New Rear Sway bar - Honda Prelude Forum

lovemylude95 · 05-03-2009, 01:31 PM

Ok so I hit a nasty pothole yesterday and it appears my rear sway bar broke right at one of the mounting points. So i'm going to need a new one obviously. I'm not racing my car at all as this is my daily driver. I'm assuming just a ST bar will be fine as it seems to be the cheapest out there, but i'm keep about the possibility of subframe pull out or end link breaking. Should i be at all worried about these things if i'm not pushing my car hard? If I should be worried how should I go about preventing any issues while still saving money (i'm a broke college student) Any help is appreciated.

O and if this was answered anywhere else just direct me to it please, i searched and read a bunch of threads but i couldn't find exactly what i was looking for.

Da_lude · 05-03-2009, 04:11 PM

Ive got an ST rear bar for sale

But to answer your question..I had the bar on my car and hit turns hard and ive never busted the bushings or busted an end link. Only reason im selling it is cuz i picked up a Neuspeed rear sway bar from someone.

petern101 · 05-03-2009, 10:09 PM

1. You need to reinforce the mounting points. Normally these usually break out because of rusting or just old age.

2. If you reinforce the mounting point, you can add almost any sway bar. But some people add stiffer sway bars w/o reinforcing the mounting point and it will cause what happened to you.

3. If you want a cheap fix, weld some metal where the mounting point is and find an OEM bar off a junkyard. I can't see OEM swaybars being a high commodity.