strut bars

[a_exaprentice]

just installed strut bars and my steering kinda got tighter good or bad? an do i leave it on once i get my shock spring can arm setup?

[jimy]

Yes leave on the strut bars. They are suppose to help with chassis flex.

[Kingtrae]

What are strurt bars for and what's the difference between that and a sway bar

[jimy]

What are strurt bars for and what's the difference between that and a sway bar

Strut bars-chassis flex... you don't really need them if you don't make a ton of power. But hey they are cheap and they look cool.

sway bars- body roll... you want these doesn't matter if you have power or not. Its good for everyday cornering. Hard or slow. Keeps the car from leaning too much. Some sway bars are adjustable. Depeding if your car is oversteering or understeering, you can adjust it to what you need.

[deevergote]

Strut bars help with cornering as well. Anything that stiffens the chassis will provide more direct response to steering input. However, too much can be unsafe on public roads.

[johnl]

Strut bars-chassis flex... you don't really need them if you don't make a ton of power. But hey they are cheap and they look cool.

How much power the car is making has almost nothing to do with whether tower braces are needed or not. Their purpose is to increase chassis stiffness between the suspension towers on the chassis. This increases steering and handling responsiveness, and may have some affect on handling balance (though not nearly as much as increasing anti roll bar stiffness).

Most cheap tower braces only "look cool", they don't actually do much because they typically aren't rigid enough. Don't bother if the brace isn't very rigidly constructed (including the brackets that attach to the tower tops, this is where most poor quality braces are defficient in rigidity). Good quality tower braces are a very worthwhile addition on most chassis.

[johnl]

Strut bars help with cornering as well. Anything that stiffens the chassis will provide more direct response to steering input. However, too much can be unsafe on public roads.

Adding good tower braces won't make the car dangerously twitchy, just sharpen up the handling nicely.