I have a 99 gsr and I found a jdm itr sway bar for sale at a very good price. I was wondering if anybody knows if that would be better or a comptech or neuspeed aftermarket sway bar. I'm looking to upgrade no matter what, but I want to know which will be stiffer.

 

IMO I'd spend the money and get the Comptech Sway/tie bar setup... So far I'm unbelievably happy with mine, and it's perfectly stiff for aggressive street driving at it's medium setting, and for track driving, it's hard setting would probably be great.

And, stiffer ain't always better... Balance is what's most important, and if your sway bar is too stiff without firm enough springs or front braces to manage it, your back end will be mad squirrely...

Amazingly enough, the USDM sway bar would probably be enough, and you can get it for like less than $100 new from Acura!

 

USDM with the Beaks kit would be good...the Comptech also incorporates the lower strut bar which is nice, but costly all at once.

 

The good thing about the Comptech combo is that the sway bar mounts directly to the tie bar instead of mounting to the subframe. Only the tie bar mounts to the subframe. It basically kills any possibility of a stiffer sway bar messing up the subframe, and at the same time provides a more solid mounting point for the sway bar.

The JDM ITR sway bar is the same unless you get a '98-'01 piece and then it's I believe 23 mm instead of the 22 mm which the USDM ITR and most aftermarket bits use. If you're not going to spend the extra cash to get a Comptech sway/tie combo then you might as well just go to an Acura dealer and get the USDM ITR piece.

 

Thanks for everybody's input. I'm just trying to weigh cost against benefit since I'm a poor college student with not a lot of cash but a love of cars. The jdm one is $100 and comes with bushings and end links. It's the 98-01 version that is 23 mm.