hey all,
Just bought this bar thinking it was the rear sway bar, but its not. What is it and what does it do??

http://www.acuraautomotivepart...y.jsp

(Its number 3)

 

Link doesn't work. Just post the image.

 

Its the small middle bar

 

that looks like a stock itr rear tie bar. dont think that will work for non itr integras


Carlo

 

it shold have a bolt in the holes where it will go. If not it will have spot welds which will clearly show where to drill the holes for it

 

so does it really do anything and also will it fit? I thought it was the rear sway bar

 

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that bar is not a sway bar...that bar will only work on type-r chassis. it goes on your rear lower cross member between where the lower control arms bolt on too.

 

Won't fit as mentioned before because your rear subframe is different from ITR.

 

these are sway bars


if you are looking to stiffen up your cornering the sway bars will help you more, so if you cant get that ITR tie bar to work on your car, i'd return that and get this. Although you'll prolly want to get a tie bar later on.

 

trunk brace maybe?

 

that is what i was thinking, but i didnt know if they sold that or not, but i think it'd be #4 if anything

 

You bought a lower Tie Bar im 100% sure

you buy the sway bar by going to the "REAR LOWER ARM " section and its # 5 on that page

 

it ain't gonna work.....unless you weld a custom support on your frame...

 

If you want to do the ITR rear sway upgrade go to http://www.geocities.com/bretq to get all the info you need.

The ITR rear sway is called a "Spring" by Acura



005 52300-ST7-Z01 SPRING, RR. (22MM) $63.15

 

its a rear trunk bar.. if u r not itr.. u need to drill holes..

 

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It's a lower tie bar. #4 is the trunk bar.

 

yes...i'm 100% sure also that you bought a lower tie bar...nothing else will go there but that

 

Don't know if its the tie bar... look at the way the bar is laid out in the photo, everything else is relative to the way it would lay in the car. Strut tower bar is shown as it would be installed and the trunk bar is shown on its side, as it would be installed on the car... the bar in the middle is shown as if the bolts would go up and down. If im not mistaken a tie bar is installed is installed where the LCA connents to the frame.. making the bolts go back to front.
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strut bar.


i think its the other trunk bar that sits across the spare tire well...

 

grafxdesignguy, do you have an R? if not how did u install that "spare tire bar"?

 

Dont have a Type R... found that pic on H-T... thats not a real ITR bar. its DIY bar someone made and took a picture of.. forgot what the thread was but you should be able to search for it.

if you take the carpet out of your trunk you should see some circles that need to be drilled out where the bars go... i think they are on the non TR models too. not sure.. didnt bother to look at my car.

take a pic when its installed i would like to too a real one... let us know if it made a difference in your handling.

 

yeah do it...i would like to hear whether any of these bars help....i mean the trunk bar and DIY bar

 

My friend and I made a "rear trunk" bar out of some scrap steel similar to the one pictured. To my surprise it actually made a very noticeable difference. Worth the $5 we threw down for sure

 

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That's NOT a strut bar. That is a lower tie bar. Once again #3 is a tie bar, and #4 is a rear trunk bar. That is how it mounts, STOCK.

Here is the rear underside of an ITR.


Here is the ITR trunk brace in an ITR.



Modified by 96dc2 at 12:53 AM 6/18/2004

 

oopsies!

 

96dc2, you seem to know the most about this topic, is it worth me trying to install that lower tie bar?? also the guy has the trunk brace he was gonna sell to me, but it was 50 bucks (which I dont think is worth it). From the pic you posted of the ITRF underside, it seems all I have to do is mount that rear tie bar into the ends of the lower control arms???