Beaks Kit & 23mm sway bar installed! Pics [56k come back in 5 days]

[T-onedc2]

Im looking at an ASR and beaks tie for my EM1, wats the deal with installation? did u get a professional to do yours? if so around how much does this type of a job cost?

I did it myself and to this day no problems at all. I'm not sure what's involved with the ASR installation but the Beaks tie bar is one of the simplest procedures on the car.

[Jamesnic]

so is the beaks tie a simple bolt on then? no mods required to the car?

[T-onedc2]

It was a matter of jacking the car up to remove the bolt where the lca meets the chassis, put the tie bar in place and reinstall the bolt for each side.

The only mod required was trimming of the brake line bracket which obstructed the mount for the tie bar, for what it's worth this wouldn't be an issue with a Spoon tie bar.

[shebangs]

Whats difference between Beaks and ASR? Same shit, same job? Beaks look like a tad better quality though?

[T-onedc2]

Totally different design but do the same on DC & EG. For EK's I hear ASR is the most reliable as some early Beaks still tore the subframe but may be rectified by now.

[bennjamin]

Totally different design but do the same on DC & EG. For EK's I hear ASR is the most reliable as some early Beaks still tore the subframe but may be rectified by now.

Yes there is a version 2 of the BEAKS KIT available.
A ASR brace is essentially a BEAKS KIT with a metal(alloy) plate ontop acting as extra reinforcement.

SOFAR....the ASR kit for both EK and EG/DC is the most reliable on the market.

[riruiz_88]

so you got the BEAKS subframe reinforcement kit too right? i dont understand how it is supposed to be mounted. do you put both blocks behind the sheet metal or, the 2 blocks sandwiching the sheet metal subframe? also did you need to drill out bigger holes for this?

[shebangs]

T-onedc2, where did you get your 23mm Bushings and Brackets from?

[T-onedc2]

so you got the BEAKS subframe reinforcement kit too right? i dont understand how it is supposed to be mounted. do you put both blocks behind the sheet metal or, the 2 blocks sandwiching the sheet metal subframe? also did you need to drill out bigger holes for this?

The 2 blocks sandwich the metal frame, and in order to mount the brackets exactly vertically you need to drill the lower hole for each bracket. Just line it up, mark the hole, check and recheck before drilling.

Important!! The exact location of the hole you drill will determine whether the forward-most bracket fouls the control arm as it move up and down.

[T-onedc2]

T-onedc2, where did you get your 23mm Bushings and Brackets from?

JDMYard supplied sway bar with endlinks, bushes and brackets complete.

[riruiz_88]

recently got sway bar, did you replace the bushings on either side of the sway bar that connect to the endlinks? and did you use any grease between them?

[T-onedc2]

The sway bar I got had endlinks attached so no I didn't get new bushes, I used multipurpose grease (red Castrol one) to apply inside the D bushes, and to stop the awful creaking also applied at the bush where the bar joins the endlink, and have reapplied it once since then (over approx 2 year + period).