Strut Tower Bar question.

JYOUNYA1 · Post by **JYOUNYA1** » December 27th, 2005, 2:18 pm

Do Strut Tower bars really work? I purchased some a while ago and can't tell the difference...except for how annoying it is to get to the spark plugs at the back to the engine bay.

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » December 27th, 2005, 5:34 pm

Seriously, it may depend on the bar you got, I got some round a-- ractive one and i only notice it through low speed cornering.

relisys_3200 · Post by **relisys_3200** » December 27th, 2005, 6:42 pm

i notice a huge difference with both mine on, not so much with stock suspension, but with an aftermarket setup

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » December 27th, 2005, 11:33 pm

Upper srtut bars were my first suspension upgrade and I noticed quite a difference in body roll at any corner speed. A great cheap upgrade.
(I use the CorkSport upper bars)

Mazdaracer · Post by **Mazdaracer** » January 4th, 2006, 1:29 pm

Strut bars do nothing for body roll. They stiffen the chassis and reduce flex and inherent camber/caster changes under hard load.

With soft street springs or few susp. mods, tower bars don't offer a whole lot, but when the susp. has more mods they become more benficial.

Sway bars will offer much more benefit, even with a stock suspension.

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » January 4th, 2006, 1:54 pm

PATDIESEL wrote:Upper srtut bars were my first suspension upgrade and I noticed quite a difference in body roll at any corner speed. A great cheap upgrade.
(I use the CorkSport upper bars)

I agree and I have the CorkSport onces as well. I too it was my first suspension upgrade and the improvement was very siginifant, even with the stock, original suspension. It was enough that I missed it when I did the KLZE swap since it had to be removed until we figured out how to get it to clear the intake manifold. At the begining I drove with just the front for several weeks until i had a change to modify the interior to accomoditate the rear strut bar. Although I have both the front and the rear, the rear made little difference for me. At the begining I drove with just the front for several weeks until i had a chance to modify the interior to accomoditate the rear strut bar

Sway bars?