I notice looking at civics from behind a lot of them have this big bar across the back underbody. I was assuming that's a swaybar - it's HUGE though, like a structural brace lol. And then when I google for civic rear swaybars they don't look like this.

So I'm just really curious - what is this thing and what does it do?

 

It's called a tie bar.

I had the comptech rear sway bar/tie bar combo when I had my civic.

Strengthens the rear end up/stiffens and gives the sway bar a better mounting point.

a lot of people run the dc one (which sucks) or the skunk 2 or Neuspeed units. Just the tie bar.

The strait up tie bar... like the skunk 2 unit is designed to stiffen up the rear end and keep the rear control arms from pushing in. Helps maintain rear camber and contact patch. Good mod.

 

This combined with a melon shooter is the first indication they'll try to race me to the next light.

 

Remember, even a great driver behind the wheel of a little civic or integra can walk you in the fastest STi through the twisties.

 

its an asr subframe bar. stiffens the suspension a lot and attaches to the lower control arms.



used in conjunction with a beaks lower tie bar.

 

the black bar is the sway bar attached to it. it actually works pretty well from what ive heard. i was about to put one on my civic before it got stolen lol.

had 2 integras and a civic

 

f they want to run a bigger/stronger sway bar, they need the brace, because honda didnt design civics to take that much load on the rear...

 

as onemanarmy pointed out, comptech makes a similar piece as well. benen tow hook... old school!

 

haha I have the DC one on the teg, I try to race every black 07 sti I see

 

You need one of these gems...

 

Besides good stiffening and reinforcement of where the sway bar brackets mount too, they are also a cheap mod that's easy so many people do it. The expensive versions typically work better though.

It's also subtle enough that mostly only car enthusiasts will even notice.

 

the DC one seemed crappy, but with the preload adjustment, I can't really imagine that a super expensive type would be worth the money. Seems like you can just load it so there is already a lot of tension.

Haha, wrong car, wrong end of car

What brand subframe is that anyways?

 

benen and beaks make good isht. The ASR one is the same principle as the Comptech one. Killer addition to a civic.

Toss on a beefy front sway and some more stout lower control arms. Some decent camber kits and you can make a civic handle like crazy. I SMOKED a lot of cars on my canyon runs and constant drives over highway 17. It handled better than my wagon and I've got some good suspension on my wagon.

Of course I'm still trying to relearn my corner entry braking with the new sway set up.

 

you guys are all wrong. its actually a big chopstick to help eat the rice.

jk. =p

 

Thats from a old company that was called rpm. They scammed allot of people. Then ran with peoples money, I picked this one up last month. Going to make a few extras if anyone would like one.