sway bars for my eg coupe

nomoneyleft · Post by **nomoneyleft** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:45 pm

im upgrading my suspension this spring and trying to decide between the Eibach 4017.321 anti-roll kit with a 26mm front bar and 17mm, or suspension techniques 52166 sway bar kit with 26mm front and 19mm rear. any advice or help would be helpfull thank you.

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:32 am

whats your suspension setup now on your car? i don't know that beefing up your sway bars will do much if you have say, old worn-out shocks. and what is your intended purpose of the car? is it just a fun daily or are you planning to get out on the track? I would tend to say a good set of adjustable shocks/springs or a nice set of coilovers will go a long way. Mix that with a stock front and rear setup, possibly an ex front and integra rear, and thats a nice start. get a good alignment and from there you could upgrade if you still felt like you wanted to go larger. if you're already at that point, its mostly based on personal preference and the feel and setup you are going for with your car. a large rear sway is going to give you a different feel than say a larger front sway. its finding the nice mix of the two. i don't know if that is much of help, i'd just hate for you to throw money into suspension peices when you may not need to to get the results you're looking for.

nomoneyleft · Post by **nomoneyleft** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:19 pm

i will be doing a dedicated weekend track car with adjustable shocks

Capt'n Obvious · Post by **Capt'n Obvious** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:15 pm

just get a rear sway

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:18 pm

cool, sounds fun. thats basically what my hatch is turning out to be. if thats the case, i'll give you the same advice that all the autox guys are giving me, and that would be, get it on the track and then figure out what you want to do. that way you have a nice baseline to go off of. once you get a feel for the car, then start upgrading the sway bars and other things to make the car feel the way you want. instead of dropping that money on the sway bars, maybe use it to get a SA rated helmet and join the PDX at gateway coming up on the 15th

nomoneyleft · Post by **nomoneyleft** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:26 pm

i wish i have a lot of suspension stuff to do, a have another question, is there a difference in design between the front sway bars, i can only find stock pics for eibach and not ones of the actual product, or are all front sway bars for the civic the same design?

Capt'n Obvious · Post by **Capt'n Obvious** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:40 pm

just get a rear sway and keep the stock front sway

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:44 pm

Look into the Eibach kit more closely. While I have no honda knowledge of them. I know on the cobalts the full eibach swaybar kit actually causes understeer. Though the car does turn in flatter and more responsively till pushed.

nomoneyleft · Post by **nomoneyleft** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:22 pm

Capt'n Obvious;226871 wrote:just get a rear sway and keep the stock front sway

but why?

GreyTeg · Post by **GreyTeg** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:41 pm

isnt the front sway 22mm?
the reason why everyone is saying keep the front the same and just do the rear is so you will have equal handling if not more oversteer handling than understeer. 20-23mm in the rear is fine, just get the rear.