strut tower bar

[bloovie]

Anyone have a strut tower bar that installs WITHOUT drilling and bolting into the strut towers?

I found this on a French site: http://forums.rs-team.org/read.php?f=1&i=24045&t=24045U color=#800080http://forums.rs-team.org/read.php?f=1&i=24045&t=24045/U

Is there anything else out there that is similar and that will fit the Cup 172? The part above doesnt fit the 172 without some cutting and bending....

 

[BenR]

A strut bar that doesnt physically locate firmly to the strut towes is useless and for cosmetic purposes only, unless that is what your looking for.

 

[JAY172]

the bar has got to attach to the vehicle body otherwise whats the point.there designed to stop flex/stiffen it up,they cant do that if there not attached to the body can they.

 

[bloovie]

The bar in the pic I posted is hardly cosmetic. By bolting over the struts and under the strut mounting plate, the bar physically links the two struts to make one complete unit; much stronger than a bar that just bolts to the tower using 2 or 3 little screws. In fact, the pic of the bar I posted is what is used in the Clio CUP competition cars....

Im in contact with OMP (they make the bar in the pic) to see if they make a modified version thats installs the same way without any drilling, cutting or bending.

if anyone knows of any other bars like this, please let me know. (Sparco doesnt have one...)

 

[JAY172]

they use different suspension in that pic compared to the road spec suspension so thats probably why they can mount it in that way.

 

[BenR]

Yup, using a strut like that would totally remove any of the std flex built into the rubber top mounts.

The cup cars use a different subframe, aapted laguna hubs and struts and brakes, so its is very different.