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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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Car: 86-FireBird
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rear shock tower brace

I was thinking of adapting a **** made one into my 3rd gen.
They looks so similar to the jamex bars we use to get use different ends. Would be nice to know some specs but search ebay for " strut bar" and you find tons n tons of them for $15-20.

[I bet anyone could buy one similar and make a jamex bar with new brackets.]

I was thinking of using the civic bar as it look like I could adapt the brackets ti fit on the shock towers and it would stand up in out of the way.



this is a search link, not a link to any ebay auction.

http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/s...osortorder%3D1
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 08:23 PM
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I like the rear shock brace idea, I thought I would have to make one but it looks like I don't.
Our cars might be 2 wide for a honda bar but you could all ways measure.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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the shock towers look to be about 45in inches across.
That is also a rear brace. back of a civic is not that wide is it???

They have kits with both front n rear for like $20

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Old May 5, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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This got covered a few times on the suspension forum, maybe you can pull some ideas from these posts:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...threadid=92506

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=102497

Hm, didn't see this one before; it's kinda new. I guess it'd help a convertible (like Matthew91-Z28 has) more than a coupe, but it's another idea: https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=231658

Let us know how it goes!

Hey, wait, you've got the welder, right? Why not weld one in there? That'd probably be the sturdiest- and the cheapest- and since you'd be welding it, it'd also be the coolest!
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