Hello, Im Manne

ahh yeah, why those? (i know i sound a little dumb, but this is all a learning exp for me)

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Thanks man, you've been a big help.
I understand that Swaybars are a DIY style mod?
and are farely easy to install?

~Manne

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Yep, not too hard at all, perfect for a first mod. Just make sure, after you jack the car up, to place jackstands under the cars lifting points. Never get under a car that is only supported by a jack.:thumbsup:
They only cost $20 from supercheap aswell.

Also, buy yourself a torque wrench if you dont already have one, it allows you to do bolts up to the correct torque to prevent over tightening bolts or not doing them up tight enough. Somthing you dont wanna risk with suspension. Cheap ones go for around $40

ah, thanks :D..

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ahh yeah, why those? (i know i sound a little dumb, but this is all a learning exp for me)

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Nar dont worry bud, good thing your keen to learn.:thumbsup:

Whiteline actually develops and tests their products as a package. This means that the spring rates (stiffnesses of the springs), are well matched to the F&R swaybars stiffnesses for road use. Takes away a bit of the guesswork.

There is only one size front swaybar offered for your car, the 24mm.

There is however a range of diferent sizes for the rear bar, you could go 18mm, 20mm or 22mm. Your choice will affect the cars balance, how much grip is at the front compared to the rear. A thicker rear bar will give more grip at the front wheels, slightly taking some from the rear, your car will be more ballanced toward oversteer. A thinner rear bar will promote more understeer, where your cars front wheels lose grip first and the car goes straight ahead.

Ive got the 24mm front, and 22mm rear on my ek civic which is a very simular chassis, it runs perfect, i wouldnt want anything less than the 22mm rear (which can be adjusted to be like a 20mm rear bar). Infact, ill be upgrading to a 32mm hollow bar (equivilant to 24mm-28mm solid bar). Somthing i wouldnt recomend for a young learning driver though, as braking mid corner will get you sideways:eek: ;)

22mm rear would be perfect, even if you started it set on the softer setting (actually id recomend that), and to get used to the altered ballance of the car, stepping up to the stiffer setting later on once you grow used to the altered ballance.

The thicker rear bar will give you more grip at the front wheels when accelerating out of a corner, somthing youll definatly want if you decide to go with a more powerful engine in the future. It requires you to drive slightly different, which is another reason why i recomend this as your very 1st mod so you grow as a driver, with the cars ballance setup for performance.;)

Currently your car is setup to understeer quite alot, its safer for people who cant drive. Getting more of a neutral ballance will give you more grip where its needed during cornering, the front wheels.

Reguarding the heavy duty mount for the rear, civics are known to have weak subframes (what the rear bar connects to). A thick sway bar can cause the subframe to crack, this part braces the subframe and prevents it from dammage.

Whiteline products are priced excelently, made in austraila by an australian company, excelent quality, highly respected reputation and customer support.

EDIT: Reguarding choosing between the springs is a matter of preferance, how low you want your car will be. 1-1.5 inch drop is good for performance, 2 inch drop looks good, while still keeping decent performance, any lower and you start sacrificing performance for looks.

Thanks man, thats exactly what i wanted 2 know.
Now to find out how much it'll cost ^_^.

~Manne

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Thanks man, thats exactly what i wanted 2 know.
Now to find out how much it'll cost ^_^.

~Manne

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For the whiteline parts, you can go on there site, and go into the online store, enter the part numbers and ill give you the cost. Getting the parts through autobarn, is about 5% cheaper than those prices.:thumbsup:

ahh ok, so I'll be looking at about $800-900
Cool. Time to save.

nice car dude. I'm actually in the market in buying this car, this or red colour. sure is a nice little car

thanks man...yeah there pretty nice.
Still trying to get used to the feel of the car (i've only driven falcons before this...big difference)