rear strut tower bar???

[zrk666]

hey loooking around for some susupension parts. was wondering if any manufactors made and rear strut tower bar for the 1g eclipse or is it a custom job?

 

[Defiant]

They're very hard to find- and they're needed less than on a 2G. I think it was Neuspeed that used to make them, but I don't think anyone is anymore.

 

[mxpimp18]

I think ebay has some

 

[Lancer14]

I did a writeup on making a custom rear STB awhile back. I think its over on dsmtalk.

Chris

 

[mavisky]

yea i think it was the 97 mitsubishi sedan or something then you just modified the strut bar holes to fit right.

 

[oddrob]

http://www.cpostores.com/extreme/browse.cfm/4,178.html

This what you are looking for?

 

[mavisky]

http://www.cpostores.com/extreme/browse.cfm/4,178.html

This what you are looking for?

yea that'd work, but rre and i belive buschur sell one as well. but all are over $100. i think he, like most people, are looking to spend a little less on something like that. i've been considering just welding a bar across the rear of mine or at least beefing up one of the cheaper ones for a small price.

 

[dmxsoulja3]

I got front and rear strut bars for 52 shipped on Ebay for my 1g

 

[LandoAWD]

I got mine from Extreme a couple of years back. They are around.

 

[turbotsi92]

ebay is your best bet, but other than the ones mentioned, dsmparts, and extreme technology.

 

[Stizzyflip611]

i could be wrong but i thought that RRE makes one for a 1g, i planned on gettin one soon....check um out

 

[LandoAWD]

Do you folks READ the thread before posting, or just like parroting statements that were already made?

Edit: I jsut clicked on Rob's link and realized I fall under this category too...apparently Extreme changed website addys. I hereby warn myself.

 

[4G63 GST]

Megan racing front and rear strut tower bars .. (gunmetal)

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I think i paid $70 shipped for them both shipped to my house ..



Luke

 

[Lancer14]

looks like dsmtalk is down, so here's a quick write up.
Get a rear strut tower bar for a '93-'02 Mitsubishi Mirage. You can find them on eBay for real cheap. I think I paid around $12 shipped for one.
Once you have the bar pull the ends off.

Use a dremel, sawzall or some other cutting tool to cut where the red mark is. The blue dot is where you want to drill the new hole.

Again, using a dremel or some other tool, shave off some of the metal between the two red marks. This allows for the end plate to clear the upward lip on the strut tower.

All that's left is cutting holes in the plastic trim.

Now you have a rear STB for your 1G DSM, and it didn't cost an arm and a leg.

Chris

 

[4G63 GST]

Id prolly just buy the one that fits for $10 or so more ..



Luke

 

[mavisky]

there are a couple of front and rear sets on ebay from that megan racing company that look pretty strong and are going for like $45.95 buy it now option. with shipping that'd still make it pretty cheap to pick up for the set.

 

[audiodude123]

I got the freedom design front strut tower bar, and though it was a complete waste of $75 It was flimsy and I know that for a strut bar to be noticable it needed to be as hard as possible.

Well like in the pictures 4g63gst posted, the brackets made the bar behind the intake so I went to the local steel yard and got a 3' piece of straight 1"x1" 6061 aluminum bar stock, used a hack saw to cut notches in the ends and drilled holes to fit it in the freedom design brackets. It now flexs just a fraction of a inch and the engine does not touch it with factory motor mounts, if use have a OEM height battery it will just pass over the negative terminal, mine clears by about 1/2".

With my full body weight on it (pratically sitting on it). So I went back and got some structural 90degree angle aluminum and just cut it to size and drilled holes and installed it for a rear strut tower brace. It is not as pretty as the megan but beeing angled it is very still and weighs almost nothing and no brackets needed (You can install 2 if you really want to have those rear towers solid, even run a downbrace to the child seat mount behind the middle of the rear seat).

End result is the the steering because much more precise, responsive and predictible. The car feels much better over bumps, they are a whole lot less harsh with the loads not beeing more evenly distributed.