Best Strut Bars?

[T-Racer]

what about a CF strut bar? what would be a good price range for that?

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by BlackCiv00

let me get this str8 guys......i was reading this in hopes to get the answer that ca2822 was looking for. upper strut/tie bars have nothing to do with performance or handling...correct?? if i want to get better handling of my car i should get a rear sway bar instead? so then....this might be a stupid question and will probably upset some people in here....what will be the purpose of spending money on upper strut/tie bars?? just looks?? if its just looks, then that answers my question and i will go out and purchase a cheap set of strut/tie bars and get a good rear sway bar instead.

They aren't totally for looks. They do have functions, but they won't give the results that most look for. If you want to eliminate or lessen bodyroll, then a strut/tiebar isn't going to help you out on that. It just ties together points of the body and chassis, to help it move as one and not flex as much, which CAN in turn yield better handling performance given you have things already inplace such as swaybars and a GOOD (not crap $100 coil sleeves) shock/spring or true coilover setup. But I stress this, it all depends on what your suspension setup is composed of and such. Remember, what works for me may not work for you.

BTW for those wondering, the H-brace in my pic in this thread only set me back $65 from www.robearracing.com That's even cheaper that a standard front tiebar would have cost me, or a rear one for that matter. WELL worth it IMO, it keeps my front wheels planted better to the ground I've noticed so far.

[loesch8102]

When I added my strut bar it basically tightened the steering up. I probably wasn't pulling a higher g-force in turns but it made my car more responsive and controllable.

[SilverY2KCivic]

Originally Posted by loesch8102

When I added my strut bar it basically tightened the steering up. I probably wasn't pulling a higher g-force in turns but it made my car more responsive and controllable.

In the straights, right? That's what I noticed with mine as well.

[BullShifter]

The biggest difference I noticed was at idle, the car didn't vibrate as much.

[loesch8102]

Do you have 1000 horsepower jackassssi??

[BullShifter]

2000, lol.
The motor mounts & shitty idle from cam is what i'm talking about.

[94accord]

I have a forza tuning Hinged strut bar and I felt a big difference when I installed mine