Autoexe Rear Strut
 

Does anyone on the board have the Autoexe Rear Strut. I just purchased mine, coming in March. Just wanted to know if it was difficult installing it.

Can't be too hard, I'm just worried about the holes that I will have to make in order for the strut to fit properly. Don't want cut too much off my panels.

Any suggession!

Thanks

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Its a strut tower bar?, I thought you meant a actual rear strut or something.

Anyway, I think that won't do a whole lot because third gens have a strut tower bar that is integrated into the chassis (part of the rear deck, where the speakers are mounted), but please correct me if I am wrong

not on a P5 its not

Sorry, thanks for the correction. Yes, rear strut tower bar.

Installshield what are you talking about anyway. The P5 does not come with a rear strut tower bar. What car you talking about? The mp3 or mazdaspeed.

that's sweet, how much did you pay for it??

oh sorry about that, I looked at the pick only long enough to notice the bar, but Ed is right, the P5 does not have one. all of the sedans do though I believe...

Paided $317.00 CDN. So for you US P5er's thats like a little over $200.00.

Where did you get it?
Be sure to let us know how it works.

Thanks

its more expensive than a 19mm rear swaybar, which would have more of an effect. That sucks its so expensive

and body flex will just have just a big of an effect ;)

Yeah, but in my experience with a Neon ACR the rear strut tower bars did next to nothing, and a fatter rear swaybar made a very noticable difference. I realize that an ACR is not protege and I don't know how much rear flex a P5 has.

the difference here is the neon is a NOTCHBACK... thats right.. either coupe or sedan... which meant the rear deck STILL had some what bracing there is

also... the neon has a axle beam rear suspension last I recall... correct me if I'm wrong

You're wrong, Edwin. :D Neons have Chapman struts.

:squint:

the ACR Coupe had Koni adjustable struts stock (Except for 95's I think), and as Carguycw said above, a fully independent suspension.

My only point is that I don't see how a rear strut bar will have nearly the effect of a thicker sway bar. I have never seen an application where there was more of a noticable difference of installing a strut bar compared to a fatter swaybar. The strut bar stiffens the end a little (some cars more than others depending on chassis flaws), while a swaybar controls moving parts.

does anyone know if there is a p5 rear strut that is kinda like that one on the nissan z350? cause the z350 is a hatch so they made the strut so that it was close to the roof of the hatch so it does not block the room of the hatch..... right??.. or was I just mistaken?

so if there was something like taht for the p5 then the versatility of the hatch would not be lost.

No, the 350Z's strut brace pretty much cuts the cargo area in half. There's only ~8-10" of space beneath it. The fact that it's close to the roof of the hatch says more about the flatness of the Z's hatch area than it does about the design of the strut brace. :rolleyes:

This is off topic, but the strut brace is one of the main things that bugs me about the new Z. It's unecessarily huge; the Z's suspension design should allow Nissan to brace the suspension without one, or at least use a smaller, less obtrusive brace. It's pretty obvious that the huge, polished metal arch was added for one reason... cuz it be lookin tiiite yo, it's got da bling bling! :rolleyes: Maybe if Nissan had left some of this stuff off, the car would actually weigh LESS than a Vette. :mad:

so if there was something like taht for the p5 then the versatility of the hatch would not be lost. [/QUOTE]

Adding enough of an arch shape to a P5's strut brace to even come close to the roof would probably compromise its stiffness so much that it would defeat the purpose. It it were triangulated or crossbraced, the stiffness might approach a straight brace, but then it would be too heavy. There's really no clean solution to the problem of bracing a big, wide-open hatch area.

Where you got it at?