What front/rear strut bars do you use?
- Thread starter CFSapper
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Megan Racing front strut bar, nothing for the rear. I noticed a slight difference putting one in the front, wasn't nearly as much body roll.
-Matt
-Matt
outofstep said:
Great job on it man! Could you elaborate on what parts you bought to complete that? Or would you rather not have others copying that?
outofstep said:Here's my rear setup.
maybe its just me but i would NEVER reinforce the crush zones on my car.
outofstep said:
i looked. no need to edit. but hey its your car, do with it what you like.
edit. just so i understand where you are coming from on this, are you trying to say that because you havent attached to the framerails then you are ok?
outofstep said:
our chassis works the same as any other modern unibody construction. generally everything aft of the rear shock towers acts as a crush or crumple zone during a rear end collision. this allows the crumple zone to absorb as much impact energy as possible to reduce the amount of energy that reaches the occupants. here is a good example of what im talking about:
its no supra, however it does rather graphically illistrate my point that this area is designed to crumple. its easy to see that the passenger compartment (the area between the shock towers) is built much stronger than the areas fore and aft. its this fact that allows the areas fore and aft to act as crumple zones. by reinforcing these areas, you create the potential that these crumple zones wont absorb as much energy in a crash than they normally would if left alone. any energy the crumple zone doesnt absorb, is tranfered to the occupants.
i dont mean to start an argument, as ive said before, its your car and you can do what you want. but i simply wanted to make the point to anyone else thinking of doing something similar that they may want to think long and hard about the safety implications of doing so. from your criptic responces, i can surmise that youve already thought this through and decided that it was safe. and thats fine, i could care less what you do with your car.
also, i dont really even see the point of bracing anything beyond the subframe mounts, but i guess thats a topic for a different discussion. dispite all ive said, i will agree that it does look really cool.
Well, I've tried ordering the front 4 point strut bar from cpracing and still haven't got any feedback from them... I've tried contacting them through email and still nothing. Anyone know of another place to get this strut bar?
Bumpety bump bump! This is the strut bar I really want guys, but CPRacing isn't responding to me, help me out!
If anyone knows of another place selling them (suprasport doesn't anymore) please let me know. Or if you know of a better way to contact cpracing, chime in! Thanks 
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