strut tower and tie bar

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Originally Posted by Mr_will

front wheel drive handling does not suck, thats a pretty silly thing to say.

i wouldnt even consider getting tower braces until you have new rear swaybar/tiebar, shocks and springs. front tower bars are super for reducing oversteer, and thus until you have good gear elsehwhere as i have mentioned, utterly pointless

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so front tower is "super" but utterly pointless with no other mods.Oh please....

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Originally Posted by EKVTIR-T

so front tower is "super" but utterly pointless with no other mods.Oh please....

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i clearly said it was 'super for reducing oversteer', with my point being that oversteer in a fwd is not very common. ( except if you are silly enough to quickly back off throttle mid corner. )

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Originally Posted by Mr_will

front wheel drive handling does not suck, thats a pretty silly thing to say...

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well, think of comparison to the other options. AWD and RWD. AWD owns all in handling, it just glues to the road. rear wheel drive i believe is steadier and you can accomplish sharper turns with a higher speed as opposed to FWD. if u happen to hav something go wrong, u can swing the back round in a RWD and have all the damage done to the back where although it will demolish ur car, it will protect something much more important: yourself. in FWD, if something goes wrong, ur stuffed. ur drive wheels are ur turning wheels. u lose grip with ur front wheels, u've lost all possible control.

imagine all the stress a FWD car is under. first, the engine is in the front, the drive wheels are the front and u also turn with ur front wheels. to top it off, under heavy breaking, all the weight is transferred to the front. now, u cant honestly tell me that FWD handling in comparison to RWD and AWD does not suck

lols i fabricated my rear strut brace lols

i suggest u get the front strut and rear swaybar first....

cheers

For a FWD car ( any FWD car) get a thicker rear swaybar. Thats all you need for a better handling package. Everything else is a minor change or improvement.

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Originally Posted by bennjamin

For a FWD car ( any FWD car) get a thicker rear swaybar. Thats all you need for a better handling package. Everything else is a minor change or improvement.

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^^^ :thumbsup:

whiteline is a quality product. they tested our cars with their stuff in australia for australia. just coz its japanese made doesnt mean its the ultimate.

22mm rear swaybar + civic = :thumbsup: :D

For the DA application, if you feel like going larger than the 18mm rear bar that whiteline sell, get their DC2 (non type-r) kit. It bolts up fine after you drill a couple of holes where the DC2 sway bar would normally mount (i.e. beaks style location).

Driving a EG hatch D15b4 with 2.25in from header to the cannon. with 15in rims 195 tyres. Installed the front strut bar and have been thinking about getting the rear lower strut(is that what it is called) soon. But still puzzled about the difference between the tie bar, strut bar etc. currently the car corners well but i know it would be better with the rear bar thingy. Anyone can enlighten me?? and what thickness should i go for?

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Originally Posted by Uncouth

Driving a EG hatch D15b4 with 2.25in from header to the cannon. with 15in rims 195 tyres. Installed the front strut bar and have been thinking about getting the rear lower strut(is that what it is called) soon. But still puzzled about the difference between the tie bar, strut bar etc. currently the car corners well but i know it would be better with the rear bar thingy. Anyone can enlighten me?? and what thickness should i go for?

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Start here:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question432.htm

also check out:
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...highlight=sway

Other than the front strut, do you have any other bars? If no, then I would be going for a rear upper strut (to link the tops of the rear suspension together) as well as a rear lower tie bar (links the lower control arms - ie like an upper strut) and sway bar.