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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 10:45 AM
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can i fit the ex sway bar on the lx? 94
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 10:49 AM
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sure.
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 10:49 AM
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It will fit but you might need to custom drill holes for the bushing brackets on the chassis connectors.
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 10:55 AM
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how hard is the drilling of holes...??
how is the suspension with the ex sway bar?
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 10:57 AM
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i didnt have to drill holes when i put my Suspension Techniques bar in.


there were provisions for it already in the trailing arm.
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 01:34 PM
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i didnt have to drill holes when i put my Suspension Techniques bar in.
The stock bar mounts to a different location on the chassis than the ST bar--I'm not talking about the endlinks, I'm talking about the main chassis bushings.
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 04:22 PM
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i had to drill holes on my 94 ex and it even came with an OEM sway bar, sooo...
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 04:41 PM
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i didnt have to drill holes when i put my Suspension Techniques bar in.

The stock bar mounts to a different location on the chassis than the ST bar--I'm not talking about the endlinks, I'm talking about the main chassis bushings.

well **** my goat with a carrot. i misunderstood.
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 07:07 PM
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did anyone do this? and how is the suspension after?
does lx have a rear sway bar? what is the difference between the st bar and oem one of the ex
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 03:22 AM
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The ST bar is thicker and solid compared to the EX bar. I'm not sure it's worth the effort to install an EX bar, just get the ST bar.

BTW, I have an EX and drilled holes too.
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 04:30 AM
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Im a little confused over the kind of bars.
For the front of the car there's a:
upper strut and sway bar, is there a lower tie bar?
For the rear of the car there's a:
upper strut, sway bar and lower tie bar, anything else?
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 07:38 AM
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Let me clear up the controversy of drilling holes right here, right now.

When installing the ST bar, the endlinks must be mounted to the trailing arms via bracket. That bracket requires a hole. The EX models came with an OEM bracket that had a hole already. That OEM bracket must be removed. Now the ST bar is designed in such a way that makes the endlink bolts NOT vertical when install into the orginal mounting hole. If you want them vertical, you MUST drill a hole about 1 inch forward of the original OEM hole. I'm not sure what the advantages of having them not vertical verus verticle would be, but I drilled the holes when I did mine and I'd prefer them vertical.
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 08:42 AM
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Let me clear up the controversy of drilling holes right here, right now.

When installing the ST bar, the endlinks must be mounted to the trailing arms via bracket. That bracket requires a hole. The EX models came with an OEM bracket that had a hole already. That OEM bracket must be removed. Now the ST bar is designed in such a way that makes the endlink bolts NOT vertical when install into the orginal mounting hole. If you want them vertical, you MUST drill a hole about 1 inch forward of the original OEM hole. I'm not sure what the advantages of having them not vertical verus verticle would be, but I drilled the holes when I did mine and I'd prefer them vertical.

Ze LX and DX models (5th gens anyway) have the hole already drilled in the trailing arm as well. I used that. The *** end of my car slides out. It makes me smile, like this:
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 09:05 AM
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Good job Brian. Can we teach you to fetch and sit now?
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 09:06 AM
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Good job Brian. Can we teach you to fetch and sit now?

tool.
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 09:08 AM
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Torque wrench.
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 09:10 AM
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OT post *****.
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Old Nov 22, 2002 | 09:21 AM
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Thread hijacker.
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Old Dec 15, 2005 | 08:31 PM
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Default Re: accord ex sway bar fit lx? (PearlWhiteAccord)

this is an old topic but can you swap over the "bracket" from the ex to the lx and have a cheep way to have a little better sway bar?
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