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Which sway bar? - 2/24/2007 3:25:02 PM    cajun626   Posts: 3 Joined: 2/24/2007 Status: offline I want to improve the handling on my bone stock 02 Accord SE (4 cyl).  I don't want to lower it and I don't want to change the OEM shocks yet (only 45K miles on car).  After trolling a few sites it looks like I could get a good cost/performance trade-off by upgrading the rear sway bar (supposedly the front bar is good enough?).  I will never race the car, so I'm not looking for anything radical.  Would that be a good place to start?  Can you suggest some sway bars?  Should I bother with a strut tower bar?  My car already has a pair of OEM bars that are bolted at the firewall and near the strut bolts.  Is that basically doing the same thing that the strut tower bar would do?  Post #: 1

RE: Which sway bar? - 2/26/2007 5:03:06 PM    otsb708 Posts: 233 Joined: 2/13/2007 From: Sacramento, CA Status: offline Are far as the sway bars go, there are many people on this site that have just used the ones off of the TL.  I got mine from Neuspeed.  I know there are countless other companies who make sway bars and strut tower bars for your car.  Try and look at the past posts on this site to get an idea of some of them.  P.S. Trust me you will want to get a tower part, really helps out the suspension..... (in reply to cajun626) Post #: 2

RE: Which sway bar? - 2/26/2007 7:17:51 PM    RTexasF Forum Monitor Posts: 2357 Joined: 11/16/2004 From: Brownsville, TX Status: offline You'll have to do some google research on your own to find out what works on a 2002 model. The TL parts are fine but fit 7th generation Accords as far as I know. _____________________________ ''''04 2.4l 5M EX Sedan Neuspeed short shift kit V-6 6 speed front strut/firewall brace 17mm rear anti sway bar AEM Shorty DC Sports SS Header Kicker Speakers JL Audio Clean Sweep JL Audio Amp 200W Bazooka sub V-6 OEM 7 spoke alloys (in reply to otsb708) Post #: 3

RE: Which sway bar? - 2/26/2007 7:41:32 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6309 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline strut tower bars: if I go off on my opinion about these there will be a decent amount of debate, some people swear by them, some people swear at them, my personal opinion, if the car is in good shape, never wrecked and strucurally sound then it's not going to affect much, they aren't expensive though so they do like kind of nice and in the event they seem to help then great....Chances are with your car it will look shiney and pretty but will only make a difference in your mind... Sway Bars: Neuspeed, Comptech, Skunk2, Greddy all good brands, competech is my favorite and seems to be the most race inspired one available, but it's not the cheapest, any one of those 4 would be great, as far as what size to get I couldn't tell you, best guess is a 19mm..... _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to RTexasF) Post #: 4

RE: Which sway bar? - 2/27/2007 11:57:08 AM    cajun626   Posts: 3 Joined: 2/24/2007 Status: offline The Acura TL-S sway bar looked like a good, inexpensive ($50 for all parts) way to go from a few older posts.  My local Acura dealer just quoted me $159 for the sway bar (52300-S3M-A01 Rear Sway bar 19MM SOLID) only, so I guess I might as well go with an aftermarket 19mm.  Any thoughts on the Suspension Techniques sway bar?  How often do you have to lube the polyurethane bushings?  Do you have to remove or loosen the bushings in order to lube them? (in reply to sir_nasty) Post #: 5

RE: Which sway bar? - 2/27/2007 2:58:19 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6309 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline you don't have to lube poly bushings, suspension techniques is supposed to be good stuff too _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to cajun626) Post #: 6

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