Installing Sway Bars?
08-01-2001, 01:50 PM
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Installing Sway Bars?
Has anyone of you install the sway bars on your CLS yourself? If so how long did it take and is it a pain in the ***? Is there allot of work involve? Would you need to realign the front end? Thanks for any feedback or tips.
08-01-2001, 01:57 PM
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I'm no mechanic, but someone will assist you better than I. Just make sure it is done correct ! You will enjoy them...... 
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Originally posted by GRF:
<STRONG>Has anyone of you install the sway bars on your CLS yourself? If so how long did it take and is it a pain in the ***? Is there allot of work involve? Would you need to realign the front end? Thanks for any feedback or tips.</STRONG>
<STRONG>Has anyone of you install the sway bars on your CLS yourself? If so how long did it take and is it a pain in the ***? Is there allot of work involve? Would you need to realign the front end? Thanks for any feedback or tips.</STRONG>
08-01-2001, 02:07 PM
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Thanks for your response tuleman. Is the install pretty straight forward? Would I be disconnecting any of the front end parts to get it bolted on? I haven't climbed under to check it out yet.
08-01-2001, 02:12 PM
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Gary, you should come to our next meet and/or get in touch with Norcal CL-S (Justin). He and his brother installed the sways on his CL-S together.
08-01-2001, 02:31 PM
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Originally posted by GRF:
<STRONG>Thanks Mike, I plan on coming to your next meet. Hope to chit chat with the guys on their mods.</STRONG>
<STRONG>Thanks Mike, I plan on coming to your next meet. Hope to chit chat with the guys on their mods.</STRONG>
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Originally posted by tuleman:
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A friend and I did mine. Took about an hour. It was very easy. No alignment was needed afte words.</STRONG>
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A friend and I did mine. Took about an hour. It was very easy. No alignment was needed afte words.</STRONG>
tuleman!!! where u been man? havent seen u on the board in a while? you missed the past 2 meets. wassup?
08-01-2001, 03:07 PM
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I'm from the north side of town. Town & Country, Carmichael area. Looking forward to the meet. I posted a question on the forum on whether some of the guys replace the front, back, or both sways. How about you?
I'm from the north side of town. Town & Country, Carmichael area. Looking forward to the meet. I posted a question on the forum on whether some of the guys replace the front, back, or both sways. How about you?
08-01-2001, 04:45 PM
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i looked at instructinos on how to do it and it doesn't seem too hard, except that i think you have to raise the car up and unload the suspension.
otherwise it's just a couple bolts to remove the stock and same thing to install the new one.
otherwise it's just a couple bolts to remove the stock and same thing to install the new one.
08-01-2001, 06:00 PM
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The Helm manual also suggests new self-locking nuts when changing springs. If the sways are like springs, they don't come with new nuts. I just reused the old ones and applied some Loctite Threadlocker to hold them in place as an extra precaution.
I’m curious if Acura dealerships use new ones or if they just re-use the old ones when installing sways and springs... I looked at the self-locking nuts after removal and they seemed to be in perfectly fine shape for re-use.
I’m curious if Acura dealerships use new ones or if they just re-use the old ones when installing sways and springs... I looked at the self-locking nuts after removal and they seemed to be in perfectly fine shape for re-use.
08-01-2001, 06:11 PM
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Hey THANKS tinman and Night Hawk for your imput. Looking at your sigs it doesn't appear that either one of you have sways. Night hawk you mention that it might involve dropping the suspension. You don't mean the whole front end do you? For those of you that have actually installed sways yourself need your imput. Thanks Allot!!
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Hey Night Hawk
How do you like your trunk mat. Does it cover the whole trunk and how is the quality. Dealer here has it for $79.00. Think that's a good buy?
How do you like your trunk mat. Does it cover the whole trunk and how is the quality. Dealer here has it for $79.00. Think that's a good buy?
08-01-2001, 06:41 PM
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Very nice liner, It does cover the whole trunk floor. You lose the 2 hooks, for the net, on the trunk floor. Easy to clean.
I got mine from the dealer. I do not know if $80 is a best deal ever . I checked autocarparts.com and it is $90.00. I guess it's fair price.
I like mine.
I got mine from the dealer. I do not know if $80 is a best deal ever . I checked autocarparts.com and it is $90.00. I guess it's fair price.
I like mine.
08-01-2001, 07:28 PM
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Originally posted by GRF:
<STRONG>Hey THANKS tinman and Night Hawk for your imput. Looking at your sigs it doesn't appear that either one of you have sways. Night hawk you mention that it might involve dropping the suspension. You don't mean the whole front end do you? For those of you that have actually installed sways yourself need your imput. Thanks Allot!!</STRONG>
<STRONG>Hey THANKS tinman and Night Hawk for your imput. Looking at your sigs it doesn't appear that either one of you have sways. Night hawk you mention that it might involve dropping the suspension. You don't mean the whole front end do you? For those of you that have actually installed sways yourself need your imput. Thanks Allot!!</STRONG>
that's what i meant by unloading the suspension, taking the load off of it by raising the car.
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Do it yourself. I did mine myself and took about 1-1.5hrs. Also went out and bought a torque wrench to torque the bolts back on at the specs. For specs just do a search...
Originally posted by GRF:
<STRONG>Has anyone of you install the sway bars on your CLS yourself? If so how long did it take and is it a pain in the ***? Is there allot of work involve? Would you need to realign the front end? Thanks for any feedback or tips.</STRONG>
<STRONG>Has anyone of you install the sway bars on your CLS yourself? If so how long did it take and is it a pain in the ***? Is there allot of work involve? Would you need to realign the front end? Thanks for any feedback or tips.</STRONG>
08-02-2001, 04:13 AM
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Originally posted by GRF:
<STRONG>Red Rider
I'm from the north side of town. Town & Country, Carmichael area. Looking forward to the meet. I posted a question on the forum on whether some of the guys replace the front, back, or both sways. How about you?</STRONG>
<STRONG>Red Rider
I'm from the north side of town. Town & Country, Carmichael area. Looking forward to the meet. I posted a question on the forum on whether some of the guys replace the front, back, or both sways. How about you?</STRONG>
Lookin forward to meeting you on the 18th.
08-02-2001, 11:14 AM
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Welcome GRF, Sways install! Hmmm! Definitely do front and back, and just have a good pair of jack stands. The whole process takes about an hour. I'd say check out comptech's site and download the sway bar instructions, it'll tell you everything you need to know..
See you @ mini meet 5 or 4.5?
See you @ mini meet 5 or 4.5?
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