Car installed on: 2001 Civic EX Coupe 5MT
Purchased from: Acura Carland Price: $92 shipped for anti-sway bar and
all hardware (2x bushings, 2x bushing brackets, 4x bracket bolts)
Time to install: ~2.5 hours (that
includes finding best way to jack car up, waiting for WD-40 to penetrate rust on
endlink threads, taking pics of each step, and the trouble I had getting the
endlinks unscrewed on one side due to the rust that builds up after 19.5months
of driving my car and 41,300 miles. If the endlink threads weren't rusted that
could have shaved 30-45 mins off easy, maybe even 1 hour)
Ease of Install: newbie |
techie | experienced DIY whore | engineer | professional
Tools
Required:14mm wrench, 12mm socket, 5mm allen wrench (I will have to
confirm this, but these sizes look right)
Pros:
Pretty easy to install with the right tools, which aren't hard to get by
any means
Very impactful mod for the money
Makes the car feel less *cheap* and more almost performance oriented, if
you ever install it you'll see what I mean
Makes me wish my car was faster since I feel like a rally car when taking
turns almost twice as fast as I did before
Looks nice in place of the wimpy azz stock anti-sway bar when you look at
the underside of the car
Increases safety since now if you had to make an immediate lane change
maneuver you wouldn't roll over like the car seemed to wanna do stock
Cons:
The ride is not quite as soft as it is stock because each rear wheel is not
as inclined to absorb bumps independently, but will transfer movement to the
body more.
Recommendation: This is one of two
performance mods I have made, and I'd take this over my AEM SRI if I had too! My
car feels like a friggin rally car, and I can take corners faster then I ever
though possible, and I still have stock suspension and stock rims. Once I get
nice suspension and a rear lower tie and front & rear strut-tower bars and my
17" rims, I will problem be able to take highway on-ramps at like 100 MPH. I
drove to work for the first time since installing this mod today, and thats 40+
miles on a highway, and lemme tell you, I love this thing, the car is much more
confident in general, and it feels more neutral. I can switch lanes really fast
without feeling as if the car will roll or spinout, and its much easier to take
even turns on a highway and track strait with less effort.
Added: December 15th 2003 Reviewer:Fred Highland Score: Hits: 18 Language: english
