Whiteline 22mm Rear Sway bar kit.

[jimmeh]

Hey Guys
I was looking at upgrading my rear sussy cos the back of my civic felt loose coming around corners.

the current options available was the OBX subframe brace w/ Sway bar from ebay. but i was lookn at the cost and it was a little too much for my liking. the other option was the get hold of a EK9 rear sway bar, but this is soo rare.

So after speaking to a mate of my he recommend I try Whiteline. He said it was the best bang for buck upgrade that he could see.
So for $275 i got all of this. Call Wholesale Suspension in penrith ask for Stuart. 02 4721 2112
and it only cos me $20 to have it courier to Campbelltown.

Ill install hopefully on the weekend and let u guys know how i go with all of it.

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[blabla]

Thats an awsome price RRP $329 how did u get it for that price?

[jimmeh]

That's the price he gave over the phone.

[blabla]

Nice nice at that price I'm gonna get one too. Hopefuly I can get it to fit properly that I have now I have had to bend it out due to exhaust pipping

[55EXX]

i had that kit on my old ek for 2 years then i sold the car. was great and i hammered that thing. best bang for buck!

[mugen_ctr]

that rear support bracing looks awfully weak, compared to the chunky ASR kit... but if it works, i guess thats were ill b lookin at next :D

Let us know how it goes man, its hell of betta than blowin $600 for ASR an EK9...

[bennjamin]

Still a poorly designed piece of kit.

What's the point of all this bracing , when

1. There is STILL no backing plates to link the subframe to the brace ( reinforce)
2. Fasteners are not equal or more than OEM tensile strength.

Whiteline has not learned anything from it's previous issues and design - it's a nicer looking version of the same
old breakable thing.

AVOID



Note..... Notice how the asr uses back braces to clamp the brace to the oem
subframe - thus spreads the load upon a plane instead of little points where the whiteline one does.

[Premature Vtec]

Still a poorly designed piece of kit.

What's the point of all this bracing , when

1. There is STILL no backing plates to link the subframe to the brace ( reinforce)
2. Fasteners are not equal or more than OEM tensile strength.

Whiteline has not learned anything from it's previous issues and design - it's a nicer looking version of the same
old breakable thing.

AVOID



Note..... Notice how the asr uses back braces to clamp the brace to the oem
subframe - thus spreads the load upon a plane instead of little points where the whiteline one does.

Hmm interesing to read your points. I actually understand +1 rep but for $275 inc 22mm sb and that support is a good price ! maybe just use the swaybar. Do whiteline make solid bars not hollow

[vtecing]

i have the same kit on my eg5 but i used a proper asr and dc2r D-bush brackets. works wonders.

[blabla]

got a mate using the same kit on his ek1 no problems....

[DNYALL]

I had the old design kit on my EM1 for a few years and it broke my sub-frame. I complained to whiteline and they payed for half the repair bill as well as supplying me the new design kit for free.

I had the old damage welded up and the new kit fitted. About a year and a half later my sub-frame cracked again in the same spot. Can't be 100% sure if it was the swaybar setup that broke it the second time, or if it was a bad weld job. But when AKmotorworks looked at it, they told me that the previous weld job was pretty average.

I still have the whiteline kit in the garage somewhere. AKmotorworks welded it up again properly this time and I ended up buying the Function7 rear brace kit. Not cheap but looks the goods and so far no problems :thumbsup:

To be honest I wouldn't recommend this kit at all. spend the extra and avoid the consequences.

[mugen_ctr]

so how does the new white line kit look?, jus curious, as im looking into running 22mm rear sway bar... have they revised much as into structural overall, as to fixing what happened to you?

i mean spending more than 650 for asr combo, for me that is, is quite expensive comin from a student, lol, so 275 or so is quite reasonable

[DNYALL]

The kit above is the re-vised one. Much better than the original design but still not fantastic.

[quangsuke]

IMO save up and get the ASR combo. I know it isn't cheap but a few sellers on OH will have one. rare though. Car's are a expensive hobby. If i were you and really wanted to save, get the Whiteline 22mm sway and ASR subframe.

[DNYALL]

Be different and get the Function7 kit!! I've had no problems with it yet. been on for a good 8 months or so with a few track days. Looks a lot better than the ASR too imo :thumbsup:

[Premature Vtec]

Any updates on whiteline kit ? photos ?

[mugen_ctr]

tru guys, thx, ill guess ill jus have 2 save up an squeeze every once of money i can into getting the asr, btw, the function 7 looks freaking awsum! but even more pricey than asr, no doubt if money wasnt an issue, id definite get the function 7 kit

[hitoriko]

im doing a mix and match for my EG rear end so far i have:

Blox LCA
Beaks Rear Tie Bar

I can get whiteline stuff through work cheap but with these above reviews im not going to risk it