Spoon lower arm tie bar

[DOHCVTEC]

Hi guys, i'm looking into fitting the spoon lower arm tie bars to my car's front and rear.

However, the spoon site said the front lower arm bar will not clear the JDM 4-1 OEM headers...was wondering if the bar can fit underneath my stock OEM AUSDM headers..

anyone had these bars on? are they gonna fit?

Thanks.

[Bludger]

i HAD SPOON ON, and it cleared ok AUDM.
you might get it touching while driving and it makes annoying moises.
thats why i got rid of it

[m3ntAL_l2]

does that happpen to all tie bars? or just spoon ones>?

[Bludger]

depends on which bar and which header you got

[DOHCVTEC]

i HAD SPOON ON, and it cleared ok AUDM.
you might get it touching while driving and it makes annoying moises.
thats why i got rid of it

thx for the info.

what do u mean by get it touching while driving. Do you mean touching the headers or scraping it against the road / gutter?

[Bludger]

The top of the LAB would bump the bottom of the HEADER.
There is always a few mm's gap between the two, but when doing spirited driving there is an inclination for the two to bump each other.
A quick ghetto fix would be to stick a bit of rubber onto the top of the LAB.
That worked for me but i ended up just hating the Spoon, so i took it off.

[DOHCVTEC]

The top of the LAB would bump the bottom of the HEADER.
There is always a few mm's gap between the two, but when doing spirited driving there is an inclination for the two to bump each other.
A quick ghetto fix would be to stick a bit of rubber onto the top of the LAB.
That worked for me but i ended up just hating the Spoon, so i took it off.

darn, that's not very good...maybe i should only get the rear lower arm bar.

BTW, is the front end stiff enough without the front LAB? Did you feel significantly more feedback with the LAB on?

[Bludger]

in all honesty, i think that LAB's are just wank factor.
(thats why i got carbing rear and no-name front)
JUST WANK FACTOR
seriously, spend your money on something else.
i did notice a lil itch on my left nipple everytime i drive my car after the LAB's were installed

[DOHCVTEC]

Hahaha thanks for that...

Type Rs are pretty stiff in general...when I drove the car ard I thought the area around the lower arm was pretty stiff too, it was only the rear tower area that felt a bit hollow. So i was wondering why spoon made a lower arm bar for a street car.

okies, now i can save my money on something else.

[bennjamin]

in all honesty, i think that LAB's are just wank factor.
(thats why i got carbing rear and no-name front)
JUST WANK FACTOR
seriously, spend your money on something else.
i did notice a lil itch on my left nipple everytime i drive my car after the LAB's were installed

on newish cars - LAB's are wank factor. They do nothing , if not a TINY bit more response between LCAs.
On older cars with worn bushings tho , LAB's are a GREAT addition.