Ok, while trying to install my swaybar today, I hit a bit of an obstacle that not even Helms could help me figure out. I pulled out the bar to line everything up and immediately got confused. I have 2 holes punched in my subframe that look like the D-bracket could bolt up to, though they are a little too far apart. I looked in my Helms manual and it looks like i'm supposed to bolt it to the flange bolt where the LCA attaches to the subframe, but that would mean drilling a hole for the upper D-bracket bolt. This is complicated even more by the fact the guy I bought the bar from only supplied 2 D-bracket bolts when I should need 4. So, my question is - do I attach the D-bracket to the LCA flange bolt and drill 2 new holes for my supplied bolts to go in, or fit it to the holes already punched in the subframe and hit the Honda dealership for 2 new D-bracket bolts?

If anyone has a link to someone who has done this before, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for the help.

B96v6

 

http://www.beaksproducts.com, reinforcement for your subframe and Wil can probably help you with info.

 

Here is a picture of mine with the Beak's kit. You will need to more bolts for the d-bracket. The itr sway bar is way bigger than the original si sway bar that was intended for the car. So you will have to drill another hole. I used the top hole for and drilled a hole below the bottom hole. I have seen people who have just used washers instead of using the beaks kit. But the bar has to sit out approximately 1" from the subframe. You will also need the 99-00 si endlinks.

 

Why not get the beaks quick swap and just get some SI endlinks from the dealer? That would be everything for the ITR bar rear swap.

 

please someone tell me if im wrong cause i dont wanna go around thinking this if its not true, but on a hatch like EK, don't you need ITR LCA's to use an ITR sway bar?

 

Look at the above picture...do you see itr lca's?

 

 

wut i did was get the EK quick swap kit from beaks, u can also get the si endlinks from there too, its easy as pie

 

for EGs u can use ITR or GSR LCAs, but for EKs use stock LCAs.

 

Awesome, that picture really helped out alot. I'll just order the Beaks kit this week - that should come with all the bolts that I need. I was going to hold off on it, but it will probably be easier to install with the bar that afterwards. Oh, and I already have SI endlinks. Thanks for the help.

B96v6