Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance HYPERMOTIVE STRUT BAR STRUT BRACE

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7955780699

I dunno I never seen any strut bar like it..



with that many bends I'm doubtful of it's stiffness ?

anyone seen this in a celica before?? or any info on this bar??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7955780699

why the hell would they bend it like that? you would think it would have give at the bends?

also, is there another piece to that, or does it only attach to 2 of the of the strut tower bolts?

yeah, it only attaches to two of the strut towers bolts, but some strut bars do that, but thats an odd shape, ive seen some with a slight curve, but damn, what are they trying to work around, would the block be in the way, or thr battery, depending how am looking at it??

Obviously it's bent like that to avoid the battery, others add an integrated tie-down, this one apparently avoids it altogether.

Also, it'd add to the stifness a little bit too. It looks unusual, but I bet it'd get the job done.

And the hoodscoop blockage issue may be fixed by this design as well.

I like it, it's different; I may just get one.

The only thing that makes me nervous is that it mounts on only two bolts per strut, rather than all three, it may cause some unwanted flex at the strut towers themselves.

A lot of the time ebay users use pictures for things that arent for the celica. Not sure if this is the case but if you check, the hypermotive bar that has been out does not look like that at all. I cant see them going from the old design which looks really good to that but ya never know.

that isnt hypermotive.

^^ yeah, Hypermotive had the vents in the middle for the air scoop.

I know hypermotive had a 1 gen. version of their strut bar before the current version, but I dont know what it looked like.