I have a friend who has a DA integra.. wanted to know what was interchangeable between the two. I was thinking of swaping out his struts and springs front and back with mine out of a 1991 civic si. Would this be possible?
Also are the front brakes the same size in my 91 si vs his DA? Thanks in advance.

 

His brakes are bigger.
Trailing arms will bolt up.
Shocks will work. Not 100% certain on springs.

 

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Trailing arms will bolt up.
Shocks will work. Not 100% certain on springs.
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Can anyone else confirm?

 

i thought the shocks and springs were longer on the DA,

Brakes will work.

 

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Brakes will work.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, they are.

 

i have the front brakes in mine, gonna put the rears too later this summer.

 

I'm pretty sure its only the fronts that are longer on the DA. I know for sure the fronts are longer on the EG's.

 

what about the front brakes? are they bigger for the DA compared to my 91 si?

 

yes the brakes are bigger, and he has rear disks.

 

Front shock is the same, whereas the rear shock is much longer.

 

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u sure about this? I'm getting different info from different people. First they said front shocks are shorter but rears are the same... now you say the opposite. ANyone?

 

i cant answer about shock or spring height differences
but i can about the brakes
i have the da fronts in mine currently
better stopping power, oh yeah. but u have to use 14" or bigger rims, preferrably 15"s
on the rears i will be putting in later this summer, just waiting on my buddys parts car.
i will be using the DA master cylinder/brake booster, prop valve and ebrake cables
rear trailing arms and disc brake package, and all of this stuff will bolt on. though i was told to use the EF 4door master cylinder on my stock booster as it will bolt directly on without modifying my brake lines.

 

I heard and read..... using DA suspension messes up the suspension geometry on an EF....but what do i know

 

I had DA shocks in my car a few months ago. As for the fronts being shorter, hell, they might be, but i couldn't tell. If the DA shocks were shorter, everyone would buy them instead of EF front shocks. (kinda like the 89 accord front shocks, which aren't as popular because they don't come in illums or agx).

So i stick by it, the fronts are the same (if not shorter ), but the rears are longer by quite a bit.

 

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Thats with the front knuckles/brake set up, however u can still use them (but i wouldnt). The rear disc brakes will bolt up fine without any problems.

 

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Thats with the front knuckles/brake set up, however u can still use them (but i wouldnt). The rear disc brakes will bolt up fine without any problems.</TD></TR></TABLE>
So if I use 91 teg front knuckles on my 88 crx it'll **** it off??? damnit I was planning on doing this swap .....so what other bigger brakes could i put on it that wont mess up the geometry

 

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Thats with the front knuckles/brake set up, however u can still use them (but i wouldnt). The rear disc brakes will bolt up fine without any problems.</TD></TR></TABLE>
NO. ****, will people please STOP posting info like this. They dont screw anything up. They slightly change toe but toe can be adjusted. I have thme on my civic and they are GREAT. Dont listen to anyone who hasnt used them, cause they dont know. And if they have used them and they still think they suck or they "screwed" up their geometry, its probably because they used the DA UCAs which DO screw up things like caster and camber.

http://www.ef-honda.com/ben/EFhybridsus.html

Ben

 

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NO. ****, will people please STOP posting info like this. They dont screw anything up. They slightly change toe but toe can be adjusted. I have thme on my civic and they are GREAT. Dont listen to anyone who hasnt used them, cause they dont know. And if they have used them and they still think they suck or they "screwed" up their geometry, its probably because they used the DA UCAs which DO screw up things like caster and camber.

http://www.ef-honda.com/ben/EFhybridsus.html

Ben</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sounds like you know a lil somethin bout the ef's.. and I know nothing since I just got my ef a couple weeks ago... we should talk hehe

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ben Ogle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
NO. ****, will people please STOP posting info like this. They dont screw anything up. They slightly change toe but toe can be adjusted. I have thme on my civic and they are GREAT. Dont listen to anyone who hasnt used them, cause they dont know. And if they have used them and they still think they suck or they "screwed" up their geometry, its probably because they used the DA UCAs which DO screw up things like caster and camber.

http://www.ef-honda.com/ben/EFhybridsus.html

Ben</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks man thats reassuring!

 

Ben Ogle is right about the front.
Here's the deal on the rear.
I got agx struts in the rear.
Part #'s are the same for 89-91 civic/90-93 integra.
They're the same.
The entire trailing arm assembly from the DA will bolt to your hatch.
Use your existing compensator arms.
No BS. This is fact

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ben Ogle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
NO. ****, will people please STOP posting info like this. They dont screw anything up. They slightly change toe but toe can be adjusted. I have thme on my civic and they are GREAT. Dont listen to anyone who hasnt used them, cause they dont know. And if they have used them and they still think they suck or they "screwed" up their geometry, its probably because they used the DA UCAs which DO screw up things like caster and camber.

http://www.ef-honda.com/ben/EFhybridsus.html

Ben</TD></TR></TABLE>


Calm down. You said it yourself that the DA knuckles do in fact have an effect on the geometry. Geometry is hardly ever PERFECT, but why throw it off any further? Honda made the DA ones a certain way for a reason and they also made the EX ones for a reason. Are the two different? YES. I'm constantly keeping an eye on my alignment and always making sure i keep my toe, camber, even a slight amount of caster (i have an aftermarket cross member) as perfect as i can get it since I have access to an alignment rack. I just said i personally wouldnt run the DA ones.