Custom Rear Strut Tower Bar UPDATED with Finished PIX!

burn · Last edited by burn on Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:41 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hey guyz, after a bit of research and a lucky find I am well on the way to having a custom rear strut tower bar. A local shop had a buncha strut tower bars layin around so I pieced togeather some parts that will work with minor modification. I took the strut plates from a civic front bar. I couldnt use the bar because it was REALLY short. So I then found a bar for a 95-97 sunfire. The Sunfire plates were huge and there was no way they would work. Here is the bar when I got it pieced togeather:

Then I chopped the mounts off and relocated them. I also had to drill new holes on the plate closer togeather. The inner half-circle is the perfect shape tho. Here is how it sites now:

This weekend I am going to have a friend TIG weld it all togeather, then a quick coat of paint and were good to go! Ill post pix of the finished product.

sargatana · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:08 am Post subject:

Looks pretty nice, do you think it's gonna make a big difference in how the car handles?

cahilj · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:45 am Post subject:

Like I said in the other thread- very nice!

J-Bird · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:48 am Post subject:

That looks really awesome man! I was starting to work on the same idea but not as creative as yours. I was going to cut up the front factory strut brace and see what I can come up with.
Nice work, can't wait to see it painted!

johnyg · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:10 am Post subject:

Looks very good. I was looking into this but after some research I came to the conclusion that it does very little to nothing to improve handling.

-John

burn · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:39 pm Post subject:

yea, i know it dosent doa whole lot, but if it does anything ill be happy. It only cost'd me like $20 so i figured it was worth a shot.

ryder · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:41 pm Post subject:

How did you make that? looks sharp

burn · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:49 pm Post subject:

only tool I used was my angle grinder with a cutting and grinding wheel.

ryder · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:53 pm Post subject:

what did you use for parts?
kinda like a how-to

burn

burn · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject:

Whelp, I got it all welded togeather today. It looks really good. It makes a slight difference but not a huge difference. If anything it eliminated a few squeeks. It looks really good too!

brandon_mol · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject:

Thats good. Also serves as an obsticle between heavy things in your trunk and your head...

burn · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:40 pm Post subject:

Here are pix of it all welded up. Im gonna grind it down & paint it within the next few days:

burn · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:55 pm Post subject:

burn · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

well, I got bored about 5 minutes after I posted those pics & decided to finish it up. Here's the finished pix:

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