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    New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Well like the title said finally got some work done today. We started off with a delsol strut bar, and shortened it and rewelded/decurved it, and ended up with a nice rear tower bar, after sone clipping and coaxing. Then I got it home sanded it down and painted it with 2 coats high temp flat black, then 2 coats of the factory color code. Car is much stiffer in the rear with both this and the Vigor bar I installed a while back. Cheers. I love it!

    What we started with. Del Sol front strut bar.


    After cutting it, rewelding the arm on, and shaping it pretty good. Also after I sanded it down.


    Paint!


    In car!!!!




    The holes arent the greatest, and the cuts made with the zizwheel arent perfect, but it serves its purpose damn good. Function over form.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    cool

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    so how much for one thats a little better looking

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    thats not bad...but the justin one does both holes. so i think its extra secure.

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    cool look tight also you should remove the trunk interior that shit is probley like 10lbs all tegether

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy View Post
    so how much for one thats a little better looking
    Dont know, free is best.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by MessyHonda View Post
    thats not bad...but the justin one does both holes. so i think its extra secure.
    One bolt is plenty on the rear.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by Civic Accord Honda View Post
    cool look tight also you should remove the trunk interior that shit is probley like 10lbs all tegether
    But for now....I still like the look of a half full interior XD.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Hey you did it again. Another great job your on a roll. I gotta make a trip to GA. lol.
    you got the bar from a junkyard.?
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by mushroom_toy View Post
    One bolt is plenty on the rear.


    yup anything helps. but i did not notice alot of difference. till i got my lowering springs.

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by DDRaptor View Post
    Hey you did it again. Another great job your on a roll. I gotta make a trip to GA. lol.
    you got the bar from a junkyard.?

    Scored it for free from a friend.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by MessyHonda View Post
    yup anything helps. but i did not notice alot of difference. till i got my lowering springs.
    Vigor rear bar and Vigor mounts + rear strut bar = plenty of change for me. Rear chassis is stiff!
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Good job mushroom

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    ok and now the next question

    wana make some for the rest of us :-p

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    but is one bolt really enough or is it gona be to much on it

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Sand it down and it will look great. Where can I get one?

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by BITESIZE View Post
    Sand it down and it will look great. Where can I get one?
    Its already been sanded and painted color of the car yo. youll have to either buy one of justins, or find a bar from another car and make it work, or just make your own. What I used it a Del Sol Strut bar cut and coaxed to fit. XD
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy View Post
    but is one bolt really enough or is it gona be to much on it
    I see it this way. The rear only has two bolts holding the stur assembly on anyway, so one should be good enough and should be too much stress either.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by picopop View Post
    Good job mushroom

    Thanks.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Quote Originally Posted by ZackieDarko View Post
    ok and now the next question

    wana make some for the rest of us :-p
    It took so damn long to mod the bar...Plus I dont have the tools, or I would. If yall buy me some torches, zizwheels, drill presses and stuff, Ill make all of you free bars....that look a lot better too.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Not to bad for a garage built. And yes free is best. the lesss you ahve to spend the more money you got to save. good job. make me one..lol

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    my guess is it will break with the one bolt but that's just my guess. i had a front strut bar (the ebay kind) on my rex and the mount broke with 2 holes so i'm guessing one would probably do the same... although this is the rear not the front but nevertheless that's my opinion.
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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    Well after you came to my post and put a bull sht azz reply i thought id coem back and tell you that your craftmanship is in need of work why didnt you just get a broom stick and paste it? might of did the same thing you accomplished. with your one bolt mount you should be rockin the roadway. good job . did you get a hamster in a wheel for your motor too? i would take it out if i was you. looks like sht.

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    ehh for free not bad, i would be worried about snaping a mounting bracket... might be easy to cut out some round disks and then adding them on to that to make the 2 bolt round bracket?? if its allready the corect lenght might make modding easyer.. but for free not bad at all function over form


    Quote Originally Posted by -$MOKIN- View Post
    Well after you came to my post and put a bull sht azz reply i thought id coem back and tell you that your craftmanship is in need of work why didnt you just get a broom stick and paste it? might of did the same thing you accomplished. with your one bolt mount you should be rockin the roadway. good job . did you get a hamster in a wheel for your motor too? i would take it out if i was you. looks like sht.
    ummm.... i hate to say it but i think you have the actual maker off this thread confused?? i dont think he has posted in any of your threads.......

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    Re: New Rear Strut Bar Made and Installed

    LOL....your right it is the wrong guy. ok i oppologize to you. for bashin your creative work. i had a thrread and got mass haters. i posted this becuase of a hater who was bashing me whome i thought was you. im sorry about the broom stick and hamster ordeal. mybad

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