ordered a Progress Adjustable Rear Sway Bar to go with my Kartboy endlinks and Tien springs. now to find struts and install everything...Thank you for ordering from Oakos Automotive.
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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the sway bar is on it's way. not sure when I'll get the shocks. I'm going to install the sway and endlinks ASAP, but the springs will have to wait till I get the shocks. still researching that one: the KYB AGX units are manufactured for the 02 - 03 and the Koni units are almost double the price.
anybody have any experience installing a rear sway? i have ramps and tools but no place to do the install (sound familiar?)
anybody have any experience installing a rear sway? i have ramps and tools but no place to do the install (sound familiar?)
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its simple do you have endlinks as well? ramp it up (you want load on the suspension because it makes it 12345 times easier. First unbolt the sway from the endlinks, then unbolt the retainers from ther car. Install new sway (not unbolting the endlinks yet makes it easier to line up the new sway). Then (if you are doing endlinks) remove endlinks, install new ones.Mr Kleen wrote: anybody have any experience installing a rear sway? i have ramps and tools but no place to do the install (sound familiar?)
Its painless, you should not have any problems at all.
oh and
after this all the STi guys are going to have a hard time keeping up in the corners
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Yeah, it is easy to do. What mm is your new sway and does it come w/ new mounts and hardware?Mr Kleen wrote: anybody have any experience installing a rear sway? i have ramps and tools but no place to do the install (sound familiar?)
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it's the 22mm - 24mm adjustable Progress bar. I have Kartboy endlinks and the bar comes with new brackets and bushings. I have the instructions from Progress, it looks pretty simple (much simpler than the DP install, that's for sure) but it's nice to have somebody there who can say "yeah, that's the way mine installed."
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When I installed my STi sway bar w/ new mounts, I never took off the rear wheels...just had the car up on ramps and never rolled it back and forth at the end to settle it, just drove home.
If you want to do this, just let me know. I don't have a garage but we can use any flat parking lot...shouldn't take that long.
If you want to do this, just let me know. I don't have a garage but we can use any flat parking lot...shouldn't take that long.
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Wow, you are really moving fast on all this! When you get a thing in your head you really DO it. Major kudos. I still haven't installed my 22mm sway bar that I bought almost a year ago
Have you made a decision on struts yet? I did a bunch of searches on "that other site" and found lots of 04/05 WRXs using KYB AGX. Apparently you can add washers or switch tophats, although I have seen a bunch of posts that claim they "didn't do either and haven't had any issues for X many miles."
Have you made a decision on struts yet? I did a bunch of searches on "that other site" and found lots of 04/05 WRXs using KYB AGX. Apparently you can add washers or switch tophats, although I have seen a bunch of posts that claim they "didn't do either and haven't had any issues for X many miles."
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getting ready for driving season! I bought the springs used, got the endlinks on sale, and the sway is my Christmas present from dad, mom & step dad (they each give me money if you're wondering how that works). I figure I can install the sway/endlinks in the coming weeks if the weather holds. the springs and struts.... that will take some more investigation. (thanks for the help in that department as well)
Cliff Notes: $175 for a sway is easy when you got $200 for Christmas. $450 for shocks that may or may not meet my standards OR $800+ for Koni inserts is quite another.
Cliff Notes: $175 for a sway is easy when you got $200 for Christmas. $450 for shocks that may or may not meet my standards OR $800+ for Koni inserts is quite another.
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Struts and springs are easy with spring compressors (See Colin
Sabre (Julian)
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Uh, actually I think it is Ben's but right now I have them I need to get those FSTi pink springs on that are sitting in my basement waiting for me maybe we can do the springs at the same timesabre wrote:Struts and springs are easy with spring compressors (See Colin
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You still have access to a compressor, just let me know when... not the rest of you, just Gabe.
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Little Nields has shown that he has a hard time interacting socially with the other students when it comes to sharing toys in the playground....
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^^^^ Let me know what oil cooler you're going to go with. I've thought of doing the one that attaches where the oil filter goes. You can also get oil temp/pressure easily then
Sabre (Julian)
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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You realize the car already has one, right?Mr Kleen wrote:oil cooler...
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... st10683904
http://www.spdusa.com/new_page_8.htm
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Which is perfectly fine for the stock power levels but if you want bigger numbers you need a bigger cooler.ButtDyno wrote:You realize the car already has one, right?Mr Kleen wrote:oil cooler...
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... st10683904
http://www.spdusa.com/new_page_8.htm
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http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... hlight=lap
If that guy can get through One Lap (~10 consecutive track events) with an FPGreen without an oil cooler my guess is that you don't *need* one unless you are going to be tracking the car, and tracking the car HARD... he said he was fine for 5-9 laps and possibly more, which will take you through most 20-25 minute HPDE sessions.
(up to you of course, just saying )
If that guy can get through One Lap (~10 consecutive track events) with an FPGreen without an oil cooler my guess is that you don't *need* one unless you are going to be tracking the car, and tracking the car HARD... he said he was fine for 5-9 laps and possibly more, which will take you through most 20-25 minute HPDE sessions.
(up to you of course, just saying )
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ButtDyno wrote:http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... hlight=lap
If that guy can get through One Lap (~10 consecutive track events) with an FPGreen without an oil cooler my guess is that you don't *need* one unless you are going to be tracking the car, and tracking the car HARD... he said he was fine for 5-9 laps and possibly more, which will take you through most 20-25 minute HPDE sessions.
(up to you of course, just saying )
yea, but oil cooler just look cool and when did you start posting back here, stranger.
96 328, heated leather seats... ummm
Gone But not forgotten
'05 Black Sti, the car that started it all
84 944, my first race car.. what a pos
83 944.. 150hp of FURY, Rookie of the year chariot
Gone But not forgotten
'05 Black Sti, the car that started it all
84 944, my first race car.. what a pos
83 944.. 150hp of FURY, Rookie of the year chariot
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Best thing w/ a turbo car is keeping it cool. I will eventually upgrade to a performance radiator w/ high pressure radiator cap, performance thermostat, water wetter, and aftermarket oil cooler...maybe one day down the road I would upgrade to a FMIC but I would like to still be w/ my wife b/c I love...so I won't push my luck w/ mods.
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"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story." -Barney Stinson
"Nothing shuts my pie-hole but pie." -Shawn Spencer
2008 SG Model D BlueRallyWorld
"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story." -Barney Stinson
"Nothing shuts my pie-hole but pie." -Shawn Spencer