which LCA is shorter?

949949 Senior Wagonist
in Suspension, Braking & Wheels
i was planning on doing a rear sway bar setup. i have searched that the DA or the civic SI 91's have the open bolt locations on them to mount the endlinks.
i dont want to have the wheels come out of the fenders, i would prefer if they were comming in so that i can put wider wheels on.


which one would be shorter?
or is there any other aftermarket ones that would also work and be shorter?

Comments

  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    It is my understanding that they are all the same length.

    Correct me if I'm wrong :P
  • 89ac_EE289ac_EE2 Wagonist
    I think aftermarket ones might be a smidge shorter...i think
  • JakerJaker familEE
    The only aftermarket LCAs that "could" be shorter are those elusive Suspension Techniques adjustable drop arms. Otherwise the others are made to factory geometry specs. All the 1988-1995 Civic and 1990-2001 Integra rear LCAs are the same length. The 1996-2000 Civic ones are longer.
  • 949949 Senior Wagonist
    do you know if the aftermarket civic LCA's will have the holes in it for the endlinks? or do i need one from a specific civic model?
  • JakerJaker familEE
    As far as I know, all the aftermarket LCAs for the 1989-1995 Civic and 1990-2001 Integra (except ITR and you might notice I left out 1988 Civic) will be the exact same part number. If they are, they will all have the holes for the swaybar endlinks, since all the Integras have a rear sway bar. Do some research into the part numbers, and you questions should be answered.

    That is the case for Skunk2 for example:

    http://www.skunk2.com/mm5/merchant.mvc? ... 42-05-0105
  • 949949 Senior Wagonist
    nice, i was thinking of doing skunk2.

    why is the 88 civic and integra type R different?
  • JakerJaker familEE
    There were some minor differences in the geometry of the rear suspension on the 1988 Civics that was deemed too "lively" for the North American market. That's why they changed the rear trailing arms (and the attachment style of the bottom of the rear shocks) starting in 1989. Then when the ITR came along, since it was marketed as a "driver's car", they wanted to renew that liveliness, so that 1988 style LCA was brought back. The bottom of the rear shock has an eyelet style of attachment, rather than the fork style you see from 1989-up.

    On another note, those LCAs (1988 style) were used on all the JDM cars, right through the run from 1988 to 2001 (except 1996-2000 Civic EK).
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    what do you mean by "lively"?
  • Marc_EE9Marc_EE9 Senior Wagonist
    You can use DC and DA LCA's. But they are a 1/16" longer so you will end up with more negative camber in the rear. If you use these it would be wise to then switch to integra UCA's. Then at least your camber will stay the same.

    http://ef-honda.com/ben/EFhybridsus.php
  • 949949 Senior Wagonist
    Marc_EE9 wrote:
    You can use DC and DA LCA's. But they are a 1/16" longer so you will end up with more negative camber in the rear. If you use these it would be wise to then switch to integra UCA's. Then at least your camber will stay the same.

    http://ef-honda.com/ben/EFhybridsus.php
    cool, i read that link. but i assume the aftermarket lca sould keep it the same, right?
  • JakerJaker familEE
    wagodizzle wrote:
    what do you mean by "lively"?


    The cars "rotated" a little too easily, which lead to some unwanted oversteer situations that lesser mortals were not prepared to control.
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