Costs $63 straight from Lynnwood Acura, and $22 for the mounting bracket and 19mm bushings. The Type S sway bar can be a bolt on job for any 2001+ Civic EX. For the DX, LX, HX not too sure on what they need. But the bar is a 19mm sway bar compared to the EX's 13mm. The install was quite simple only if i had all the tools at one place it would've been a 30 minutes-45 minute install, but instead took about 2 hours to find tools. The tools you need are: 12mm socket wrench, 14mm closed end wrench, 5mm allen wrench, jack and jackstands. The parts that need to be installed are: Type S Sway bar, 2 mounting brackets(left and right), 2 19mm bushings, and the endlink bolts that are already on the car. The install was quite simple, but since i didnt have any of the right tools, the endlinks were not tite enough and would make banging noises. After going to Schucks i got a set of closed end wrenchs and decided to tighten them. After tightening them the car was noticeably more stable at high speeds, was substantially quieter, and more stable around corners with somewhat less body roll then theyre already was. There also seems to be less tire squeel around corners from the car only using 1 side of the wheels on turns. It seems to hold real well and is a probably one of those mods i dont feel bad spending about $100 on. So for all 2001+ Civic EX owners that need help install it, you know who to ask.


Difficulty: Beginner/Novice
Time: 30 minutes- hour
Cost: $85 and some elbow grease :crazy:
Parts:
Quantity Part Number Name of part
1 52300-S6M-A01 Spring, RR. 19
2 52306-S6M-A01 Bush 19MM
1 52308-S6M-000 Holder, R. RR.
1 52309-S6M-000 Holder, L. RR.
Tools:
-5mm Allen Wrench
-12mm socket wrench
-14mm closed end wrench

 

Passenger side of sway bar.



Middle of sway bar.



Drivers side of sway bar.

 

Tips:

1. Make sure bar is on the right way, or when you lower the car it could damage the lower control arm and bend the sway bar.

2. Make sure that the bushing is on correctly or it could make a squeeky weird noise around corners...

3. Put on the endlinks to the sway bar first, then put the mounting and bushing on the sway bar. Trust me on this it'll make things so much easier

4. Make sure all the bolts are on tightly, not super tight, but just tight enough. Or else it'll make banging noises, which at first i thought it was my exhaust hitting the sway bar, but it was really just on the right endlink it needed 2 turns to tighten it a bit more.

Any other tips guys...?

 

feel a difference?

 

Read a little more careful willy boy :exnbp:

 

Sweeet...I'd like to get one, but it won't freakin clear my exhaust.

Mike

 

too bad, dump the Thermal and go custom or Greddy Evo:fawk:

 

i just skimmed.:fawk:

 

so do you think that will fit on 6th gen civics? like the 2K civic ex???

 

it wont fit on previous generation civics since the subframe is totally different... not to mention the sway bar design itself.

cool exnbp, my install was a real ***** cuz I didn't have an allen wrench with me.. lol. didnt really realize that I can use that for the endlink... stupid me.

here's some extra tip:
torque the sway bar to endlink nut to 28 ft-lb

as for the bolt for the mounting bracket.. I forgot... hehe. its about 16lb-ft I think...

car is definitely flatter around the corners... I'm happy with it too... may not be as good as Comptech's adjustable tie/sway combo... but its 3-4 times cheaper.