hi guys, last week made my traction bar for my EF.. here some pics..



















vs oem , i have to add bracket for tranny front mount, just waiting for rod ends..









found this...



and made radiator supports.



It's painted and installed already, i will shoot more pics installed very soon.

Thanks!

 

I love it when people made their own parts! Where did you buy your pieces from? Especially the first two pics.

 

That looks really nice. Good work!

 

walter = gangster

 

Looks Great bud! Can I get a parts/source list for the endlinks and whatnot.... A friend of mine also has one and I wanted to make my own as well! Thanks!

 

thanks for replies..

first parts got from weir.

you can get joints/nuts in ebay.

 

You should have used a thicker wall on the main tube. You're gonna get a lot of flex. Other than that it looks good.

You should weld come removable caps on the end and stuff some lead shot in there for weight.

 

hi, wall is +2.5mm.

about caps, yes, i will try to find some plastic caps soon!

 

Exactly.... that's thin!

 

that's same steel used in rollcages..i will let you know if it flex! :-)

 

I like how you plug welded the heim joint insert I've seen them pull out of the tubes before..I like it so far good job

-Dave

 

Looks good!!

 

u said this is on a ef, i would of also made some rear mount bar that bolt in behind the lower control arm, on efs lower control arm tries 2 walk forward

 

looks really good.

 

yeah, im thinking about that already..

just make bracket for front "tranny mount"

 

very cool

 

it's finished..

 

Nice Work Bro Keep It UP!

 

not tryin 2 be rude but i think your probably eventially gonna bust the trans housing bolted like that, may b wrong though run the **** out of it and youll find out

 

thanks for your reply, well, you might be right since it's solid right now but once i test it i will post that here too

 

can you show how you connected the rods to the control arms and the rods bolted to the actual traction bars. i need some ideas. i have some of weirs older diy traction bar parts that use the 2" pipe.

 

Nice work! Though I would add braces from the endplates on your bar to the factory crossmember mounting points. Friends of mine have "wallowed out" the tow hook bolt holes on accident. You get alot of leverage against them since the radius arms are so much lower than the bolt holes.

 

havent any pic but just installed 2 nuts each side.

 

radious rods are in the same height than stock ones.

 

What he is talking about is you are using the tow hook holes as mounting points so there is more leverage against those points. I would have used the stock points. Seeing how you didn't I would brace it with the stock points as well. If the bar flex's or shifts around the bolts your toe is going to change. Its not like a EG, tow hook mounting points are ok for cars that don't use radius rods.