new rear brace bar

[sasquatch]

scott/leapin came over today and he just got dont installing his new rear strut bar and that got me thinking... i had a VERY short strut tower bar off of somthing (i dont know hat it came off of...) so i made up these bars to stiffen up the back and let me mount the bar




looks like a hack job lol...


also took out the rear seat belts.... i never use them so out they go...

[Festiva_tunner]

Looks alright but the real question is how does it feel?

[sasquatch]

i got done at 11pm last night so i havnt driven it yet... ill let you know in a bit

[deathegg]

But there goes your luggage space......

[resuwrecked]

Looks to me like it would flex the diagonal braces. Weld in a piece of conduit lol. My harness bar in my car killed my large object hauling capacity.

[sasquatch]

took it out for a drive and it solved my problem of the back "stepping out" much better now to make a front one

[Festiva_tunner]

took it out for a drive and it solved my problem of the back "stepping out" much better now to make a front one

Was your back doglegging? that can be fixed by shimming the rear axle

[deathegg]

I wonder if the same stiffening effect could be achieved by bracing underneath the car somehow? That way it wouldn't interfere with luggage space.

[Aaronbrook37]

Looks great, Mike! Cheap solution to an irritating problem for sure.

[MTec007]

dumb question here, what do the front and rear braces prevent the car from doing?

[92festie]

im pretty sure it just gives the car a stiffer ride....more stable feeling

[JPT]

dumb question here, what do the front and rear braces prevent the car from doing?

Strut towers do flex a little, the braces (try to) prevent this as well as stiffening up the car.