WOE is me, whiteline swaybar and ripped subframe

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Originally Posted by EK4R

this wont happen if i just install a ek9 sway onto the stock ek4 right??? or will i need reinforcement too...

btw wats the different with ek9 vs ek4. dont think it will make a huge difference?

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good luck mounting it..;)

they done even have the same subframe:wave:

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Originally Posted by EK4R

this wont happen if i just install a ek9 sway onto the stock ek4 right??? or will i need reinforcement too...
btw wats the different with ek9 vs ek4. dont think it will make a huge difference?

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ek4 16mm vs ek9 22mm. you will need all brackets from the ek9 to fit hte ek9 bar

john. the whiteline kit is fine asl ong as you install the heavy duty mounting plates. tends to hit the exhaust if you lower it too hard. you can follow duesta's easy 20minute fix. just search for it or ask him on msn. :)

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Originally Posted by barefootbonzai

shit you wouldn't think that it would actually happen so easily. I feel much better now about wasting a shit load on an ASR Reinforcement.

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ditto
expensive, yet oh so much cheaper than a new subframe, worth every cent!

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Originally Posted by TEGNO1

How big is the new bar you want to put on, later.

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well i mite be getting adjustable whiteline sway. so max is 22mm i believe?

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Originally Posted by .::F[L]Y::.

shit. i just ordered my sway bar as well. what other alternatives are there apart from gettn ASR?

if the whiteline kit has all the fittings and plates supplied it should be fine correct?

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wat cars this going om mate, u may run into problems like i did using a whiteline bar with the asr brace. see this thread for referance http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...t=38433&page=5
read from the end of page onwards.

if you look at the pics in the next page of that thread you will see that i removed the tubes from the whiteline bracket. let me jsut say the tack wels holding the tubes to the flat plate were shit, for the most part, they were fine, but a couple wernt fused properly to the plate and could be easily removed cleanly with a chisil by hand.

Out of the 4 tubes i removed, 2 were held on by only 1 tackweld each the other tack weld didnt actually fuse to the plate, im hoping it was only my brackets, not all of there brackets.

let me also add, doing it the way ive done in that thread on page six works fine, but it pulls the bar rearwards a little to far and is not really optimal. if people want photos just ask, i cant be bothered explaining

How does the ASR reinforcing plate mount onto the subframe? Are there spacer tubes on the mounting holes like on the whiteline mounting plates? What would be the result if a piece of steel was welded between the whiteline mounting plates so that it was a single piece like the ASR piece?

Also does this whole subframe tearing issue apply to an upgraded front swaybar or is it only generally the rear that has problems?

its the rear sway bar mainly

Due to the fact that people go larger than standard for the model car.
Yes i know that this can be hard with something like a CXI that has NO bars at all but then compare then to the top of the line for the STD range.

IE compare the bars to those of the VTI-R model not the Type R as that has more reinforcements due to larger amounts of torque in the engine etc.

Just to clarify guys -

ASR brace , depending on application , REQUIRES OEM ITR or CTR bars , or MUGEN bars (EG/DC)
You cannot use a whiteline swaybar on a ASR brace.

WHITELINE reinforcement can only use whiteline bars.

Choose one nad stick to it :)

This topic can go round in circles for weeks and the same questions will always get asked.

If someone can be assed can they make a How To or something so that we can just say read this?

i got quoted $429US for the ASR kit + 22mm ITR swaybar shipped to sydney. Might pick this up later. Rather pay for the ASR kit, than welding in new subframe.