STRUT BARS, rear, front, upper lower questions and answers
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 315
From: Dorado, Puerto Rico
I did a little bit of searching and didn't find this. Has anyone around here tried the DME strut braces?
I saw these on ebay this morning:
eBay Motors: NST 06-07 Honda FIT -FRONT- Strut Brace / Bar by DME (item 110143774915 end time Jul-07-07 18:18:31 PDT)
So, has anyone tried these yet? Any thoughts?
I saw these on ebay this morning:
eBay Motors: NST 06-07 Honda FIT -FRONT- Strut Brace / Bar by DME (item 110143774915 end time Jul-07-07 18:18:31 PDT)
So, has anyone tried these yet? Any thoughts?
I just got a set of Custo front and rear bars and they look just alike.
ONE BIG DIFFERENCE FROM EVERY OTHER REAR STRUT BAR FOR OUR FITS!!!
They don't mount to the rear shock studs, they bolt to the sides of the unibody around the metal loop that holds up the back seats and brace with leverage on top of the shock's base wich in turn is braced by the bar itself. I think this design seems a lot more functional than the other rear strut bars I've seen.
I'm gonna try a little bit of "canyon carving" around some local roads that have some nice twisties this weekend before installing the rear strut bar and with just the rear strut bar and I'll post my comments in here (be it positive or negative). Then and only then will I install my front strut bar. I think that should settle it.
I'm gonna track the car on the 4th of August, I think I can play around by removing and installing the bars alone and together and see if I notice a difference at the track.
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 47
From: Singapore
I will need to test it out first. Cannot confirm with you on the spot. Do you have the picture of the engine like? Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 53
From: CA, USA
Tanabe Front Strut Bar for '07 Fit
Hi everyone. I just have a quick question. I want to install a front Tanabe strut bar for my '08 Honda Fit. However, Tanabe says the front strut bar is for an '07 Fit. Will the bar still work for my '08 Fit? I don't see any mounting locations for the bar on my '08 Fit.
I called Tanabe, but they said they're not sure.
I called Tanabe, but they said they're not sure.
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 47
From: Singapore
Honda Fit 2007
Honda Fit 2008
Front Strut Bar
Every vehicle’s front chassis is different; therefore designs and develops the front bars based on the actual conditions of the vehicle, repeatedly testing and proving to its perfection. High attention is taken during the design and development stage to ensure the chassis is able to withstand the load when a bar is being installed.
Ultra Racing is proud to bring to you the first of its kind in the country, the MULTI-POINT Front Strut Bar. The Front Strut Bar is installed to minimize the weight transfer of the vehicle body, therefore the vehicle will not loose traction easily during cornering.
Honda Fit 2007 Front Strut Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Front Strut Bar
Rear Strut Bar
The Rear Strut Bar is particularly useful for an FF vehicle. The Understeer behavior can be corrected by stiffening the rear chassis by installing a Rear Bar.
High attention is taken during the design and development stage to ensure the rear chassis is reinforced and strengthened in a proper way that it will not cause the vehicle body to undergo too much stress.
Rear Upper Bars is designed for vehicles with high roof and high CG (Centre of Gravity) such as MPV's, mini MPV's, SUV's and Hatch Backs.
Initially, Rear Upper Bar is invented specially for the 5 Doors Hatch Back cars. The 5 Door Hatch Back cars have weaker rear upper body due to their wide opening rear door. Under extensive investigation and actual road proving, it corrected the shortcoming of the vehicle’s swaying rear upper body.
Honda Fit 2007 Rear Strut Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Rear Strut Bar
Lower Arm Bar
The Ultra Racing Lower Arm Bar is designed to reduce the flex of the vehicle chassis where it is connected by the Lower wishbone of the suspension system, thus to lessen the distortion of the vehicle lower suspension when it is under load, especially during hard cornering. It is installed at the lower mounting points between the left and right suspension and the vehicle chassis. Tremendously improving the stiffness at the area where the lower arm is connected to the vehicle chassis. The Ultra Racing Lower Arm Bar also keeps camber accurate during hard cornering.
