how to get best handling from our t egs

INFORMATION Integra Help
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my friend was wondering how to get best handling from his 91 integra.He was thinking about the front strut bar that goes under the hood from one shock to another, he was thinking about sway bars in the front and/or back under the car or the strut bar that goes inside in the back of your car behind the seat.I thought the one under the hood and behind the seat were best but now i’nm not sure.He does race a lot on the highways and on street.any help is appreciated

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They all complement one another but I noticed the best improvement from my Suspension Techniques sway bars. Probably after that the second best mods to my suspension were my top front strut bar and my gas shocks.

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here is what you’re going to need:
-lowering springs/sleeve style coilovers and shocks OR full coilovers
-rear sway bar (you might want a front as well)
-good sticky tires

front and rear strut tower bars as well as a lower rear tie bar will be helpful as well, but no where near as important as the above things. that is why personally i think your money is better spent on the other items first, and then finally finishing everything off with the other 3 bars.

also, you’ll most likely need a camber kit so you don’t wear out your tires too fast. and you’ll definitely need to get an alignment either way.

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undoubtedly the best improvement would be the thing that goes behind the steering wheel… …

… but best bang for the buck… a rear sway bar…

but really, try to keep it off the streets and highways…:smiley:

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I think the full energy suspension bushing kit would be the best bet- especially for a 11 year old car that obviously needs/will need new bushings. IMO it’s best to make the stock suspension setup fresh before you add extras to the equation- and you should be able to get the entire kit + the rear trailing arm bushings(doesn’t come with the kit) for well under $200. I would also estimate about $250-300 for a shop to install it. I’m having this entire kit installed next week while i’m on vacation and I’ll be posting in Product reviews after I get back and can see the difference. HTH

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I am having a hard time with only $250-$300 for the installation unless you are taking everything apart first and the shop is doing the pressing out and pressing in of the bushings. I was going to do what you are doing but once I started taking things apart I realized that you literally have to strip the suspension system into all of the pieces. The old bushings started looking better and better as time went on. The trailing arm bushing needs a big time press. I hope you got an estimate first. I do agree with your theory of refreshing before upgrading or doing both together. You can’t polish a turd.

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Originally posted by OldGuy
I am having a hard time with only $250-$300 for the installation unless you are taking everything apart first and the shop is doing the pressing out and pressing in of the bushings. I was going to do what you are doing but once I started taking things apart I realized that you literally have to strip the suspension system into all of the pieces. The old bushings started looking better and better as time went on. The trailing arm bushing needs a big time press. I hope you got an estimate first. I do agree with your theory of refreshing before upgrading or doing both together. You can’t polish a turd.

250-300 is a quote I got from the shop I bought the kit from, but I’m having my mechinac do it on the side at his shop. And I’ve seen him do rta bushings before and he didn’t need a press, he torched the old ones out(whatta smell!!) and used a very large and long flathead to get the bushing in place. I know he put the whole kit on his g2 and it feels great!! But yes i agree, I would not handle this myself, simply because I dont trust myself enough to handle a job like that.

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Originally posted by 91IntegGS
[B]here is what you’re going to need:
-lowering springs/sleeve style coilovers and shocks OR full coilovers
-rear sway bar (you might want a front as well)
-good sticky tires

front and rear strut tower bars as well as a lower rear tie bar will be helpful as well, but no where near as important as the above things. that is why personally i think your money is better spent on the other items first, and then finally finishing everything off with the other 3 bars.

also, you’ll most likely need a camber kit so you don’t wear out your tires too fast. and you’ll definitely need to get an alignment either way. [/B]

i agree

  1. springs

  2. shocks

  3. rear sway

  4. tires

  5. throw in strut bars when you can

  6. front sway? (i did, too much oversteer with only rear sway, and better overall imo)

  7. rear lower tie

i have everything but lower tie, and i think this order is the most effective.
out of them all, i’d say springs and swaybar were most noticeable, followed by shocks and tires.

i havent done bushings yet… while doing the other suspension components i didnt notice any terrible cracking or anything… they just seemed hard/brittle. sways already have the poly bushings tho