
18 Jun 2008, 01:49 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Wixom, Michigan
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Re: Tower Strut Bar
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Originally Posted by cleverklutz
I have the APC bar too. I picked it up for I think $29 or something at autotrucktoys. I did a bunch of research into it. It seems that the early APC bars were junk, they used brackets to mount the bolts to the strut towers, than brackets to hold the bar, the new one is a one piece design. I found the bar to be extremely light walled bar stock, and it doesn't take much to bend it by hand. I didn't expect anything out of it really, but it did give me faster turn in, and the part that is most important to me and I wasn't expecting, is that it got rid of my bump steer! I have to drive 8 miles of low maintenance gravel road every day, and that is all potholed and washboard. It used to be the steering wheel would always be trying to come out of my hand, now it is composed in that stuff. I'm planning on tying the strut bar into the firewall eventually to stiffen it up even more.
The bar fit good in my car, I believe it had to be forced over one of the strut mounts just a bit, I can't remember if the bar had to be compressed or stretched.
I'm interested to know how it works for you.
Ben
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Me too now....I prolly shoulda asked before I bought it, but I would really like one. I will be sure to post pics and all that when I get it installed in the next few days
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