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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 07:30 AM
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Its definitely an interesting choice. I wouldn't do it to my civic, but I don't have kids, so we probably have a lot different thought process. It looks like your kid will think its pretty cool
 
Old Jun 2, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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He freaked out (in a good way) when he saw the center console this morning. He went ahead and started telling me to do the doors and the roof, too. LOL Tonight's project are the doors in addition to cleaning, re-aligning, and lubing up the window tracks.
 
Old Jun 2, 2010 | 11:37 AM
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lol thats funny im glad he liked it i'll make up my mind when I see it installed
 
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Door panels were finished last night and look really nice IMO. I have gotten a few compliments on the interior already by some people I work with. No pictures because I apparently went over the bandwidth allowed this month on photobucket. All pictures will be back up on June 13. Oh wells. Hopefully, I will have the headliner in and sunroof cover in by then!
 
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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Yay! sucks about the pics but still this is one of the cooler things interior wise that people have done with their civics...glad your kid liked/likes it haha you got your priorities in the right places, thats very respectable
 
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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just make another extra acct and post them up
 
Old Jun 4, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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^^ Just went ahead and did that. I will take some shots tomorrow when the lighting is better. My camera sucks a$$. haha

The ebay seller e-mailed me and told me the fogs are out of stock 4 days after I bought/paid for them. Oh wells, got my refund, went ahead and bought another set.

Other than that, someone semi-local is selling a ASR brace/18mm Rear sway bar/ES bushings for $225, so I might jump on it. All that would be needed are endlinks for the install. He is telling me that he used SI endlinks. Does anyone know if I would need adjustable links, or is that dependent on the sway bar that is being used?
 
Old Jun 5, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by cvcrcr99
^^ Just went ahead and did that. I will take some shots tomorrow when the lighting is better. My camera sucks a$$. haha

The ebay seller e-mailed me and told me the fogs are out of stock 4 days after I bought/paid for them. Oh wells, got my refund, went ahead and bought another set.

Other than that, someone semi-local is selling a ASR brace/18mm Rear sway bar/ES bushings for $225, so I might jump on it. All that would be needed are endlinks for the install. He is telling me that he used SI endlinks. Does anyone know if I would need adjustable links, or is that dependent on the sway bar that is being used?
I had to do a bunch of research regarding sway bars and found out some good info. I learned that sometimes depending on your lca/endlink combo the sway bar might be a little tough to get it to line up correctly. It's because some lca's like Blox have the end link holes in the center of the lca but some companies like Skunk2 have them on top. That means if you are using non adjustable endlinks you need to have ones that will be the correct length.

I got lucky because I have Blox control arms and I got blox non-adjustable endlinks so it worked out. But lets say if you had a different brand (I cant remember what you have) but you used say the Blox endlinks, it might not work out. Just an idea of what I found. I would do some research on what endlinks work with the lca you will use. Or if adjustable ones solve this problem then I would go that route.
 
Old Jun 5, 2010 | 06:03 AM
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I may just go with some adjustable ones just so I dont have to worry about it in the future. Still not sure if I want the 18mm sway bar when I can get a 21mm ITR bar for just a little more. You think it would be that much of a difference from the ITR being 3mm thicker?

The sway bay I am looking at is made by Cusco, and I have Blox LCAs at the moment.
 
Old Jun 5, 2010 | 06:54 AM
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Well I would take into consideration that going from 0mm (No sway bar at all) to 18mm will be a really noticable difference. But if you went for the 21mm you probably wouldnt notice much since your car is a dd. They would both feel great to have, but I personally probably wouldnt be able to tell.
 



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