Frobt & Rear Strut Bars

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Rubix

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You mean strut tower braces? I see them on ebay for about $150 a piece. You should, however, get'm from shosource.com to support our vendors, they're cheaper there anyway. Shonutperformance might also carry them but I didn't see them on his page.
FWIW, I had a guy make a front strut tower brace for my gen 3 and it ran me $160, so $144-150 is a good price and it will be better quality.
 

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Depending on what you're looking to get from these braces, the front one is useless (though I have one on my car), the firewall is right behind the strut towers and that part of the car is plenty stiff. The rear does help a ton however.
 

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If you want a cheap way to go you can always use strut braces from 95-99 Neons, just have to redrill one of the holes in the brackets. Although in these cases you really do get what you pay for.
 

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If you want a cheap way to go you can always use strut braces from 95-99 Neons, just have to redrill one of the holes in the brackets. Although in these cases you really do get what you pay for.

The Neon bar works just as well as any other strut bar in the front since the car does NOT need any bracing there. I had a Neon bar way back and it's actually not all that bad, it was way stiffer than one version of the bar SHOShop made.

The Neon bar will also fit the back if you do not have the factory sub installed. This will help to tie the back end together decently, but not as good as the bars ShoSource is selling.
 

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The Front bars available are various designs, and it makes a difference if you have a well designed one. I immediately felt the improvement after installing the Midwest SHO front bar; chasssis stiffness, more solid feel, and reduction in torque steer. I added SFC's a few weeks later and they compliment the STB's nicely.
 

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I just had a steel rear strut brace welded on with braces that wrap half way around inner side of the strut sheetmetal. It makes a iNcrEDIble difference! It has a lot more point it where you wanna go now. BIG change, cost $23.00. Now, a couple welds in the front....
 

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a few triangles under the hood of steel on the stb...maybe run me another 20.
seems to have turned my SHO on it's heels, (literally) my biggest issue is getting rid of steering slop.
 

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