Sway Bar Review Thread

[JDMxDB8]

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Sway Bar: ASR 24mm rear sway bar

Cost: $350 (Came with ASR rear subframe reinforcement brace and spherical endlinks)

Year/Model of your Integra: 1995/Integra GS-R Sedan

Impression: After driving on the touge and track, I immediately noticed a huge improvement in cornering performance. Before upgrading my rear sway bar, my DB8 had a very mild understeer setup. With the bigger rear sway bar, the car now has better turn-in and the rear can kick out easily if I shift the weight properly. On the track, I noticed that I have too much oversteer now. I realized that I now have to upgrade to a larger front sway bar. Which will be coming very soon.

Pros:
1. Larger than stock
2. Excellent quality
3. Adjustable

Cons:
1. You might have to upgrade your front sway bar if you want to eliminate the oversteer.

Recommendations: If you're planning on purchasing this sway bar, I also suggest that you get the ASR rear subframe reinforcement brace as well. It will prevent your rear subframe from tearing.

Overall Rating: 5/5 :thumbs up

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[BigMac88]

Sway bar: Tanabe 20mm

Cost: $175

Impressions: I noticed the difference the moment I put this thing on. It definitely eliminated a lot of body roll and also stiffened up the rear a lot. Made the car much more responsive but didn't sacrifice TOO much comfort. eliminates bad understeer for the most part, but also makes any oversteer totally manageable and predictable (oversteer is hard to achieve with this bar because it's still pretty small).
*Edit*: There's no throttle-lift oversteer like on an ITR sway.

Pros:
1). Good sizing for Street/performance driving mix
2). Great quality
3). Very light
4). Bolts to stock mounts
5). Looks epic

Cons:
1). Didn't come with eye bushings, I had to make my own
2). I wish it was a mil or two thicker




Overall: 4/5

 

[Samurai_Blue]

Sway Bar: SKUNK2 23mm swaybar

Cost: discontinued from skunk2

Year/Model of your Integra: 1996 Integra Ls

Impression: When my car was lowered we had new LCAs on and wasnt able to run with a sway bar for a long time. When i installed the skunk2 set up i noiced imediatly my car could corner faster and harder. your rear is a lot stiffer with the skunk2.

Pros:
1. ITR sized (23mm)
2. adjustable
3. looks good
4. smells like skunk

Cons:
1. needs an ASR brace
2. Like matt said, you need a front sway bar

Recommendations: you will need an asr brace for this. and the best place to find this is probably ebay or your friends...since its not made anymore

Overall Rating: 5/5

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[Integraguy04]

Sway Bar: ASR 24mm rear sway bar

Cost: $375 (Came with ASR rear subframe reinforcement brace and spherical endlinks)

Year/Model of your Integra: 1994 integra LS

Impression: After driving on it for a while, the car just seems a lot more responsive in the back. I have had it on a road course and autox. when i was at the autobahn in joliet, il, the car handled well but the back end would want to shift out a little bit, which means i need a bigger front sway bar (type r/gsr). i also need tires that are better so that the back can grip a lot better. on the autox course it performed very well too. when i would go through the salom, the car would be fine up until the last two cones and the back end would be very unhappy with me. I actually got the car sideways a couple times too.. all in all it was the best suspension part i put on my car...once i get new tires (just ordered them) the car will handle even better

Pros:
1. Larger than stock
2. Excellent quality
3. Adjustable

Cons:
1. You might have to upgrade your front sway bar if you want to eliminate the oversteer.

Recommendations: If you're planning on purchasing this sway bar, I also suggest that you get the ASR rear subframe reinforcement brace as well. It will prevent your rear subframe from tearing.

Overall Rating: 5/5

 

[SirLaughsALot]

Sway Bar: Comptech Rear Sway/Tie Bar Combo w/ Endlinks

Cost: $420

Year/Model of your Integra: 1994 Acura Integra

Impression: Beautiful design, eye catching (many times the wrong ones), very sturdy while lightweight. Compared to the ASR it is a lot less bulky looking and still does the job. 3 way adjustable sway with fully adjustable endlinks.

Pros:
1. Adjustable to help balance tire breaking point bias
2. Outstanding Quality
3. Rare and Cool
4. USDM!

Cons:
1. They don't make it any more, and the newer model is not the same (very close though )

Recommendations: Hard Setting - Set your shocks much softer in the front than the rear to allow for smoother highway driving and control when a corner is engaged. For my car -- 10k/7k Springs w/ 11F / 5R Shock settings. Medium Setting - Set your shocks to a little bit stiffer in the rear than the front. I find that this setting is the best to use for neutral handling where all 4 tires break evenly and are controllable. Around town driving is sacrificed a little for excellent stability through the corners. For my car -- 10k/7k Springs w/ 8F / 12R Shock settings. I would not recommend the Easy setting unless you are looking for a bar to only rid of mild understeer (think 17/18mm equivalent) or a very rear sprung car (ie. 10k/15k).

Overall Rating: 5/5

 

[Samurai_Blue]

Sway Bar: Honda OEM Integra Type R (JDM SPEC) 23mm

Cost: $175.99 (password JDM price) i got mine for free99

Year/Model of your Integra: 1996 Integra LS B18C1 swapped

Impression: Slight difference over skunk2 21mm sway. Car tends to be a tad more neutral through corners. Handles great and is OEM quality

Pros:
1. Larger than stock
2. Excellent quality
3. Adjustable
4. OEM quality
5. they look stock (i have a black asr brace )

Cons:
1. You might have to upgrade your front sway bar if you want to eliminate the oversteer.
2. (for hard parkers/ricers) its black so it doesnt show off
3. You will want to upgrade end links eventually with these

Recommendations: If you're planning on purchasing this sway bar, I also suggest that you get the ASR rear subframe reinforcement brace as well. It will prevent your rear subframe from tearing. Also Beaks sells this as a set, beaks reinforcement with the itr sway. look around, there are deals to be found!

Overall Rating: 5/5 :thumbs up

 

[fowler.j.12]

Sway Bar: Eibach front and rear combo. (27mm front) (19mm rear)

Cost: $275 I think?
Year/Model of your Integra: 1995 integra LS

Impression: No track experience with it yet but great on the touge. Feels awesome going into corners and keeping stability.

I put just rear on first. tad bit of oversteer not awful though. I didn't have one before. Somebody took it. Then the front when on after 2 hours cause I don't have a lift. Tad understeer now. Still feels fine though. Does want to push but it's not that bad. If you get the 21mm rear instead it would be pretty nuetral.

Pros:
1. Larger
2. Stiff
3. Good endlinks.

Cons: Tad understeer


Recommendations: 21 mm rear for rear would probably be best.

Overall Rating: 4.5/5
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[Mark_B18C1]

sway bar
whiteline 27mm front swaybar
ASR 24mm rear sway bar kit

cost white line around $230. ASR around $350

year/Model 96 integra ls b18c1 w/ LSD

impression: very stable , fast around corners. alot of force and stability on car front end, alot of confident in high speed corners , very natural and balanced so you can get either oversteer or understeer at the limit depending on what style you taking the corners, but no unexpected tail snaps. car feels very solid and firm

pros:
1. way larger than stock
2. stability and confident
3. autocross/ track ready

cons: whiteline sway bar would only work with customizable endlinks which i bought from blox for $45

Recommendations: Get a LSD before spending any money in suspension , because its the major key for handling.

overall Rating: 5/5