^^ Great Idea!
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^^ Great Idea!
lol, i like it, another ghetto DIY addition that a normal person can do :) I'll do this on the weekend hehe. good effort on the measurements too.
update: got the second bar in!, its just another bar across the other bolts, should give it a little more stiffness.
also, i had the chance to look at my mates '02 imprezza rs the other day, which had struts in it. the diy strut is actually stiffer then his strut in the up-down direction cause the imprezza one is flat, but the single bar is less stiff in the front-back direction (again because of the shape)
Awesome, please get some pics when the whole thing is looking schmick :) Interested to see how it goes. I've given up on buying the eBay or brand name strut bars...I'll be fabbing mine up from now on.
ROFLCOPTER!!!! that looks el-cheapo
is that safe?
single hollow bar, check
bolted down tight at each end, check
i don't see why its not safe? unless you carry bodies in your boot
Seems perfectly fine to me. It'd probably be better to put a bend before each anchor point to lessen the stress on the bar, yet keeping the torsion levels high enough to have an affect. Other than that, it seems pretty strong to me.
hmmmmm this also gives me and idea of making a ghetto B-pillar for my DC5R
to the thread creator, how is the bar holding up in your car?
is it stiff enough to handle any chassis flex? i'd like to give it a shot with my own car but i dont wanna waste time if yours got bent. :(
i have a feeling that it bent
Interesting.
Results OP?