Tie Bar Vs Strut Bar

[AutobahnRacer]

Right now I have a Front Strut Tower Bar, and a Rear Lower Tie bar.

Will i feel better improved handling with a rear strut bar, or front lower tie bar. (both would be better) but if i had to choose which would be more worth it?

[Spocknasty]

Neither. Get a rear sway bar.

[AutobahnRacer]

was going to but too expensive ill have to get new endlinks if i get a sway bar. endlinks arent cheap

lol so besides neither, which one?

[Willdue]

Sway bars.

[Spocknasty]

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Do it.

[AutobahnRacer]

ur missing the main point. end links. are expensive. and for my car its recommended you switch them because they have been knwon to go bad

and this is also why i hate forums because you ask a question about 2 things and 2 things only, and a third one gets thrown out.
i understand that you are trying to help and i really appechiate that but after i already say once that im not interested in sway bars, and would like to know which one of the two i have mentioned, either respect it and answer the question or ignore it. Please stop taking things to a third dimension unless otherwise stated

[gary]

Don't get all pissy now. They do different things so you can't just pick which is best without knowing what you want out of the car. Its like going to lunch and trying to decide between food or a drink.

Front lower tie bar will stiffen and limit the suspension flex and travel. You will feel this more since it is indirectly attatched to your steering wheel.
Rear Strut bar will limit the flexing in your strut tower supports. This you will not really feel unless you are driving your car that hard with sticky as hell tires.

I say you skip all this crap and do the sway bars, you will feel this effect more.

[99SL2_Modder]

Originally Posted by CiZiN

Don't get all pissy now. They do different things so you can't just pick which is best without knowing what you want out of the car. Its like going to lunch and trying to decide between food or a drink.

Front lower tie bar will stiffen and limit the suspension flex and travel. You will feel this more since it is indirectly attatched to your steering wheel.
Rear Strut bar will limit the flexing in your strut tower supports. This you will not really feel unless you are driving your car that hard with sticky as hell tires.

I say you skip all this crap and do the sway bars, you will feel this effect more.

Win.

Sway bars are going to give you way more feel than anything, unless you drive like a douche all the time or do autox.

[Willdue]

Basically, strut bars dont do ****. 9/10 times there for looks.

Endlinks are not that much.

[Keeper1343]

Originally Posted by Willdue

Basically, strut bars dont do ****. 9/10 times there for looks.

Endlinks are not that much.

Ummm no please stop... Strut bars do alot if your really driving ur car at like a track or something. I put a 3 point password JDM front... rear lower ASR subframe brace, Front Hbrace, Rear 4 point strut bar, and a C pillar on at the same time and WOW. IT just makes the Chassis so much stiffer. It feels more solid. Didn't help my handling at the time because i didn't have any sway bar. But they do have a reason for these braces. Sway bar made the biggest difference but wouldn't have been so much better without the Added rigidness

[Willdue]

yea, thats a big IF. And im like 99% sure he's not Auto-xing that thing.

[Spocknasty]

You should really invest the money into the end links and sway bar. Strut bars and tie bars are like the icing on the cake that do little on their own.

Do not go with the front lower tie bar unless you want to encourage understeer.

[AutobahnRacer]

alright alright lol next step i guess than is someone find me some 97 front and rear reinforced endlinks

[gary]

are the stock end links that weak on preludes?

[AutobahnRacer]

well i dont know about preludes, but everyone i know including Tanabe has recommended i change them

[gary]

Well the OEM ones are like $36 each at the dealer according to some postings on ebay. Hopefully a lude expert chimes in for you but if they are medal like they look, I don't think you will have a problem unless they are rusted on.

[Keeper1343]

Any updates on what u decided to do???

[shocker911]

def get sway bar rear lower tie is a bling factor not much else