hi all,

i just got a jdm rear strut bar but it did not come with the templates for the cutting of the panels....i was wondering if maybe anyone had them scanned into their computer or know of a website i can find some info on them....help is appericated...thanks

 

http://www.sandmracing.com/sjdmrstbdocs.html

 

Nextel,
Where did you buy your strut bar from and how much did you end up paying?

Thanks,
Eddie.

 

thanks padawan i am checking it out now

sorry boonielander my girl got it for me for christmas so i dont know around how much she paid i think see got it from jdmhondaparts

 

you don't need no stinking templates....just take a razor knife to it!!! wait infact just take out all the plastic!

 

my question is where do you put the "gaskets" they send you i didnt use them. Yeah where did u order it from i got it from jdmhondaparts havnt seen it any cheaper than 169.

 

the rubber trim (I think that's what you mean by "gaskets"?) goes around the hole you cut for a clean finish. I'd just remove the plastic. In case you ever wanted to sell the car in a stock form you'd have to find a set of them to replace your stock shock tower covers. Granted the strut tower bar used isn't worth that much $$ but more than if you left it in the car and sold it...

 

My templates came in the box.

 

Now that is ******' clean.

 

What kind of handling difference does a rear bar like that achieve? Less oversteer?

 

it stiffens the rear, theoretically it would increase oversteer a bit. The R is pretty stiff back there though, not a major difference...but anything you can do to increase chassis rigidity helps handling because it lets the suspension operate as intended without chassis flex robbing you of steering and suspension geometry.

and it partitions your rear hatch into 2 nice sections, so you can keep your tires up front and they won't roll back onto the rest of your stuff in the rear

 

I installed a JDM Type-R rear strut bar about a week ago and I didn't notice a change is oversteer or understeer. But I could tell that it added more rigidity to the rear of the car. The car actually fells as if the rear spring rate has been increased. The addition of the rear strut tower bar is noticeable when I go over uneven surfaces or when I go over speed bumps at an angle.

 

I installed one about 3 weeks ago, didn't notice anything excpet for the bling factor. We'll see when I drop the car in April if it helps stiffen up the rear a bit more. This was on a GSR with Stock suspension on at the moment (winter )

Where can I get the rubber stuff around the edges of the cut? I'd love to do that, it looks so fresh and so clean!


[Modified by Ohlias, 11:18 AM 3/25/2003]

 

get the rubber stuff at any auto parts store its basically door edge molding....just dont gt the stuff thats too stiff.


by the way went on that website and the templates didnt print out to the write size so does anyone else have any ideas -- its an awesome site but it doesnt tell you what to do if the size dont print out right --- maybe i will try to print it in landscape


[Modified by NeXtLeVeL_TyPe_R, 11:52 PM 3/25/2003]

 

Courtesy of sandmracing.com

 

sorry to bring back from the dead back i've been wondering if you can buy similar trims of different sizes so I can make my rear panels look cleaner.

 

also can anyone with an emracing bar triangulated bar show me a pic with the panels intact, I want to see how neat your guys hacked the plastic panel. already searched and iddn't return a lot of results

 

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WOW that bar and panels looks vaguely familiar

 

yeah it sure is clean