanced with my oem itr suspension. And a 94-01 gsr/type r wil have 26mm front and is direct swap. I think this bar gives a little to much under-steer but if your coilovers are giving more over-steer, it’s a easy solution. And if you happen to be in Fla i have one cheap.
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by BiggieBert
What rear bar are you using? I personally love the 21mm front with a 22mm rear, very well balanced with my oem itr suspension. And a 94-01 gsr/type r wil have 26mm front and is direct swap. I think this bar gives a little to much under-steer but if your coilovers are giving more over-steer, it’s a easy solution. And if you happen to be in Fla i have one cheap.
Slight correction: 94-01 SE/GS/GSR/ITR have a 24mm front bar, and all Integras 99+ had it as well. 94-98 RS & LS had the 21mm Civic sized front bar. The Del Sol vtec came with it also. The 26mm front bar was only on the 99-00 Civic Si, and it does not fit correctly on the older 92-95 Civic or 94-01 Integra subframes.
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 11:07 AM
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Ahh my mistake! Thanks for thr correction spAdam! Idk why I was thinking 26mm...
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 11:54 AM
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 11:56 AM
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Are you running stock Susp still?
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 12:16 PM
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Me? No. 00 Sedan, Si 26mm front bar, 22mm rear. Front bar is drilled to use Prelude endlinks for stock LCAs. If I had to do it over again I would have swapped to the Si LCAs and end links since I'm not happy with the linkage angles on a lowered car. Rear is ITR with a Beaks SRK and home made rod-end style end links. Rest of the setup is GC/Koni Sports with HardRace bushings throughout. Car is really well balanced for road and light track driving on Dunlop Star Specs. Wouldn't change a thing unless I decided to make it into more of a track machine.

Here was a thread on the topic:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspen...on-si-3133164/

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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 12:23 PM
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I use a 13mm rear. I think my cousin still has the ITR rear sway. If anyone interested...
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 07:46 PM
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Remove altogether and install 24mm in rear. Not recommend for street use, pivots too well.
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Old Jan 9, 2021 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by spAdam
Slight correction: 94-01 SE/GS/GSR/ITR have a 24mm front bar, and all Integras 99+ had it as well. 94-98 RS & LS had the 21mm Civic sized front bar. The Del Sol vtec came with it also. The 26mm front bar was only on the 99-00 Civic Si, and it does not fit correctly on the older 92-95 Civic or 94-01 Integra subframes.
Del sol VTECs come with 24mm sway bar.
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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 07:10 AM
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My paragraph and sentence structure was shitty, but that's what I said.
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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by spAdam
Slight correction: 94-01 SE/GS/GSR/ITR have a 24mm front bar, and all Integras 99+ had it as well. 94-98 RS & LS had the 21mm Civic sized front bar. The Del Sol vtec came with it also. The 26mm front bar was only on the 99-00 Civic Si, and it does not fit correctly on the older 92-95 Civic or 94-01 Integra subframes.
Would my '94 Civic Si have 24mm bar in front?
It did not come w/ rear bar, but I added one from the EX sedan - idk what size.
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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 07:25 AM
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Should be the 21mm if it's stock. What type of end links does it have? ball joint type or bushing type?
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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by spAdam
Should be the 21mm if it's stock. What type of end links does it have? ball joint type or bushing type?
TBD...
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