Ok so I am about to buy some ITR rear LCAs with a coilover setup. My questions are as follows, I understand that the ITR rear LCAs will fit, however are they are direct replacement?
Will my stock sway bar on my 1989 Civic DX Hatch still fit on ITR LCAs?
Or will I need an ITR rear sway bar?
Will I need ITR or Civic coilovers after I change out my LCAs?
Is it really worth changing out the rear LCAs, or is just a waste of my time?

Thanks.

 

From what i have found on my car when i installed the tein ha's with the itr control arms, i had no issues with them what so ever. There were no caster/camber issues. If you lower it to much of course you will have a lot of -camber just because.

As for the sway bar ? i have no idea, there is a mounting hole for the itr sway, but i did not need to use it for my suspension techniques sways when i had them on with the itr control arms. Goodl uck to you with the sway bar.

 

was the sway bar that you had for the EF or was it for the DC?

 

TTT

 

are ITR rear LCA any different than 88 crx lca?

 

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according to function7....no

 

hmmm, apparently according to one persons account in the thread below, the 92+ rear LCA are longer by 1/16". so maybe the ITR are longer too. which would add more rear camber, unless you added a longer upper control arm perhaps or adjusted by shimming or whatever.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=927090

"function7" as in the brand that sells aluminum lca? maybe they say theyll fit, but id not take their word as 100% identical if theyre in the business of selling stuff.

 

Not too sure if they are the exact same thing, but have you tried looking for 88 si LCAs? You can use a sway bar for sure with those.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hmmm, apparently according to one persons account in the thread below, the 92+ rear LCA are longer by 1/16". so maybe the ITR are longer too. which would add more rear camber, unless you added a longer upper control arm perhaps or adjusted by shimming or whatever.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=927090

"function7" as in the brand that sells aluminum lca? maybe they say theyll fit, but id not take their word as 100% identical if theyre in the business of selling stuff.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah the brand, they state that their 88 CRX LCA's work for both the ITR and the CRX, or its the ITR one work for the CRX, i dont really remember being that the company has kinda went the way of the dodo

 

Yes, you can use your stock sway bar on the itr lca.

No, it isnt the same as an 88hf only because of the size of the shock. The ITR shocks are a little bit wider

No, you will not have any camber/caster issues. Its a direct fit.

 

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I'm running ITR LCA's with CRX struts and a CRX sway on my sedan.
No issues at all.

The only notable difference about the ITR LCA is that they don't have the gummy undercarriage spray junk on them like the CRX ones do.

Somebody said that the ITR units are 1/16" difference in size. I don't know if that was inwards or outwards. Either way, I can't tell the difference.

 

Thanks guys all my questions have been answered.

 

Whats the point of upgrading just the LCA? Just wondering...

 

It's really not an upgrade to go from stock to ITR / 88 CRX.

The reason is that the mounts for the shocks are different.
You can run different shock with these LCA's (JDM one's yo!)


I think the JDM EF's have the same style LCA's as the ITR and 88 CRX too.

 

from what i hear, ONLY north america hondas use the cast LCA instead of the stamped steel. including civics and integras.

 

ON my 2 cars, i have

ITR LCA
on the Other Civic 88 LCA,

They had the exact same lenght, soo no camber issue

the only difference is : No weld nut inside the 88 civic LCA to bolt the end links and the ITR holes to accept the shock is widder (88 is narrow)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 91hondacrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">From what i have found on my car when i installed the tein ha's with the itr control arms, i had no issues with them what so ever. There were no caster/camber issues. If you lower it to much of course you will have a lot of -camber just because.

As for the sway bar ? i have no idea, there is a mounting hole for the itr sway, but i did not need to use it for my suspension techniques sways when i had them on with the itr control arms. Goodl uck to you with the sway bar.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I ride Tein Ha on my 91 DX to


Modified by Garrett at 1:45 AM 8/13/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4drEF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's really not an upgrade to go from stock to ITR / 88 CRX.

The reason is that the mounts for the shocks are different.
You can run different shock with these LCA's (JDM one's yo!)


I think the JDM EF's have the same style LCA's as the ITR and 88 CRX too.</TD></TR></TABLE>


yes all JDM EF's ran that style LCA

 

Next question, I do not think my 89 Civic DX has a stock rear sway bar. Will I have any troubles mounting up an after market bar, say like a progress bar or something similar?

 

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If it will mount up to your stock lca than it'll bolt up to an ITR one.

 

ITR LCA's work great. i have some on my car w/ monoball bushings. there are NO size differences, they are identical lengths.