really newbie question
May-8th-2003, 06:50 AM
#2
No more Protegé5 =(
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Jenks, Oklahoma
Posts: 246
A strut bar is just that - a bar that connects the top or bottom of the struts/shocks.
If I am wrong on this, someone feel free to correct me. Strut bars are designed reduce body flex, therefore making the car more rigid and handle better. Tighter steering is often present, also.
If your car didn't come with one and you're looking to get one, then all in all they are definitely worth the money. Just go onto eBay and search for Protege strut bar. You could buy one from a name-brand company (like Cusco or whatever), but $100 - $200 is way too much for a strut bar if you're on a budget. They all work pretty much the same, and a $20 eBay cheapie will do just fine.
Hope I could help!
If I am wrong on this, someone feel free to correct me. Strut bars are designed reduce body flex, therefore making the car more rigid and handle better. Tighter steering is often present, also.
If your car didn't come with one and you're looking to get one, then all in all they are definitely worth the money. Just go onto eBay and search for Protege strut bar. You could buy one from a name-brand company (like Cusco or whatever), but $100 - $200 is way too much for a strut bar if you're on a budget. They all work pretty much the same, and a $20 eBay cheapie will do just fine.
Hope I could help!
Last edited by Nigaud5sx; May-8th-2003 at 02:50 PM.
Thanks
May-8th-2003, 05:56 PM
#7
Protege Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: tuscaloosa al.
Posts: 24
i got the mp3 strut bar for my 99 es and can tell a lot of difference in the handeling and cornering its about 100.00 bucks from mazdaformance and if you are going to get a strut bar that is what i would go with because it is the only one made for these carsthat dont require triming or cutting the car up to make it fit, these all come with the brackets to reposition the cruise control module and are made to direct bolt.i bought a ractive and had to send it back because i didnt want to cut it up to make it work. if your gonna get 1 worth getting get the mp3.
May-14th-2003, 04:48 AM
#10
Protege Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Kansas City, MO.
Posts: 26
*ahem*
My previous car, a '98 Honda Prelude SH, twisted out 157 lb-ft of torque (and did all the smoking, beeyatch)... so that shirt must be for the Civic and Accord crowd.
~OMW
My previous car, a '98 Honda Prelude SH, twisted out 157 lb-ft of torque (and did all the smoking, beeyatch)... so that shirt must be for the Civic and Accord crowd.
~OMW
Last edited by Old_Man_Wiggins; May-14th-2003 at 04:52 AM.
May-14th-2003, 07:30 AM
#11
No more Protegé5 =(
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Jenks, Oklahoma
Posts: 246
Yeah....my friend has a '90 Accord with exhaust, coldair, header, feul rail, feul regulator and aluminum pulleys.....it's still slow as hell!!! I raced him in my stock 240sx and creamed 'em...
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