GCivSI

I was thinking about making my own sway/strut bar. Is there anything I should keep in mind while doing it? I have access to a welding shop with everything I would need. I was also thinking of making somehting like a traction bar. I Have an EG sedan.

Cynikal.Mindset

I made my own rear strut bar for my old civic...and I know many people that have done it for other cars

I guess just remember measure twice cut once! if u have the tools and the skills its easy stuff

GCivSI

I was just reading up on the bars. (top-front)Turns out I have one of the ones with the threaded ends (Got it with the car). I was thinking of welding a bar across onto some mounts. Should there be any flex or is completely stiff better?

imported_gatherer

strut tower braces = simple go for it

sway bars = extremely difficult I say buy one instead

imported_loudsubz

the best bars are ones with no pivot points

bbarbulo

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I say buy both... in my experience, the materials and your time combined aren't worth it. By the time you get it all done, it'll look like **** and you'll prolly end up buying one anyways. You want to make a performance part for a Civic... that's laughable. It's not like a Renault Alliance or something... we HAVE the parts available, USE THEM!

imported_BoOsTd

foreal, you can buy civic strut bars for under 40$ they sell on ebay for 9.99us hahaha, ill bet you spend that much on materials, pluse headaches, plus it will look like bum, plus it will probably weigh allot more, and not function as well...

waste of time


and even the thought of makeing a swaybar makes me wonder if you have ever even seen one before, let alone know what its ment for, on top of makeing one!! Swaybars are precision tuning peices, even a few millimeters of thickness makes a diff in the way its going to affect the cars handeling.

If the strut bar is for a school project or something forsure go for it! but if your just looking for a cheap alternative, def not worth it...

bbarbulo

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I'm assuming he mixed up the meaning of a sway bar with something else. Cuz for that, you need special material not commonly available. It has to be spring-quality steel.

Gunmetalef

are teh ones on ebay good? for like 70$ for all four?

imported_BoOsTd

they do the job

GCivSI

Ok, I was just wondering what u guys thought.. as for the sway bars.. I must have the wrong idea. I know what you're saying about looks/weight etc... but I don't wanna just go get everything available for my car. I want to know it and understand it before I put it on. I'm picky about how the car feels, so I want to set it up the way I like it, not just put stuff on cause people say it's good. As for knowlege.. I know lots, but I still have a lot to learn. Anyways... happy motoring :-)

GCivSI

Btw, I posted this at 3:25pm and it says 8:17pm. any reason for this?

bbarbulo

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in set preference it asks you what time offset you wanna use, you musta chosen the wrong one cuz mine is showing 3:17PM

Double_B

imported_gatherer

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

gentlemen, please control yourselves.