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INSTALLED MY GREDDY STRUT BRACES.... THEY LOOK NICE!!!!

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Old May 14, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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Default INSTALLED MY GREDDY STRUT BRACES.... THEY LOOK NICE!!!!

The front bar seems to be looks only, I could get no movement out of it when jacking up and down the car. Fit and finish is perfect.

The rear bar definitly should make some kind of difference, noticable or not. When jacking up the car even from the centerpoint, I could visually see the bar ends slide in there housing when it was loose. I jacked the car off the ground, torqued down the bolts super hard and dropp the car. The bar is tight as can be and you can feel the tension when grabbing it. Anyways good buy! Here are some pics...

Rear bar required light cutting of the side panels to make fit correctly.



Old May 14, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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very nice indeed how much was it???if you dont mind
Old May 14, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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My cost was around $220 shipped or so from memory... Had them in the garage awhile...
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wow! they look sexy! But what dose a lower tie bar do for the car performance wise?
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Lower..? You mean rear strut bar or swaybar..?
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Lower..? You mean rear strut bar or swaybar..?
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uhmm.. the rear strut.. what's a lower tie bar if that's not it? I'm new to suspension. =\
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Well you have a rear sway bar to help with body roll and understeer, and you also have a rear strut tower brace which is pictured which simply helps with body flex under hard load... Mostly just looks though..
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