Front or rear strut brace for EF?

[Rowie]

My vehicle is an EF civic hatch, and I am curious what you pro's out there recommend I get? and why?

[bennjamin]

*looks around for pros*

Oh , closest thing since im the first to reply

Rows man - predominatley on all FWD its always better to have a STIFFER rear end , to numb out understeer - with thicker swaybar etc

I would suggest a REAR strut brace , to stiffen the rear up - but at the same tiem u should put on a front strut brace as well , to even out the load. Just like i am !

Does whiteline make 'em ?

[wynode]

Not sure if whiteline make strut braces for EFs, but I would have thought that stiffening up the front struts would help the wheels contact the ground and reduce understeer..........

[Rowie]

thanks....

yes whiteline make them for the EF, but only a rear one. Thats what got me thinking, as well as a comment in another thread regarding rear strut brace in a FWD.

Pete, do you have any input seeing as u have an EF ???

-rowie

[Setanta]

Rowie: since when do you drive an EF? I'm sure it's an ED :P:P:P:P

Ok... now that I threw that bit of snobbery at you:

You need a front brace first. Ben is slightly correct - but the 4th gen does need stiffening at the front too. I run a Spoon brace that came off an EF8, but I know that Jamex at least make one front and rear - I have a feeling the EG ones will fit an ED/EF but I know they wont fit an EF8 or 9 due to the hight of the B16A (plus a different engine bay design to the other EFs, EEs and EDs. That's why I had to track down the spoon one.

You can possibly source a new set of Jamex braces through NSW HCC - Gary Cook was selling them years ago.

Cheers

[Rowie]

smart ass :P

would you recommend getting front and back?? Or dont bother unless im gonna go track?

-rowie

[Setanta]

Front to start off with - then get a stiffer rear sway bar (easy, as the EDs never had one to start out with, only the EFs), then stiffer front sway bar, then rear strut brace.

[Rowie]

[vti-2]

I'd get both. Depends what you want from the car and how you drive it. If you hit the twisties often get front and rear.

[OLM-02R]

get front and rear for better handling....

[bizee_1]

According to their site, Whiteline don't have a front strutbrace, but when i went there for a quote Monday, he put me down for a front and rear strut brace on my ED, mentioning somewhere that they would make the strut braces inhouse. so i'll let ya's know....prolly in around a month.

Oh, and as they say, you can never get enough chassis stiffness.

how about a roll cage ?

[tinkerbell]

spoon make them, speak to tangie to see if they fit, i think he is selling set s for 500ish...