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November 16th, 2001, 10:01 PM
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I have a 89 dx with the teg rear brake swap. I wanted to swap out the dx lower control arms for the si ones so I could out a lower sway bar on. Is it going to make enough of a handling difference to justify all this work?? Anyone have a lower sway bar?? Handle better??
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November 17th, 2001, 07:18 PM
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i heard that the rear lower sway bar makes your back tires break loose really easy. so me personally am not goping to get one cause i dont want to loose control over a little thing like a sway bar.
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November 17th, 2001, 08:46 PM
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November 18th, 2001, 01:13 AM
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Ever notice everytime there is a post on handling I pop up? hehe.
On my car, i'm running the stock front bar and a 22mm rear sway bar. The whole suspension is built also, for awhile i had to run around with just a 22mm rear bar, front strut tower bar, and adjustable shocks up front. The car was scarry in corners thank god that was only tempoary. Anywho, here is my current setup.
Tockio illumina adjustable shocks
Eibach prokit springs (little over a inch drop)
Energy suspension bushings (full kit)
Neuspeed front strut bar
Neuspeed rear sway bar (22mm)
195/50 R15 sumitomon HTZ 50Z tires
Front Toe out 1/16
Rear Toe in 1/16
This setup works pretty good for most anything. For daily driving I leave the shocks at 2-front 3-rear. For autocross 3-front 5-rear. And track racing I set the shocks to 5 all around, giving me just a bit of understeer. I've only spun the car on the street once (before my current tires or my toe settings) plus i was goin to fast it was really my fault. Overall having a rear bar is a very good thing.
Setanta I liked the article. If you guys wanna see a pretty extreme setup on a CRX, check out this site and read his mods hehe, he's a good friend of mine and for the record his car is a straight up go kart.
www.1fastrex.com
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Suspenion Mods- More than you can shake a stick at...
Brake mods- I could slow down a buick if needed
Engine mods- Shit I knew I forgot something
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November 18th, 2001, 07:44 AM
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For Handling....the first thing I would do is upgrade your Bushings...especially the rear main trailing arm bushing. Buy the Master Kit for $150 and sepdna nother $250-$350 and have a shop intall them in a days time. You may think I am not offering good advice...but if your trailing link buchings on the front sway abr are mushy, it causes bad handling....if your rear trailing arm center bushings are bad...it allows the bad end to move around and change position.
Truthfully though. the Rear center bushign for trailing arm is another $35 and not sold in master kit. I think Sway bar bushings are additional as well.
But if your looking for a quick fix....get the Si rear lower control arms...and an Si sway bar with the hangers and bushings...have your frame holes drilled and use nuts inside the frame-rails where your gonna bolt to. Most DX Models don't have the addition for a sway bar so you'll have to make one.
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December 26th, 2005, 03:33 PM
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Aww, Nikki, I'm sorry you were hurt yesterday. I can imagine how that must have felt.
I don't know what happened, and I don't know how to help you deal with how bad it hurt, but I hope that you managed to have a good Christmas after all.
I also hope you have a great time today at AGP - how lucky you are! Kudos to your uncles for trying to make you feel better. (I think the fact that THEY noticed you didn't receive something from her speaks volumes, at least to me.)
Be sure and show us what you picked out at AGP!!
Hugs, kisses, and smiles from all of my girls and I to you!
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December 26th, 2005, 03:40 PM
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AmericanGirlLover2982
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