tanabe s14 rear stb

[4bangers]

anyone running tanabe rear strut tower bar? I've been searching online for a pix but no luck. I just want to see how it would mount into the S14 b/c there are two kind. One pop up the rear deck (I don't like) and another kind where they're under the rear deck somehow (I like). So I just want to see which kind is the tanabe bar. Thanks

[Gumballf355]

Tanabe makes one that goes over.

[LA_phantom_240]

Get a Cusco style. It sits under the deck. I'd post a pic of mine, but my car is... well.. a mess.

[4bangers]

^^ yeah thanks, would you please take a pix of your set up so that I can see how they sit. Merci

[4bangers]

any other style beside cusco that sit under the deck or in the trunk?

[garagelu]

pretty much all the no brand/ebay rear strut tower bars are under the deck. I like my jic magic rear strut bar that goes over the deck. So many people ask me what the hell it is.....I tell them its a oh-shit bar.

[Maiku240sxS14]

pretty much all the no brand/ebay rear strut tower bars are under the deck. I like my jic magic rear strut bar that goes over the deck. So many people ask me what the hell it is.....I tell them its a oh-shit bar.

Hell yeah me too....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/nihon_jin/larger%20pix/DSCF0073.jpg

[jspaeth]

pretty much all the no brand/ebay rear strut tower bars are under the deck. I like my jic magic rear strut bar that goes over the deck. So many people ask me what the hell it is.....I tell them its a oh-shit bar.


I think I heard somewhere that rear-strut bars can stiffen the rear up to the point where the rear windshield can crack pretty easily, due to the lack of compliance.

Anyone else heard of this?

[garagelu]

I highly doubt that stiffening up the chassis would break the rear glass. That would mean people with whole roll cages would be even worse. Whoever told you that is retarded.

[jspaeth]

LOL good point, I guess this is kinda goofy, but at the same time, the rear strut bar does increase rigidity in a spot closer to the rear windshield.

It wasn't 1 person that told me, I could've sworn I read it somewhere....let me see if I can find it.

[garagelu]

There are cages that I have seen built on s14's that go around the rear window and even weld into that rear deck.

Seriously though, I dont see increasing rigidity in the rear cracking the window in a million years. Its quite impossible.

[KA240SX808]

If anything it has a better chance of breaking w/o an type of rear bracing due to more chassis flex right?

BTW That JIC Bar looks nice

[projectRDM]

If anything it has a better chance of breaking w/o an type of rear bracing due to more chassis flex right?


Give that man a cracker. There is no amount of rigidity that will increase the chance of breaking a window. The more, the better.

[4bangers]

I tried searching online but no luck w/ finding a rear cusco bar mounted. Any of you guy have a pix?

or some ebay bar pix that goes under the deck is fine too. Thanks