I bought a set..uppet front and rear and the front doesnt seem to fit. the holes arent linine up..that and the act that there are only 2 drilled holes on the backet for the bar..and three bolts that have to go throug the bracket as most of you already know. What do i have to do. any help ppl?

 

Thats because Megan products are garbage. Take that **** back for a refund.

 

im in the process of talkin to them now...lol

 

get real strut bars...they fit better.

 

don't even bother with strut bars, they're a waste of money.

 

Care to elaborate on why a well engineered strut bar would not be able to stiffen a uni-body chassis? I agree with you that some of the aftermarket strut bars ive seen are a waste of time and money. However, the front strut bar on a RSX ties it into the firewall, and that would certainly take some of the flex out of the front tub.
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RSX and bb6 are two totally different animals.

the loaded strut towers of a DC5 might be subject to more forces that might cause a deflection in the uni-body (and only at very high acclerations) but the unloaded shock towers of a bb6 or other double wishbone hondas are not subject to a live load.

attempting to limit deflection in an unloaded member directly in front of the firewall doesn't make much sense to me. i haven't done the calculations, nor have i done any real testing, but the bottom line is preventing deflection in the engine bay of a prelude doesn't make a lot of sense. once again, in a macpherson strut setup, chassis deflections may affect camber curves, but for the most part our double wishbone suspension geometry is more isolated from such occurences.

also, i'm not sure how fast you'd need to be going in a sweeper to even get measureable deflection in the prelude chassis, but chances are it's a high enough speed to outstrip available total grip on street tires. i don't know, i've done 110 into #9 at WSIR on azenis and didn't notice a chassis deflection/turn-in problem...

 

Cool, good info. How similar are the bb6 and bb4 chassis? if you are only looking at overall rigidity and willingness to deflect.

Do you think that only the front upper strut bars are useless, or also rear upper, lower, front lower, etc.