ttgroove Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Anyone with any recommendation on front/rear struts for 05 LGT Wagon. I am hoping to get one without modifying enginer cover. Please advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VXCL Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 the jdm sti one looks the meanest, but i would prob go with the cusco one for like $170. i don't think its going to do all that much. my 97 acura came with one stock and so does almost all new acuras so im thinking maybe the sube chassis is so stiff already they though why add another hundred or 2 to sticker for minimal gains. illl prob get the cusco my self and just paint the ends black instead of blue. MAYHEM #122/22 STS NNJR SCCA AUTOX4U.COM XENON RETRO GUIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Don't bother with the STB and get underbraces....they will do more for the car. Unless you want the Bling...then get them. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redline76 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Don't bother with the STB and get underbraces....they will do more for the car. Unless you want the Bling...then get them. Agreed. Strut tower bars for most cars (including the Legacy) are a complete waste of money. You will get far more handling improvement by putting that money towards a new set of tires. If you've got money to burn though...I'd say throw a party or give it to charity or something; you'll still be wasting it on STBs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Agreed. Strut tower bars for most cars (including the Legacy) are a complete waste of money. You will get far more handling improvement by putting that money towards a new set of tires. If you've got money to burn though...I'd say throw a party or give it to charity or something; you'll still be wasting it on STBs Or give it to me....I'm looking to get the rear underbraces. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Unless you are driving REALLY hard to the point where you are physically twisting the chassis, you dont need strut tower bars. You gotta be doing about close to .85 Gs every day for long periods of time to warp/twist your chassis (it's that or hit a wall). You can get them for the bling. As for the rear strut for a wagon and a sedan, you'll have to cut some of the plastic panel or carpet to install it.. sorry, but that's the truth of it. Keefe Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Unless you are driving REALLY hard to the point where you are physically twisting the chassis, you dont need strut tower bars. You gotta be doing about close to .85 Gs every day for long periods of time to warp/twist your chassis (it's that or hit a wall). Keefe I friggin try to do this every day Damn near bit it entering a sharp onramp. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redline76 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Unless you are driving REALLY hard to the point where you are physically twisting the chassis, you dont need strut tower bars. You gotta be doing about close to .85 Gs every day for long periods of time to warp/twist your chassis (it's that or hit a wall). You can get them for the bling. As for the rear strut for a wagon and a sedan, you'll have to cut some of the plastic panel or carpet to install it.. sorry, but that's the truth of it. Keefe Keefe this is an open question (rhetorical), not an attack to your statement, but why would anyone put a STB on the rear of a Legacy wagon? I mean, the front is silly enough, but at least there are strut towers to bolt one to. In the rear the struts bolt up to the floor pan. You'd be essentially bolting a bar of steel to one of the most stucturally rigid parts of the unibody Does anyone make a rear floor bar (I won't even call it a strut tower bar) for the Legacy wagon? That's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Keefe this is an open question (rhetorical), not an attack to your statement, but why would anyone put a STB on the rear of a Legacy wagon? I mean, the front is silly enough, but at least there are strut towers to bolt one to. In the rear the struts bolt up to the floor pan. You'd be essentially bolting a bar of steel to one of the most stucturally rigid parts of the unibody Does anyone make a rear floor bar (I won't even call it a strut tower bar) for the Legacy wagon? That's just wrong. I thought they make a cross brace for the wagons? Probably wrong, but that would be better than a single pole. Worse case senario, you have clothes rack. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttgroove Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 Thank you guys for your inputs. I want LGT to look bling....ahhhhhh...somebody please make bodykit for USDM LGT!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Thank you guys for your inputs. I want LGT to look bling....ahhhhhh...somebody please make bodykit for USDM LGT!!!!!! Then get em if that your goal. Nothin wrong with it. You just didn't specify if it was for function or beauty. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttgroove Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 It's my wife's LGT. "Beauty" precedes "function". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awdG35killer Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 "function" before "fashion" ...not "beauty" hehe. but yeah, girls = fashion before function lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redline76 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 If you remove the liners in the cargo area in the wagon, you'll see that there are no strut towers; you couldn't have a coat rack even if you wanted one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 If you remove the liners in the cargo area in the wagon, you'll see that there are no strut towers; you couldn't have a coat rack even if you wanted one Tie down??? I know there's no towers...just being a smart a$$. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Keefe this is an open question (rhetorical), not an attack to your statement, but why would anyone put a STB on the rear of a Legacy wagon? I mean, the front is silly enough, but at least there are strut towers to bolt one to. In the rear the struts bolt up to the floor pan. You'd be essentially bolting a bar of steel to one of the most stucturally rigid parts of the unibody Does anyone make a rear floor bar (I won't even call it a strut tower bar) for the Legacy wagon? That's just wrong. (you are correct to think that, that's why I dont bother with one).. in all, it would make MORE sense to have a bar that sits higher up (say the B or C pillar of the car where there is a void or no supporting brace). I am pretty sure someone will come in and say "the floor pan doesnt have sheering strength to hold the car together, remember, the car is twisting, same goes for a piece of paper that twists.. compressing or stretching a web doesnt do anything, it's the sheering forces that we are looking at". This topic can go on forever.. if this is true for the strut tower bars, then wouldnt it make MORE sense to have longitudinal bars from strut towers from front to back? If a person is going to go through all the this trouble, why not take it to the extreme to having a a full roll cage? That, in itself, would make more sense than having two little bars that are there to widthstand compression as it's not a sheering force to eliminate to begin with. Keefe Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 "function" before "fashion" ...not "beauty" hehe. but yeah, girls = fashion before function lol For superficial women, it's good fashion over bad fashion over function. That's how bad it can get.. we all know 22" @ 90 lbs Triple-spinning, neon-lit CHROME rims is a big bad-fashion statement, but they will pick over the chrome rims over a set of 15" Solid Forge 5 lbs rims any day. Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_STL Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I'm going to do something radical and just answer the question: Cusco makes a carbon fiber one that has good bling appeal. I have a picture here I'll try to scan in but it is basically steel on the ends with a carbon fiber wrapped over an oval alluminum bar. You can probably get it several places but I think MachV carries it. http://fastwrx.com/cucafrstbarl.html The other bling one would be the titanium one made by STI. Again, several vendors carry it but I remember that RaceComp carries it. http://www.racecompengineering.com/legacy.htm Those would be my choices - either fits without having to trim anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_STL Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I have a 3 fold Cusco brocure all in Japanese my local shop sent me. I scanned one small portion with the carbon fiber front strut bar. Not the best pic but better than anything I've found online... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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