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No... strut bars increase rigidy, and reduce chassi flex during heavy cornering...

So having aftermarket strut tower bars and aftermarket sway bars would put you in a handling/cornering class all on your own? Basically, it'd make the car Superman--just without the speed?

Mmmm, me want

-brian

Why is Three point Better then Two?

The reason that a three point is better than a two point is because it gives it one more bracing point on the caisis. So it makes the car that much more ridged under cornering.
Bryan

but its so negligible its not even worth worrying about

to increase rigidity its best to have a strut brace horizontally accross the two struts

Got my strut bar on, i love it. I havent taken any turns fast or anything 'cause i just got my car back from the body shop getting painted. But it looks awesome. Thanks FastGT

glad to help and chucho ure care looks badass

it helps stiffen/strengthen the body of the car. if you have the money, then get front and rear strut bars plus front and rear sway bars...lol. you'll be one happy camper! Question...when installing, dont you have to raise the off the ground first then install, something about it being even or balanced?!

how-to article?

its too easy to even bother makin a how to

I have a front, an I didnt notice any dif reallt at all. Im also looking for a rear, any one have the gpart number for the gt-4 rear?? I tried search , but its not working for me.

sway bars are where you'll notice more, strut is just reinforcement.

Take from the JDM part # sticky :

GT-Four Factory Rear Strut Brace - This isn't an exterior styling part, but it's a pretty rare part that is JDM.
53605-20020

well if u go to bullet proof automotive you can get the Jspeed strut bar front and rear. but no one has talked about the SIDE tower braces. you think that does anything

I'm sure the side braces do something, it's just a matter of is it enough to mess with. I don't think they'd sell them unless they were decent. Can't get anyone to post opinion on them, I've searched for it. But as far as three point brace, you can just buy a point, and weld the stock to it. That's was Kwansa did, and that's what I'm going to try to get done this weekend, a long with an underbody panel and cooling panel.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I have the GT-4 rear, and a Megan Racing Neon front, and I noticed more with the rear bar. This could be for a number of different reasons. But I did notice a difference on both. You'd notice more with sway bars, but it's a different feel all together.

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Feb 9, 2005 - 10:36 PM

how much for the rear gt four strut ???? or is there any cheaper way like going customize ??????

gt-4=around $80. It'd be hard to get the same performance out of a custom, well, I guess that depends on who you are.

where did u get it???

Can anyone here find a way for a group buy for the rear version?

GT-4 bar from any Toyota dealer. Just make sure that they know that it's not an American car. I got mine in in 3 days, they accually had this part instock in Maryland.