Honda Fit 2007 Front Lower Arm Bar
Honda Fot 2007 Rear Lower Arm Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Front Lower Arm Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Middle Lower Tie Bar
Anti Roll Bar
Anti Roll Bars (also known as anti-sway bars, sway bars or lower tie bars) affect the handling of the car on the lower end of the suspension. Sway bars tie the lower suspension components together across the front or back, and affect a car's over steer and under steer. Sway bars will keep your car flat in turns instead of leaning over to one side. They distribute energy from the side of the car with all the force from the turn on it to the other side of the car, bringing the whole car down flat instead of leaning to one side. Of course the car will still lean some, but not as much. Sway bars provide better cornering especially at high speeds and work very well in conjunction with strut tower bars. However, they can have an adverse affect in off-road situations by leaving one tire completely off the ground.
Honda Fit 2007 Rear Anti Roll Bar 16mm
Honda Fit 2008 Rear Anti Roll Bar 16mm
If you guys are interested in the strut bars for the Fit 2007 or Fit 2008, i can do a group buy for your forum members. Let me know how the response. Thanks and have a nice day.
Honda Fit 2008
Front Strut Bar
Every vehicle’s front chassis is different; therefore designs and develops the front bars based on the actual conditions of the vehicle, repeatedly testing and proving to its perfection. High attention is taken during the design and development stage to ensure the chassis is able to withstand the load when a bar is being installed.
Ultra Racing is proud to bring to you the first of its kind in the country, the MULTI-POINT Front Strut Bar. The Front Strut Bar is installed to minimize the weight transfer of the vehicle body, therefore the vehicle will not loose traction easily during cornering.
Honda Fit 2007 Front Strut Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Front Strut Bar
Rear Strut Bar
The Rear Strut Bar is particularly useful for an FF vehicle. The Understeer behavior can be corrected by stiffening the rear chassis by installing a Rear Bar.
High attention is taken during the design and development stage to ensure the rear chassis is reinforced and strengthened in a proper way that it will not cause the vehicle body to undergo too much stress.
Rear Upper Bars is designed for vehicles with high roof and high CG (Centre of Gravity) such as MPV's, mini MPV's, SUV's and Hatch Backs.
Initially, Rear Upper Bar is invented specially for the 5 Doors Hatch Back cars. The 5 Door Hatch Back cars have weaker rear upper body due to their wide opening rear door. Under extensive investigation and actual road proving, it corrected the shortcoming of the vehicle’s swaying rear upper body.
Honda Fit 2007 Rear Strut Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Rear Strut Bar
Lower Arm Bar
The Ultra Racing Lower Arm Bar is designed to reduce the flex of the vehicle chassis where it is connected by the Lower wishbone of the suspension system, thus to lessen the distortion of the vehicle lower suspension when it is under load, especially during hard cornering. It is installed at the lower mounting points between the left and right suspension and the vehicle chassis. Tremendously improving the stiffness at the area where the lower arm is connected to the vehicle chassis. The Ultra Racing Lower Arm Bar also keeps camber accurate during hard cornering.
Honda Fit 2007 Front Lower Arm Bar
Honda Fot 2007 Rear Lower Arm Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Front Lower Arm Bar
Honda Fit 2008 Middle Lower Tie Bar
Anti Roll Bar
Anti Roll Bars (also known as anti-sway bars, sway bars or lower tie bars) affect the handling of the car on the lower end of the suspension. Sway bars tie the lower suspension components together across the front or back, and affect a car's over steer and under steer. Sway bars will keep your car flat in turns instead of leaning over to one side. They distribute energy from the side of the car with all the force from the turn on it to the other side of the car, bringing the whole car down flat instead of leaning to one side. Of course the car will still lean some, but not as much. Sway bars provide better cornering especially at high speeds and work very well in conjunction with strut tower bars. However, they can have an adverse affect in off-road situations by leaving one tire completely off the ground.
