Anyways I have a few questions...

1)what rear upper strut bar do you guys use?
2)is there a rear upper strut bar for usdm itrs?
3) how good is the jdm rear upper strut bar?

 

1. Hell, I have all four of the Spoon bars.

2. No. But there is that trunk brace thing.

3. Hard to say because I don't have a JDM bar to compare it to my Spoon. The Spoon rear bar does look alot stronger then the JDM one though.

 

Mugen

 

I have the Cusco CF rear upper bar. Its very similar to the JIC Magic one. Very fat like a hand rail and super, super light.

 

Spoon rear - nicey nice

 

Spoon Front and Rear

 

Spoon front.. and above is my old spoon rear (selling the car and my next honda will have a cage welded in..)

 

Skunk2 front and rear

 

Neuspeed (not the Type R version)

most auto x and die hard track racers I've known swear by them.

 

Mugen, the best one out there!!

 

Smae here. Ill go get pics of mine installed right now.

 

1.jdm honda access
2. no not stock
3. i have no basis for comparison but i def felt a difference on highway off ramps. when i took it for a test drive after install. needless to say the car felt much better at the next auto-x. im sure the spoon / mugen bars are stiffer but i think w/ the mugen (and/or) spoon bar, u have to cut the plastic covers (someone confirm?)
pix:

 

1 Mugen fronnt and rear
2 Nothing stock
3 Never used it, but physics and box theory say that it is the weakest one because it goes up and over as opposed to the Mugen like below that just goes straight across.

Yes Toda, you do have to cut the panels on the Spoon one, but you have to cut the actually trunk piece for the Mugen one. See below. I felt a BIG differance one one i put it one. It sounds silly, but the whole car feels moer connected now.



I usually have my rear covers on, but i took them off for the sake of the pic. They do give you the rubber liner that goes around it. You should super glue it on.


[Modified by B-DIDDYR2K, 12:19 PM 3/31/2002]

 

very nice job on the rear bar ...i am using the front mugen bar also....i like it but i never got around to getting the rear one

 

thanks. That bar was my first mod that I ever to the car.

 

The Neuspeed front upper strut bar is in similar design to the Mugen one. Is the Neuspeed one better value for the money?

 

do they make covers for the JDM rear upper strut bar??

 

It should come with a template and you can cut it to make it look clean.

I'm running Spoon front and rear.

 

What are the torque specs for the front and rear bars?

 

Mugen's are very nice but they are WAY heavier than Spoon.

I have Spoon for 6 yrs from my X-Delsol to my present Civic and I love them.

Used to have Mugen but since I swap them (Spoon/Mugen) and it doesn't make any difference between the two so I rather go lighter ones.

 

Cusco rear tower bar!

 

1. Honda Access rear upper bar
2. Quite a few avaliable
3. Nice... for the price I paid for mine (Honda dealer) it works real nice.



Will

 

I also have the JDM honda access bar in the rear and stock in the front.

Mattj

 

See my sig, but

Front Upper - Comptech
Rear Upper - Spoon (cause Comptech doesn't make one)
Rear Lower - Comptech.

I felt a huge difference with the rear upper. The rear end feels much better connected. At the limit, I feel much more connected with the car. I highly recommend it!

Reefer_Bob.


[Modified by reefer_bob, 9:56 AM 4/2/2002]

 

Front = Spoon
Rear = Mugen