02-25-2004, 09:56 PM
i installed a strut bar on my old maxima, and i felt a noticable difference for two reasons:
- the chassis was a flexi-mess. not only was it based on the maxima before it (vintage '85) but the subframes were suffering from 100,000 miles of PA roads abuse.
- the car was equipped with STRUTS. thats a huge difference, like what the others have said.
a strut has to cope with basically being the upper link the suspesion and holding the camber of the front wheels correctly. under side load, the deflection on a strut is big, and it transfers to the distortion of the shock tower. on a wishbone car, the upper control arms arent attached to the shock towers, so the load isnt present there.
- the chassis was a flexi-mess. not only was it based on the maxima before it (vintage '85) but the subframes were suffering from 100,000 miles of PA roads abuse.
- the car was equipped with STRUTS. thats a huge difference, like what the others have said.
a strut has to cope with basically being the upper link the suspesion and holding the camber of the front wheels correctly. under side load, the deflection on a strut is big, and it transfers to the distortion of the shock tower. on a wishbone car, the upper control arms arent attached to the shock towers, so the load isnt present there.
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT