My OEM Styled EK.

[CivicRacer13]

It was around $300 for the front rotors, bendix pads, and drum brake shoes.
And about $150 for a set of RDA drum shoes and replacement wheel cylinders.

Your front rotors were pretty pricey ? i got my Front rotors slotted RDA's for $150 and $70 for the the pads Bendix CT

[UkuleleGod]

Your front rotors were pretty pricey ? i got my Front rotors slotted RDA's for $150 and $70 for the the pads Bendix CT

You got a pretty good deal man, for the $300, I got the rotors, pads, and drum shoes.
I saw the RDA rotors, but I have been recommended against them (By mechanics with 30+ years experience)
If I was going slotted rotors, I would have gone the DBA.

I think it is time that we had a meetup of all the Sydney EK's.

[CivicRacer13]

You got a pretty good deal man, for the $300, I got the rotors, pads, and drum shoes.
I saw the RDA rotors, but I have been recommended against them (By mechanics with 30+ years experience)
If I was going slotted rotors, I would have gone the DBA.
I think it is time that we had a meetup of all the Sydney EK's.

ohh ok thought it was for just the front rotors but thats alright ill see how long the DBA's last
Yeah i totally agree Ek meet up would be awesome see what every ones got and done to there cars :-)
Ive done a fair bit of work on mine in the last year and a half since i got it haha

[UkuleleGod]

ohh ok thought it was for just the front rotors but thats alright ill see how long the DBA's last
Yeah i totally agree Ek meet up would be awesome see what every ones got and done to there cars :-)
Ive done a fair bit of work on mine in the last year and a half since i got it haha

Yeah, I didn't get ripped off too badly I would be keen to see your car, because I think the style we are both going for is pretty similar. After Uni is done for the semester, I might make a thread trying to organise a meeting at somewhere like Homebush one afternoon.


I have put together my shopping list for my suspension:

- OEM EM1 26mm Front Sway Bar + LCA's
- OEM EK9 22mm Rear Sway Bar + ASR Brace
- Replacement Bushings
- OEM EM1 Front Strut Brace

After I have finished all of this, I will probably start looking towards upgrading my shocks and springs.

[CivicRacer13]

Yeah, I didn't get ripped off too badly I would be keen to see your car, because I think the style we are both going for is pretty similar. After Uni is done for the semester, I might make a thread trying to organise a meeting at somewhere like Homebush one afternoon.
I have put together my shopping list for my suspension:
- OEM EM1 26mm Front Sway Bar + LCA's
- OEM EK9 22mm Rear Sway Bar + ASR Brace
- Replacement Bushings
- OEM EM1 Front Strut Brace
After I have finished all of this, I will probably start looking towards upgrading my shocks and springs.

at the moment ive got
-22mm front sway bar GLI
-14mm or 15mm rear sway bar EM1
-Koni SRT Shocks
-Tein S Tech shocks
-OEM EK4 Strut bar
-Ultra Racing 3 point strut bar

and it handle like a dream :3 with a bigger sway bar it starts to oversteer a lot,even with my set up it oversteers a fair bit, but handle heaps good for what it is and is a cheaper option my front sway bar with LCA's and everything was 100 bucks and rear sway bar was 60 bucks for everything best bang for your buck on handling

[KennyBKT]

got nearly the same list as CivicRacer13.

-22mm front sway bar
-16mm em1 rear sway (pretty sure its 16mm or 14mm)
-Koni SRT.T shocks + tein s techs
and soon to be front strut bar and 3 point rear strut.
even with just the basic em1 rear sway bar upgrade you can start to kind of feel less body roll and what not.
if you want to upgrade to the ek9 front sway bar and have the 22mm rsb it should be a good combo as the thickness is pretty similiar.
For daily use i think just the em1/ek4 rsb upgrade is enough if you have the standard gli fsb

[UkuleleGod]

I would love to compare the handling of your cars against mine in its current stock form.

Unfortunately it is a CXi, so I am Missing all the parts that make the car fun. I may have lined up a set of front and rear EK4 sway bars from a member of this forum, and I have bought a front OEM strut brace. After that it is time for shocks and struts.

I am really interested in the spoon progressive springs, or potentially even OEM ek9 suspension.

[CivicRacer13]

I agree with KennyBKT GLi 22mm front and a 14mm to 16mm rear for the street is perfect unless yours doing track work then you would go for the bigger sway bars
mine is a CXI aswell and finding the parts i needed was a mission but i got there in the end took the mrs out today through stanwell tops also gave me a good opportunity to give it a little around corners to test me springs and shocks out and i must say it handles like a dream.

my strut bars :3

[UkuleleGod]

That looks fresh man! I have painted my heater and Radiator mounts too, makes it look heaps fresher.
Did you buy those headlights or DIY them?

[CivicRacer13]

That looks fresh man! I have painted my heater and Radiator mounts too, makes it look heaps fresher.
Did you buy those headlights or DIY them?

Thanks yeah one of the first things i done to get rid of the rusty look haha and i got the headlights off ebay for $165 delivered only thing is doesnt have is the cut out for your parkers lights so yeah thats the only down side

[UkuleleGod]

Now that I have a little bit of time to sit down, I can post a few updates about my car.

Current Mods:
I have installed an OEM EK4 Front Strut Bar
Replaced my rear trailing arm bushings with Hardrace Rubber Ones (This job was an absolute PITA)
Installed a 14mm EK4 Rear Sway Bar (with Hardrace Endlinks)
Put on a JDMyard Ek9 Rear Lip
Put in a Centre Console Armrest out of a VTI Sedan, I them retrimmed it to match the rest of my interior.

Next I need to look at the front of the car:
New Hardrace Front LCA's
26mm Front Sway Bar with Hardrace Endlinks
Front Window Visors - coming from eBay

I am now thinking about:

Spoon Electric Mirrors - Whilst I do this, I will upgrade to Electric Mirrors (All I should need is the dash switch and the plug that connects to the mirrors right?)

Power Windows - If anybody knows where I can get the door cards and regulators or of anybody who is selling these, let me know! (I need them in the OEM EK1 Trim)

The goal with this car is to have a heap of the rarer OEM accessories (interior and exterior) and to keep it as a nice practical daily.

Anyways, Here are some pics.

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

I have everything for power windows and power mirrors but I won't be down for a few months..