I just got my neuspeed front strut bar in today, and it either looks like the upper control arm bolts are too thick, or the holes in the strut bar are too small. what's the dealio? I am thinking the control arm anchor bolts are thicker than stock, since they are aftermarket SPC camber kit bolts. I'm thinking of drilling out bigger holes in the strut bar but i think that will weaken it... oh and btw my car is a 94 vtec, and acordding to the serial numbers I have the right bar supposibly.
i would do that. most ppl that have the neuspeed bar have to jack up the car then install
but you are having hole problems, drilling out should be fine. mainly because these strut bars kinda don't "do" much. its questionable how much these help. but at least you got the best one possible (imo)
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There's a batch of these that had the holes drilled waaaaay too small. Mine was like that.
Just use a drill press, a 1/2" drill bit (I thnk it was 1/2"), and keep the bit oiled up. It should take you no more than 5 minutes to enlarge all 4 holes.
Oh cool thanks, I heard this thing doesn't really do much, I mainly got it for the looks. And for some reason I convinced myself that this strut bar would counter balance the weight of my car and make it less likely to bottom out cuz my car is pretty low and I bottom out alot, does this have any merit or am I just making things up in my head?
I don't know what they'll do for a Prelude, but installing front and rear upper strut bars made a huge difference in my 1993 Miata. A rear lower strut brace, front and rear sway bars, Rod Millen springs, Tokico 5-way shocks, and a set of Panasport wheels later, that thing handled like nothing else. I guess that's why I'm always disappointed with the handling capabilities of the Prelude. I think them being FWD also has a lot to do with it.
I can handle the car okay, but not great. It's my first sporty FWD car. The suspension is all original and worn out. I'm sure with the proper upgrades, the Prelude would make a fine auto-x vehicle. I have been impressed with its capabilities for a FWD. I'm more comfortable using a RWD vehicle for auto-x. For me, the Prelude is just a street car.
It will help a little, I am planning on doing this in the future. Not extreme handling performance increase, but a little more front end rigidity is always a plus.
^Stalker..... well anywho the dude at my local machine shop drilled 1/2" holes to make them fit, problem now is, its freakin hard to get on, I tried jacking the car up, having it set on the ground, oh man... After about 5 hours of tugging and pulling, I finally gave up. I'm taking it to the local performance shop and letting them have some fun with it, muhahahah!.
Last edited by tonysaur; 04-17-2007 at 08:59 PM.
Reason: spelling error, im stoopid
I've gone through 2 of these on my lude (non-VTEC bar and then a VTEC one when I did the engine swap). The best way to get it on is to install the passenger side first as there is less room to work with there. When you loosen the nuts holding the control arm, make sure you prop something under the arms so the studs don't fall through. There's no need to jack up the car either. Just get the passenger side on first and just pull and stretch the other end over the studs.
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