Strut bars

[strapping young lad]

this isnt aimed at landies or similar as such its for those who own normal cars..

been reading on articles where people have bought strut bars for the front shock mounts.

ive seen one on ebay for mine but want to know will i notice the difference and are they worth having?

[Barry Scott]

I work for a performance modified car insurance company and they are quite a common modification for our clients.

They can make the car handle better by reducing body flex in the same way that a hardtop does over the convertable counterpart.  Hence the hardtop versions are usually slightly better on track.

Depends on what type of car you have as to if you see a difference or not.

[iianorthants]

yep firmed up my cav, when i used to be a bit of a boy racer :) dropping cars messes up geometry which in turn puts undue force on struts, can get rear ones too !!!

yes... i did own a boy racer cav 4x4 16v chippped, lowered and big wheels etc.etc :) now gone raised route with big tyres.

[Barry Scott]

iianorthants, my little cousin wants me to put neons on my Frontera and some spinner alloys.   When I asked her how I would pay for £10,000 chrome spinners and why on a £1000 4x4, she said just the platic ones........

Give me a   C
Give me a   H
Give me an A
Give me a   V

What do you have, chav (hey, that ryms).

[fram]

We had one fitted when we had the PUG XSI, did make a difference and that was to a car which handles really well anyway. Realtively cheap mod that's worth doing.

[Bush Tucker Man]

yes... i did own a boy racer cav 4x4 16v chippped, lowered and big wheels etc.etc :) now gone raised route with big tyres.

Was that Cav,or Chav?? :lol:

Wasn't that the Cavalier with a Carlton rear floor grafted in to accomodate the (Carlton) rear-axle, suspension & prop?

Quite good in their day, on a par with the B*W 325 4x4 saloon

[iianorthants]

yes... i did own a boy racer cav 4x4 16v chippped, lowered and big wheels etc.etc :) now gone raised route with big tyres.

Was that Cav,or Chav?? :lol:

Wasn't that the Cavalier with a Carlton rear floor grafted in to accomodate the (Carlton) rear-axle, suspension & prop?

Quite good in their day, on a par with the B*W 325 4x4 saloon

as most car like that, bits are nicked from other cars in the range. one reason for getting rid of it was the rear turrets started to rot. did start out as a 8v, but got a chipped up 16v to replace the original engine.

Give me a C
Give me a H
Give me an A
Give me a V

What do you have, chav (hey, that ryms).

was way before chav started to get used. boy racer or townie was the normal name

[strapping young lad]

fair enough
spotted one on ebay for 40 odd quid for my car

but ive got to spend loads on it tomorrow

its the 54k service which includes full service and cambelt replace and new plugs

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