Sway Bar Question???

newflow · Post by **newflow** » January 12th, 2005, 2:30 pm

Does anyone know where to get this type of sway bar?. I found this picture in a website.

Talon_66 · Post by **Talon_66** » January 12th, 2005, 2:38 pm

Thats not a sway bar.

Its a strut tower bar.

newflow · Post by **newflow** » January 12th, 2005, 2:45 pm

oops!...why did i write sway bar?...

even the picture's name is strutbar.

After the concept correction, Can you help with my question??

newflow · Post by **newflow** » January 12th, 2005, 2:53 pm

Hold on...I think I am confucing myself. This IS a sway bar. Doesnt the strut bar goes UNDER our cars and our cars come with it?

Correct me if I am wrong!

TsiMiata · Post by **TsiMiata** » January 12th, 2005, 3:00 pm

Your wrong.

My guess is it is an OEM unit that came on overseas models. Not to long ago people were talking about this. They said they show up on ebay under the name familia.

RoundTop · Post by **RoundTop** » January 13th, 2005, 10:06 am

sway bar = under the car
strut tower bar = top of struts and/or bottom of struts (depending on model of car)

For MX-3, the GS already has a sway bar underneat AFAIR, and only takes upper strut tower bards.

A civic for example, does not have the sway bars, and has both upper and lower strut tower bars

newflow · Post by **newflow** » January 13th, 2005, 8:39 pm

So...I got it all Twisted!!! CuCu CuCu. I'll see if I can find anything about it with that info Tsmiata.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » January 14th, 2005, 7:47 am

looks like the cusco bar to me, definitely not factory.

the OEM bar had all 4 holes bolted to it. its the same factory bar the 323 & familia GTX's and GTR's came with.

TsiMiata · Post by **TsiMiata** » January 14th, 2005, 8:24 am

RoundTop wrote:sway bar = under the car
strut tower bar = top of struts and/or bottom of struts (depending on model of car)

For MX-3, the GS already has a sway bar underneat AFAIR, and only takes upper strut tower bards.

A civic for example, does not have the sway bars, and has both upper and lower strut tower bars

All civics have front sway bars. SI models have front and rear sway bars. No civic has come with strut tower braces from the factory.

RoundTop · Post by **RoundTop** » January 14th, 2005, 12:39 pm

my bad, I meant availiable for them, not from factory.

Sam Baker · Post by **Sam Baker** » January 14th, 2005, 5:58 pm

cusco makes a sway bar that fits our cars?? do you know if it performs better than the generic ebay ones?

Taras · Post by **Taras** » January 14th, 2005, 11:56 pm

Sam Baker wrote:cusco makes a sway bar that fits our cars?? do you know if it performs better than the generic ebay ones?

You mean: cusco makes a STRUT bar that fits our cars?? do you know if it performs better than the generic ebay ones?

If so, I have a Cusco Strut bar on the front. It's the one that clears ZE manifold. And yes it is pretty sturdy and very well made. But a better one would be a bar that also bolts onto a firewall, but good luck finding that one.

Sam Baker · Post by **Sam Baker** » January 15th, 2005, 4:58 pm

haha my bad.. but yea that would be cool, like the miatas and rx7s. i'll keep my eye open for one

nope-mx3 · Post by **nope-mx3** » January 15th, 2005, 5:38 pm

The one in the picture is identical to the one that was stock on my GS.

-nope

Josh · Post by **Josh** » January 15th, 2005, 8:02 pm

All civics have front sway bars. SI models have front and rear sway bars. No civic has come with strut tower braces from the factory.

uh yah; honda has several models that come with a strut tower bar. front only, but they do come with them. even in the U.S.
for instance my dads (civic)del sol came with a one stock, so does the civic SI. and i beleve the LX models come with a rear sway. only base models dont