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Old Apr 24, 2002 | 09:34 AM
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Rear shock tower bar?

Everyone and their dog has a front strut brace, but what about the rear shock towers? Would there be any benefit to fabbing one for the rear? It'd sit behind the reas seatback and under a cargo cover...
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Old Apr 24, 2002 | 09:49 AM
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there's not really a need for it .. I assume you brought it up because of the imports and FWD's that have them .. they need them .. with a solid rear , LCA's , and a torque arm ..you really don't flex the rear around much .. if you do , cage it

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Old Apr 24, 2002 | 09:59 AM
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Cool. It just seemed like a bit of neglect back there, with all the work I've done.
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Old Apr 25, 2002 | 12:24 AM
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i just put a piece of unistruct back there. bolt it to the seatbelt bolts painted it flat black and now i have a place to mount the rear strap for my harrness.

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Old Apr 27, 2002 | 12:31 AM
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Originally posted by ckeene310
i just put a piece of unistruct back there. bolt it to the seatbelt bolts painted it flat black and now i have a place to mount the rear strap for my harrness.

keene


Be careful! If you connect your harness to that bar, it will bend/ buckle at the mounting points under load (AKA Crash) The only safe way to do this is to create a ladder style bar for more strength! You could copy Hotchkis's strut tower bar, this should be sufficient. Good luck, be safe!
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