Opionins on Suspension and Exhaust 00' EK

**siir** · 09-02-2009 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by EK1.6LCIV

the front is the same as the vti

the rear to install the stock ek4/em1 sway bar to ur cxi you'll need everything in my thread, I did everything for under $120 using only brand new oem mounting brackets

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101739

thanks heaps for the info bro

**siir** · 09-02-2009 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by RtN

I got the mounting bracket + stock sway FS =] if u need i g0t.

just curious.. which one are you selling? em1 or ek4?
would that be front & back?

cheers..

** sorry to the OP for dropping in

**dahon** · 09-02-2009 10:54 PM

^^ em1 and ek4 rear sways are the same, same mounting brackets etc
pretty sure all civics come with front sways that dont really need to be upgraded...
just add a rear sway and voila...

**vinnY** · 10-02-2009 12:53 AM

afaik cxi's didn't come with front sway bars, though i think the gli/vti's came with 22mm fronts? whilst the ek4/ek9 had 26mm front sways

might need different lca's to have a front sway bar added to a cxi, may not have the endlink holes
i believe the rear lca's on all ek's were identical though, none were without sway bar holes unlike eg's

**siir** · 10-02-2009 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by vinnY

afaik cxi's didn't come with front sway bars, though i think the gli/vti's came with 22mm fronts? whilst the ek4/ek9 had 26mm front sways

might need different lca's to have a front sway bar added to a cxi, may not have the endlink holes
i believe the rear lca's on all ek's were identical though, none were without sway bar holes unlike eg's

anyone can confirm? ek4 & ek9 has the same size for front? i guess for the rear should be different... also what is the measurement for both?
thx

**kriZy** · 10-02-2009 02:27 PM

FRONT
ek4 and ek9 both have 26mm front.

REAR
EK9 - 22mm Rear Sway bar for sure cause i have an OEM one installed in my EK4 with ASR support
EK4 - rear sway bar im not sure, i think its like 16mm-18mm

**vinnY** · 10-02-2009 02:29 PM

oem ek4 is 14mm

**EK1.6LCIV** · 10-02-2009 03:19 PM

the difference going from not having a rear sway to even adding the ek4 is noticable

**dahon** · 10-02-2009 05:24 PM

^^ trudat...
ek4 rear sway + fatter tyres are perfect & cheap for a daily street setup...

**Mullensxxx** · 10-02-2009 09:49 PM

i think it all really comes down 2 how much u wanna spend, obiously for suspension the cheap options are replacing the springs (king springs etc) ex[esive options are the coilover packages fightex are around the 3k mark from memory :P

exausts like easiest option would be just go 2 a muffler shop and get a custom 2" cat back with a nice muffler, D series IMO are not really worth spending 2 much money on

if ur planing on keeping the car for its whole life id really recomend spending the extra money and buy some quality parts, do it once do it right has always been a good saying 2 live by, but yeh end of the day comes down 2 u and whats more important 2 u, personally i would wait and get the quality part opposed 2 getting the cheap and nasty now

end of the day forums can create alot of confusion due 2 many people having differnt opnions as 2 whats the best for u but i think u have

just my 2c