What is different with this pic ....

[mike2100]

Originally Posted by csaba

100$ for a that kind of expensive.

It's actually quite reasonable compared to most strut tower bars I've ever seen.


I've thought of a logical explanation for why Subaru would NOT have included this bar if it "really" would have helped fight deflection. Look at the picture again... the bar is covering up their D4-S advertisement :P

[Laika]

Originally Posted by Laika

I've asked this is another thread or two before but no one gave me even a bad response. I'm not trolling here but why is this a good mod? I can see what it does but I feel like what we would REALLY want are more beefy versions of the stock bars connecting the strut tops to the firewall. What's the point of mounting the strut towers together?

The post above me by "eight-six" gives me some understanding but I still can't help but think this would do more harm than good.


For the record I AM familiar with strut bars and have even had them on a past car until I gave it away to a friend because I didn't find it to do anything at all.

Could someone please answer this for me? I don't want to make a stupid pointless thread.

[ZDan]

Improvement in "feel" isn't proven unless you can reliably detect when the bar is in place and when it is not in place in blind testing. Highly doubtful!

The bowed shape over the intake makes it more of a spring than a rigid brace, particularly given the way the ends are squashed in a straight line across the diameter of the bar = hinge points. Look at the way the ends of the factory bars are squashed, giving some bending stiffness, and in addition there's very little eccentricity between the mounting plane and neutral axis of the factory tubes, and they're *straight* (way way WAY stiffer).