will 5th gen celica strut bars work, on 6th gen's? Options

[x_itchy_b_x]

will 5th gen celica strut bars work on 6th gen's..? anybody?
or what strut bars do work. corrolla? celica ones are too much $$ for my broke.....
yeah so, thx.

[Milds3vn]

Yea I'd like to know also and know who makes high quality strut bars for our cars. The TRD one is way to much and cusco makes one for up to the '91 all trac thats it. I want one that is strong and not a coat hanger like some I have seen, it makes me doubt how much it can do when its as thick as my pinky.

[95STCelica]

It's so sad when you walk into Pep Boys and see like 10 different styles of strut bars for 94-01 Integra's and Civic's isn't it?

[Charlie97L]

cusco makes front and rear strut braces for 6th gens.
jspeed makes 3 point braces for the front and back, but the rear one you have to remove the back seat
c-one also makes braces.

cusco ones you can get thru nopi, for the others (cusco included) call www.cyberauto.com and they can import them for ya.

5th gen ones will not work, i just went and measure the 5th gen tower distance, it's different.

[presure2]

hey charlie, are you sure you have to remove the back seat for the jspeed rear? i thought that it went in at an angle right behind the seats...? i'd like to get one, but dont wanna lose the rear seats..

[Charlie97L]

QUOTE (presure2 @ Apr 2, 2003 - 5:54 AM)

hey charlie, are you sure you have to remove the back seat for the jspeed rear? i thought that it went in at an angle right behind the seats...? i'd like to get one, but dont wanna lose the rear seats..

in the three pics i've seen, the seats have been folded down, or out. i looked to see where it bolts in, and the seats can't be up.

[presure2]

ok....cool..that blows..lmao

[Guest_Matthew_*]

if you go to www.trdracing.com

you can get the TRD strut bar for really cheap.

[FallenHero]

many of those products are no longer available. TRD no longer makes the strut bar for our cars. BUT it is still produced. You can get it threw toysport.

[Charlie97L]

QUOTE (FallenHero @ Apr 5, 2003 - 9:17 PM)

many of those products are no longer available. TRD no longer makes the strut bar for our cars. BUT it is still produced. You can get it threw toysport.

it's actually out of production. toysport just has a few still layin around. used is the best you can hope for. i think the jspeed is better than the TRD anyway. it's lighter, and bigger.

[FallenHero]

Hey Charlie.

As I'm told Some 6th gens came with stock crap strut bars. I was thinking about finding somebody around here and getting one of them. I know they are crap. What I was thinking... I was going to weld a cross bar and some bracing to it and have one hell of a bar. How's that sound?

[Charlie97L]

QUOTE (FallenHero @ Apr 6, 2003 - 9:02 PM)

Hey Charlie. As I'm told Some 6th gens came with stock crap strut bars. I was thinking about finding somebody around here and getting one of them. I know they are crap. What I was thinking... I was going to weld a cross bar and some bracing to it and have one hell of a bar. How's that sound?

um you can do that, i guess. but it's not crappy b/c it's small, it's crappy b/c it's hollow. now if you put soething in the hollowness and then also welded, that would be good.

[FallenHero]

Hm. there is an idea then. Do you have any pics of the stock bar on or off of a car?

[kamax]

stock struts are ok =p.... it from the strut tower to the middle of where the firewall? i think is ... two of them small one .... but hey ... it's better then nothing ^^