after installing the front lower tie bar and the rear strut bar i noticed more steering response at higher speeds (say 80km over, like when changing lanes)

while at harder cornering car feels more complete, more as a whole than compared to before. What i mean is that before the bars were installed, the front of the car always seemed to go around corners like it wanted to keep on turning, while the rear felt like it wouldn't budge, like it wouldn't want to swing out.

now the car feels like it's once piece where the rear now shows the same behaviour as the front, like it also wants to go around the corner and not goin just straight forward, in short more ridgit?

im not sure if i make sense but i hope u guys get the idea.

Although the car feels more ridigt as a whole it also feels like it is also not hugging the road (as if it's lifting off the road) as it use to,
however it is just a feeling, in reality it is the same as before, probably just me 'shrug', either that or cause the cars more ridgit (considering we have really **** roads in melbourne, full of bumps and holes everywhere).

and why didn't i decide to get a more ridgit rear strut by design? ie mugen and carbing?

because for the price of one of those i got a rear strut and lower tie bar

over all a good mod but still getting use to it

 

looks nice

 

thx man!

 

Rear strut tower bars have very little effect on the handling of our cars, much less of an effect than an anti-sway bar. I would have expected you would experience a net increase in understeer with these two bars. Do you have any clearance issues with the front bar, it looks awful low. Looks nice, though.

 

my cusco bar looks diffrent. It has some blue in it.

 

I could never have that in NYC... Would rip the car apart on the first street I tried to drive down.

 

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Same here it probably would be an awesome purchase but the roads are crap down here also. How much did you end up paying for the lower tie bar anyways?

 

 

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now the car feels like it's once piece where the rear now shows the same behaviour as the front, like it also wants to go around the corner and not goin just straight forward, in short more ridgit?

im not sure if i make sense but i hope u guys get the idea. </TD></TR></TABLE>

It's referred to as understeer.

And ridgit = rigid.

 

i'm glad thats its functional, my front always seems like it doesn't want to correct itself, massive understeer.

 

yeah sorry bout the spelling mistake...

yeah it is very low, but at the moment seems fine, this is because it is aligned with the wheel, so speed bumps no worries! however if there is stuff on the road that's another story. However so my mugen twin loop's resonator still hangs lower than that...

although it is a strut bar and not a sway bar, there is a minor but noticble difference, they are to only improve chassis rigidity, but once again nothing like a roll cage!

thought i just like to share!
thx for the input

 

oh yeah

$110 lower tie bar
$220 strut ( 40mm version, the os type was cheaper, and the carbon more expensive)

thx to henryat RMS here in melbourne

 

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What suspension are you running presently?

 

in regards to the suspension setup, it is completely stock.

 

who is that chick... Hott!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EK_freEK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">who is that chick... Hott!</TD></TR></TABLE> yes who is the chick do you have any more pic's if so please post .

 

Nice parts, but I like the chick in your avatar better. How would you mount something like that on your car?

 

bling

 

you mean mounting the chick on the car? lol

i have a large image of her if anyone is interested...

yeah guess u can say bling... however the whiteling products of australia are quite heavy and about the same price...

if i was really buying for the bline bline factor i would of bought mugen and carbing etc...

but everyone has their own opinion

 

I just installed a rear upper bar and noticed a big diff. I agree on the lower bar though, DD'ing would kill my car.

 

yeah...did u really notice a big difference?
maybe i just don't push the car hard enough to notice that much still learning to drive

anyhow in regards to the lower tie bar... i am worried but i'll just have to keep my fingers cross, considering it basically is just a few mm front the transmission and extractors, i dun think it'll make much of a difference, if im going to hitting something i am going to hit something