I'm a newbie and have photos

[habib_88]

A stock lookin HF with a built ZC....yea that goes for a sleeper in my book, VERY nice setup I likes :flash:

[marked001]

lil cs zc = postwhore hehe..

[Lil Cs turbo Zc]

Well the lower tie bar was really hard to put in since somthing would not aline up. We spent a couple hours just trying to get it alined right. We were so happy when it got on. . We shouted with happyness and drank lots of beer.

The sway bar reduces the amount of roll at the track I think. The lower tie bar ties stuff together.

jason I'm so not a post whore. . . I just post alot. haha.
Im gonna invite alot of fat girls to your board to post whore :P

Thanks habib_88. . I was going for the stock sleeper look and now I have it. . I want the hf sticker back on but I took it off I'm gonna have to get the sticker again. It makes it look stock and even more sleeper ish. .

I still haven't seen erics user name on this thread yet.

[Melt]

lower tie bar goes under your car and a sway bar goes in the engine, and/or in the back of the hatch in the car.

check this out
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t52391.html

it has pictures of a lower tie bar, and a sway bar in the engine.

[GTA]

..... did u realize thats the first page of this post??? Just wondering :sun:

[Melt]

I had multiple windows open and got confused. I was trying to answer CRX586's question.

[crxlvr]

Welcome to the board, your car looks sweet, i wanna get that swap too.

Where you from?

[Melt]

First post by lil Cs turbo Zc -- I'm from Austin Tx.

[FourthGenHatch]

LOL! Sway Bar in the engine, what the fuck are you guys talking about...

Upper Front Strut Tower Bar - Ties the Front Strut Towers together to reduce flex. Can be seen under the hood of the car towards the firewall.

Upper Rear Strut Tower Bar - Ties the Rear Strut Towers together to reduce flex. Can be seen in the hatch or trunk area.

Lower Front Tie Bar - Ties the front lower control arms together. Can be seen right between the lower control arms.

Lower Rear Tie Bar - Ties the rear lower control arms together. Can be seen right between the lower control arms.

Front Sway Bar - Helps improve handling. Can be seen under and between the rear wheels of the car.

Rear Sway Bar - Helps improve handling. Can be seen under and between the rear wheels of the car.

[MKS]

Yeah welcome man


Well they both do similar things I guess ... they both help with the handeling of the car but just in slightly different ways

FourthGenHatch is right

The strut braces help at extreme speeds when cornering ... when gonig at real high speeds and taking a corner the car can tend to bend a bit and stuff. The strut brace just helps stop this and imporves the turning ... but i guess it only helps at real high speeds ...

[Lil Cs turbo Zc]

I wanted a rear sway bar but... Saving money for turbo now hehe

[CRX586]

FourthGenHatch:

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Very confusing, everyone seems to mix and match the terms.

What does the sway bar connect to? I was told that I would have to upgrade my car to fit these since I have an HF...

What does the Lower Rear Tie Bar do (aside from tieing the control arms together)?

Sway bars are the most effective, and then?

[FourthGenHatch]

Originally posted by CRX586
FourthGenHatch:

What does the sway bar connect to? I was told that I would have to upgrade my car to fit these since I have an HF...

What does the Lower Rear Tie Bar do (aside from tieing the control arms together)?

Sway bars are the most effective, and then?

They are actually called Anti-Sway Bars, but they kind of bolt up to the bottom of the suspension. The easiest way is just go look underneath you car, I am pretty sure a Front Anti-Sway is sort of bent and snake like, while the rear is fairly straight.

I can't really say how much they do but by bracing/reinforcing any part of the suspension you tighten it up and improve handling, and that is what a Tie Bar does.

Sway Bars are probably the best for cornering and such.

From my experience Strut Bars basically make it easier to steer the car, not so much improve handling, but I'm sure they do somewhat.

[ci5ic]

Ummm... Wouldn't better handling entail making the car easier to steer?

Anyways, The strut braces keep the chassis more rigid, the car won't bend as much in the turns, this in turn helps the cars tires stay flat on the road.

The anti-sway bars help to keep your tires flat while taking a hard turn by stiffening up the suspension.

So I would say that both of them help handling or making the car easier to steer.

[travis_118]

better late than never....Hi welcome to the board!! I too have a built ZC in my base model civic. check out my site below to see my car.