ex rear subframe conversion on lx

[2DrAccord]

well guy's i just finished my rear disc conversion on my lx. I got a good deal at a salvage yard on the whole rear subframe for an ex. At first i was just going unbolt the spindle and put it on my accord, but looking closer at my rear subframe i noticed that the lx doesn't have a factory rear sway bar. I looked at the one for the accord ex and saw that it had one. So i was wtf. Why not just bolt the whole thing up and save myself a little bit of work and gain a sway bar. So i unbolted the rear subframe from my accord. Which if i may add is very simple after removing the brake hose and emercancy cable. It's only like six bolts and the upper control arm nut and it just drops out. Seriously took me like an hour by my self to have it dropped and prepping the other one to go in. I removed the calipers and everything that i didn't need from the ex rear subframe and drug it over too my car. I raised it up into place with a jack and bolted it up no sweat. So i made you read all of this too tell you that the ex rear subframe (if you can find it for cheap(i got mine for 100 bucks)) not only has rear disc, but it also has a sway bar that is missing on the the lx and dx's. Oh, and you can us an lx brake master cylinder on the rear disc conversion. You don't need to use an ex master cylinder. I have a friend that has done the conversion with the lx master cylinder and has been riding on it like that for a good while, with no braking issues.

[AccordEx]

Good info. Me and a friend were changing the rear brakes on my friends 95 LX and I noticed that he didnt have a sway bar like 5th gen EX Accord models do. He also though about switching to disc in the rear so this information will be usefull and he also can do the subframe and sway bar at the same time.

[2DrAccord]

yeah, if you neeed any pics or anything for the install let me know i took a bunch. It's really straight forward though. If you have half a mechanicle brain you'll figure it out.

[TOP END MS]

Nice. I have a rear EX cross member next to me that I been waiting to install so I can mount a Tanabe rear sway bar. The honda manual said to replace the big bolts for the cross member and that they were 'Special' bolts. Do you think thats neccessary? Only on occasion will it say to replace a bolt. Usually just crush washers and such, but then again they say to replace the lower fork nut also and I dont see that as nessassary.

[97 2 door accord]

and of all people to go grave digging

[Quicksilvercord]

and of all people to go grave digging

my thoughts as well

[AccordEx]

:hehe:

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[5peedCoupe]

good job.. this has been in tuner mags back in the early 2000.. but glad you done the swap.. i been trying to get my friend to do it along time ago but never went to get the whole rear end off an ex.. but we did do a cat back swap from and ex to the lx.. you get larger pipings..

since you did the rear end conversion.. you should look into an ex cat back exhaust system if you dont have an aftermarket exhaust already

[5peedCoupe]

Nice. I have a rear EX cross member next to me that I been waiting to install so I can mount a Tanabe rear sway bar. The honda manual said to replace the big bolts for the cross member and that they were 'Special' bolts. Do you think thats neccessary? Only on occasion will it say to replace a bolt. Usually just crush washers and such, but then again they say to replace the lower fork nut also and I dont see that as nessassary.

i kinda know what you mean and i dont understand why you need to replace them.. but on every honda.. anytime a subframe is removed the bolts that hold it up must be replaced..

i dont know about honda but on all the toyotas that we have done at work.. where we drop the subframe we never replaced the bolts.. unless honda does it differently

[AccordEx]

more grave digging ahaha