are those cheap $10 strut bars on ebay any good or will they just snap?

-masin

 

I've bought a $25 ebay strut bar years ago and it works perfectly. On the other hand there are some of them that are crap. The place to check closely is the mounting plates to the strut towers. If they are thin or the flanges the bar bolts to look cheesy then avoid them. No sense in having a stiffening bar if the mounts it bolts to flex at all.

 

This one is ****.

 

This one is poor as well.

 

edit..

 

This one is better. I still don't like that where the mounting ears meet the plate there is not much area to weld. My bar uses the same bent hollow aluminum tube that is flattened many of the other bars use but I don't see any with the same mounting plates anymore. The plates on mine are thicker and structurally more solid than anything pictured here.

 

Not really related, but ther is a thread in the 3rd gen section that says a factory strut bar from mazda costs a wopping $900. LOL

 

I got a suspension solutions one for 100 from rx7.com. Works great.

 

That's the one I have! Although when I bought mine years ago off ebay I though it was just generic. I've been more than happy with my "cheap" bar.

http://www.rx7.com/store/rx7/SSFrontStrutBar.html

 

i have that one too

 

heh, i just machined a rear bar for my 5-point harness, 1.5in SS only cost $67. anit no way in hell thats going to break.

Ill post picts later if yall want

 

Please do

 

Did you make new mounts too? The stock bar is not the only weak point... the mounts are also unsuitable for use in attaching a racing harness.

 

i just bought cork sports ones, the set for 148, pretty nice price, its says its like the mazdaspeed and cusco ones, lets see about that when it comes.