lower rear strut bar

[Accord7SE_i]

Anyone know if anyone makes a lower rear strut bar for 89 accord

[88accordhatchdx]

Yeah, DC sports does for like $144, or do a search on the board, I think someone was making custom ones

[86AccordLxi]

I don't think any company makes a strut bar for the rear, uppor or lower. DC Sports did/does make an upper front bar (i've got one picked it up for $35 from ebay) and Ractive used to. There are a few people that have made their own custom rear bars (upper) but no one that I know of has done the rear lower. I think this came up in discussion a couple months back and I was under the impression that a rear lower tie bar would not have much effect on the handling of the 3g since the rear is pretty solid.

Alex

[SteveDX89]

LX-i and SE-i models come stock with lower bars in the rear. The LX might too but I'm not sure. Suspension Techniques makes lower bars. The front is 15/16" diameter and the rear is 5/8". Those should definitely firm things up a bit especially if you don't have a rear bar.

[AZmike]

Originally posted by SteveDX89
LX-i and SE-i models come stock with lower bars in the rear. The LX might too but I'm not sure. Suspension Techniques makes lower bars. The front is 15/16" diameter and the rear is 5/8". Those should definitely firm things up a bit especially if you don't have a rear bar.

A strut bar and a sway bar or anti-roll bar are completely different. The strut bar works to increase chassis rigidity. The anti-roll bar acts as a spring between the differences in the left and right suspension positions.

I remember about the same thing as Alex: that the Accord rear suspension wouldn't really benefit from a rear lower strut bar.

[SteveDX89]

Ah, my fault. I thought they were the same. Anyway, it's there if someone else needs it.