astor84

I am looking to get an aftermarket strut tower (upper tie) bar for my 2003 3.2TL.

On the advice of numerous people on this forum, I decided to get the Neuspeed upper tie bar, but when I tried to order it (both from a third-party vendor and directly from Neuspeed) I was told "that item has been discontinued".

I am having trouble finding *anywhere* that sells *any* strut tower bar for this car.

Has anyone else bought a good one recently? Can you recommend a particular bar and a place to buy one?

FirePR2002

do a search for the cusco bar - i believe either heeltoe or excelerate sells it new. take a peek in the black market also.

gold2003tl (90)

what would provide better performance? upper front strut tower bar, or a front sway bar? i have a 24mm rear sway bar and that works wonders in the corners, i am thinking a front sway bar would provide better performance over a strut tower bar by itself ?? yes, no?

friesm2000

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Comptech Strut tower brace FTW, but then again it has been discontinued for a while, so only chance is really finding it used, let alone being a bit overpriced, but that did not stop me from getting one though, and at the CNC milling (it's also lighter then stock too )

i would go for a brace first, car already understeers at points and a front sway will make it even worse (but having some is desirable for a daily driver, so when you are tired and such, the tail end does not swing around on you)

XSleepizeX

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i have a neuspeed struct bar.
selling it for 85

friesm2000

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NO selling HERE Black Market ONLY

gold2003tl (90)

is neuspeed struct bar compatible with ingalls stiffy ETD?

friesm2000

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look at civicdrivr's build thread, but yes he got it to work quite well with it

fsttyms1

Front sway bar hands down. The TL already has a nice 4 point strut bar.

gold2003tl (90)

That's what i was thinking, if its anything like the handling boost iv seen from my rear sway bar it will greatly reduce body roll.

fsttyms1

Just look at the pics in my lapping day thread. The car has almost no lean to it. A strut tower wont eliminate that. (plus the car already has one)

gold2003tl (90)

yeah i took a good look at that, your car handles excellent! Its basically flat, Great video.

kbye

*kinda on the topic

Anyone have experience with the ultra racing under brace and front strut bar? price seems reasonable

friesm2000

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have not seen anybody with one yet, but i may be trying to get one at some point (i tried a couple of months ago, then all of a sudden that shop was not a dealer of them anymore , and the shop is still very alive and well)