Progress Technology 22mm Rear Sway Bar for 94-01 Integra

Progress Technology 22mm Adjustable Rear Sway Bar - 1994-2001 Acura Integra (DC2)

The DC2 Integra is one of the best-handling front-drive cars Honda ever built, and enthusiasts have spent 25 years proving it on backroads, at autocross, and on track. But even a great chassis leaves something on the table from the factory, and on a front-driver that something is almost always the rear. This Progress Technology system fixes it properly. It isn't just a bar, it's a complete package, a 22mm three-point adjustable rear sway bar, an integrated steel chassis brace, and Progress HD adjustable end links, all engineered to work together. Bolt it on and your Integra rotates harder, stays flatter, and lets you actually tune the balance to how you drive.

Read This First: Check Your Rear Control Arms

Before anything else, confirm this one fitment detail, because it's the thing that trips people up. Your car has to have M10 threaded bosses on the rear lower control arms, because that's where the end links attach. Most 1994-2001 Integras have them, but not all rear control arms do, so get under the car and look before you order. If your RLCAs don't have those threaded mounting points, this system won't bolt up. Thirty seconds of checking now saves you a return later.

Why The Rear Bar Wakes Up A Front-Drive Integra

Here's what you'll feel the first time you push it. From the factory the Integra understeers, meaning the nose pushes wide when you lean on it, because that's the safe way Honda tunes a front-driver. Firm up the rear and you flip that script. The back of the car starts carrying more of the cornering load, the front quits fighting to hold its line, and the Integra rotates into the corner and takes a tighter, more eager line. Lift off the throttle mid-corner and you'll feel the tail help the car turn, which is exactly the responsive, chuckable feel this chassis is famous for when it's set up right. It's the difference between a car that plows and a car that dances.

Three Settings, So You Tune It To Your Driving

This is where the adjustability earns its money. The bar has three mounting points, so you dial in exactly how much rear stiffness you want. Run it soft at 310 lb/in for a planted, friendly street setup, middle at 360 for a sharper all-around feel, or firm at 410 when you want maximum rotation for autocross or track work. Best part, changing settings takes no shims or washers, so you can experiment. Start in the middle, drive it, and move a notch stiffer if you want more rotation. Dialing it in over a few sessions is half the fun of running an adjustable bar.

The Brace Is What Makes It Different

Here's the part a lot of cheaper bars skip, and it matters on an older car. Progress builds an integrated heavy-gauge steel chassis brace into the system, and its job is to spread the sway bar's load across the subframe instead of concentrating it in one spot. On a 20-plus-year-old Integra, that's what prevents the dreaded subframe tear-out that a bar-only setup can cause when you really load it up. The poly bushings and lateral location rings keep the bar located and responding instantly with no slop, and the HD adjustable M10 ball-stud end links stay quiet for years instead of developing the clunks and rattles cheap end links are known for. It's a system, and it's built to last.

Made In The USA, Built To Bolt On

Progress Technology designs and builds this in-house in the USA, and everything, the sway bar, the brace, and the brackets, is powder-coated so it resists rust and looks clean under the car. It's a genuine bolt-on with no fabrication, and because it needs no shims or washers, you just mount it, torque everything to spec, and go find a twisty road. The whole system installs in an afternoon.

Fits Your Integra (But Not The Type R)

This fits the 1994-2001 Acura Integra (DC2) in the GS, LS, RS, GS-R, and Special Edition trims. It does not fit the Integra Type R. The Type R runs a different rear setup and has its own specific parts, so if you've got a Type R, this isn't your bar. For every other DC2 Integra with M10 threaded rear control arm bosses, this is the system.

Who Should Run This Sway Bar

This one's for the Integra owner who drives their car the way it was meant to be driven and wants to unlock the rest of what the chassis has. Street, canyon, autocross, or track day, the adjustability means one system covers all of it, and you set it to match. It's one of the highest-impact handling upgrades you can put on a DC2, and it's built to still be working years from now. Check your control arms, bolt it on, get an alignment, and go remember why people never shut up about this chassis.

Fits: 1994-2001 Acura Integra (DC2), GS, LS, RS, GS-R, and Special Edition. Does not fit the Type R. Requires M10 threaded bosses on the rear lower control arms. Diameter: 22mm, solid, three-point adjustable. Rates: 310 lb/in (soft), 360 lb/in (middle), 410 lb/in (firm). Includes: sway bar, integrated steel chassis brace, and HD adjustable M10 ball-stud end links. Bushings: polyurethane with lateral location rings. Finish: powder-coated bar, brace, and brackets. Install: bolt-on, no shims or washers required, made in the USA.