Hey, I actually joined a while ago but I wasn't keeping up with anything car related due to trying to finish college. But now that I'm done, I decided to buy some strut and sway bars for my car, a 2003 honda accord v6.

I was initially deciding between the neuspeed strut bar and the greddy one and ended up going with the greddy however I have a few problems with it. It seems that the nuts don't really screw in all the way after putting the greddy strut bar on because of some oem bar that originally sits where the strut bar is suppose to sit. (I don't know if you can tell but the nut only really screws in about 4/5 through)

Am i suppose to take that bar out before putting the strut bar in? If not, then is it safe the the nuts don't screw all the way down? or should I just try to return it and get the neuspeed instead?

Please let me know if any of you had this problem! Thanks in advance!

 

Wait. You mounted it ON TOP OF the original strut tower bar? Word of advice, unless those bars are solid, as in one-piece-no-bolts, they are worthless.

 

Pretty sure the Neuspeed bar is solid, return that bar.

And TAKE OFF any existing piece from the original strut tower bar (And/or that funny piece of metal you mounted that thing on top of)

 

I don't see Greedy or Trust anywhere on that bar. You sure it's legit? As said above, return that and get the Neuspeed. Take OFF the old strut tower braces first (do they come off?).

 

Thanks for the response everyone. Unfortunately i dont think that the black bar under the greddy strut bar is really a strut bar. It doesn't connect all the way to the other side, instead it just connects to the body of the car on both sides. In addition, I don't think it is a smart idea to remove it because that bar is used to mount like.. the fuse box and other components.

It is a legit greddy strut bar, it's just that the word greddy is more of a engravement type thing on the bar and isn't painted on.

I am in the process of returning the greddy strut bar but unfortunately EDOperformance.com does not take returns on installed items. I understand that but I would never have known that this issue would occur unless I install it... Either way, I am in the process of contacting GReddy directly and they are very nice about it. I hope that they would give me a full refund on the strut bar even though I haven't bought it from them directly.

Thank you all, I was just curious to know if this problem occurred with anyone else. I also realized after searching through the web that this strut bar does fit well on 'some' 7th gen accords because the bolts on their towers are a lot longer than the ones on my car...

I also still want to get a strut bar if anyone can recommend a good one to me. I heard a lot of good things about neuspeed (and the neuspeed strut bars for my car don't use those two bolts, they use the outter most bolts so i'm sure it will definately fit well). Just wondering if theres any other recommendations that I can look into. I kind of really liked the Greddy one, if only it fits. I just don't feel comfortable driving around with it when the nuts are only screwed in like 3/4 of the way in... ya noes?

 

its a factory tower bar. only difference is that it's mounted to the firewall instead of going across.

if you really want, you could just punch out the stock bolts and get longer ones to be able to fit that aftermarket bar. that way you'll have a triangle type tower bar.

 

Oh thanks for the info. If I somehow don't get my refund for the strut bar maybe I'll just do that. But, how can I replace the bolt? I feel kind of stupid for asking that but I didn't know that was possible, I always thought that it's just one piece or the bolt was just welded on or something. I don't even know how to reach the under side of the tower.. Just out of curiosity, please let me know how that is possible as well as where I can get longer bolts of the same size (I don't even know where to find out what size/kind those bolts are.

Thanks a lot dude.

 

Hey. So I have enough to buy the Neuspeed strut bar but I just want to ask if the same problem would occur with the neuspeed strut bar. I am asking this because I don't know if the problem is with the bolts on the towers not being long enough.

Thanks

 

You have to take off the factory parts FIRST or it will be the same. I mean, technically, if you don't that would probably quality as a three (four?) point system if you leave them on as was said in post #6.

 

I agree and disagree with this statement. The strut bars that pivot, well they pivot so you figure there is still movement allowed. I think we can all agree that a solid bar is much better. However I went into my install thinking this is probably pointless and I will just sell it. Well after installing my Ractive strut bars I took it for a test drive. And no it wasn't just in my mind because I had purchased something, I got these for free when I bought the last car I had. The response of the car had much improved! I was actually shocked at the results because they were not a 1 piece design. Eventually I will use a 1 piece but for now there's no point when other parts need attention.

 

I actually decided to leave the factory piece on because the neuspeed doesn't use the bolts that the factory strut uses. It actually uses the outer-most bolts on the tower. I actually found out that the mounting thickness of the neuspeed strut is 0.15cm. Which is a lot thinner than the greddy strut bar. So I think it should not be a problem this time. I'm not sure, because I didn't actually measure how much length is available on those bolts for the strut bar but from the picture, I wanna say there is about 0.2 cm left.. I think..? So I'm probably good with the neuspeed.. Lemme know what you guys think.

And I thank everyone for all the input. It was very helpful.

 

Yeah, I actually decided to do that instead. I learned that Rear Sway Bars gives a much more noticeable difference. Do you guys think that I will have this problem with the installing a neuspeed rear sway bar? (problem meaning that the bolt doesn't have enough space for the nut to screw in properly) Or are the "mounting" thicknesses of the factory and aftermarket rear sway bars the same thickness?

I am planning to get the Neuspeed rear sway bar, but i'm just wondering if anyone has recommendations for which brand to get. I also want to ask, what is the thickness of the OEM rear&front sway bar for 2003 honda accord 3.0L? because the rear one from neuspeed is only 19mm and the front is 27mm. Just want to make sure getting this will actually increase performance.

I am still going to get a front strut bar in the future. But I need longer bolts on the tower in order to do that. I would really appreciate it if anyone can tell me how I can do that. Are the bolts connected to my springs? Would I have to change the springs entirely just to get longer bolts for the strut bar? [I still don't know too much about cars, sorry if these are 'stupid' questions !]

Thanks.