alright, well i finally got my koni's and neuspeeds on. and yes, i now realize that one day i am going to want to get me some GC's or at least stiffer springs. well, heres my question, the rear the back seat braces were in the way of the adjusters for the koni's. so i took the braces off. i dont see this as a problem cus i dont ever use the back seat. after taking out the 6 bolts on eack side, i realized that i was going to loose rigidity for the frame. so now my plan is to get a strut bar. are all strut bars created equal? should i spring for the dcsports for 139 or go with the cheap no name brand? is there a difference in anything but the name?
damn, well now that the paragraph is done, here is a pic just for reference.



thanks guys!


[Modified by exaccord, 5:33 AM 1/15/2002]

 

What did you remove from each side that had six bolts?
Also i would NOT use the DC rear strut bar, my friend HAD one on his teg, it would flex 3-4 inches, literally. He bought a cheap no name brand one, and it is solid as rock and allows him to adjust his KONIs. One thing i like (sort of) about my KYB AGXs, is the rear ones adjust under the car, so i can keep my rear interior intact. I have a custom rear strut bar. I'll see if i still have pics of it.

 

94accord is right, the DC sports bar is sold for name and will flex 3-4 inches
the best bar is a heavy tubular design that can be tightened from both sides so you can tighten it down as far as possible

 

coo thanks guys.

oh, and i removed the metal braces for behind the back seat. that is what the six bolts on each side were.



[Modified by exaccord, 12:54 AM 1/16/2002]

 

i am going to take a dril and cut a hole big enough to be able to adjust the shocks without removing the brace

 

Oh yea, when

 

soon now that I have all this free time on my hands

 

thats some pretty thick steel. your prolly going to need a pretty big bit too.

 

or I could just use a cutting torch!

 

Ahh yes. The infamous blue wrench!

If you have a jigsaw with some metal cutting blades, it will work just fine. I plan on cutting out mine too. Well, one of these days.

 

Just curious...would the DC Sports bar bend while on the car?? I can understand it bending if you're trying to make it bend when it's not on the car, but it shouldn't be bending when put to use the way it was intended to be used. The loads you are putting on it in both instances are not going to be the same.

Mike-
who's not a huge fan of DC Sports, by the way.

 

i don't know about bending but i could tell mine had flexed

James- i will attempt it this weekend if my other plans fall through and let you know what works best

 

my front upper DC bar has a little flex to it mounted on the car.