Honda Fit 2007 Rear Anti Roll Bar 16mm
Honda Fit 2008 Rear Anti Roll Bar 16mm
If you guys are interested in the strut bars for the Fit 2007 or Fit 2008, i can do a group buy for your forum members. Let me know how the response. Thanks and have a nice day.
Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 47
From: Singapore
I am selling the front tower bar for fit 2007 at $100 USDand front tower bar for fit 2008 at $100 USD also. The price is without shipping cost. Thanks
Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 21
From: San Diego
I just installed Tanabe front & rear strut bars on my 07 Fit Sport. The difference in handling is immediately noticeable, especially when cornering at the limit of control. My times at the autocross have improved a few seconds, and the car just seems much more stable. They were definitely worth the money ($95 each). I also have a front lower arm bar that I will be installing soon, but I need a torque wrench first. Word.
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 47
From: Singapore
We had already send some lower arm bar for the 06-08USDM already. They fit without any problem. As for the shipping cost to canada is $174USD for both front and rear lower arm bar. Hope that this help. Thanks
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 47
From: Odenton, MD
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif][SIZE=2]The Rear Strut Bar is particularly useful for an FF vehicle. The Understeer behavior can be corrected by stiffening the rear chassis by installing a Rear Bar.
High attention is taken during the design and development stage to ensure the rear chassis is reinforced and strengthened in a proper way that it will not cause the vehicle body to undergo too much stress.
Rear Upper Bars is designed for vehicles with high roof and high CG (Centre of Gravity) such as MPV's, mini MPV's, SUV's and Hatch Backs.
Initially, Rear Upper Bar is invented specially for the 5 Doors Hatch Back cars. The 5 Door Hatch Back cars have weaker rear upper body due to their wide opening rear door. Under extensive investigation and actual road proving, it corrected the shortcoming of the vehicle’s swaying rear upper body.
Sure, stiffening up the rear of a car "can" reduce understeer, but how is a bar running from one upper corner of the body to the other, with no triangulation going to do anything but add weight up top?
Strut tower braces were originally intended to reduce the spreading of the upper strut mounting points under cornering load. In this particular case, there is nothing that mounts to those same spots other than the seat belts - no suspension components. Are you saying that under heavy stress the roof skin stretches?
Without triangulation, this piece doesn't do a thing. Take a cardboard box, cut off the top and bottom, and lay it on it's side, so you have a big open square [ ] (much like a hatchback car). If you add re-enforcement from only one side to the other, at the same height, the box will still collapse to the side. Triangulating or cross bracing this structure ( [/] or [X] ) would stiffen the back, but not just adding one bar up top.
If you want to fix understeer, buy a rear sway bar.
I don't mean to start any trouble, but how could any of that be correct?
Sure, stiffening up the rear of a car "can" reduce understeer, but how is a bar running from one upper corner of the body to the other, with no triangulation going to do anything but add weight up top?
Strut tower braces were originally intended to reduce the spreading of the upper strut mounting points under cornering load. In this particular case, there is nothing that mounts to those same spots other than the seat belts - no suspension components. Are you saying that under heavy stress the roof skin stretches?
Without triangulation, this piece doesn't do a thing. Take a cardboard box, cut off the top and bottom, and lay it on it's side, so you have a big open square [ ] (much like a hatchback car). If you add re-enforcement from only one side to the other, at the same height, the box will still collapse to the side. Triangulating or cross bracing this structure ( [/] or [X] ) would stiffen the back, but not just adding one bar up top.
If you want to fix understeer, buy a rear sway bar.
Sure, stiffening up the rear of a car "can" reduce understeer, but how is a bar running from one upper corner of the body to the other, with no triangulation going to do anything but add weight up top?
Strut tower braces were originally intended to reduce the spreading of the upper strut mounting points under cornering load. In this particular case, there is nothing that mounts to those same spots other than the seat belts - no suspension components. Are you saying that under heavy stress the roof skin stretches?
Without triangulation, this piece doesn't do a thing. Take a cardboard box, cut off the top and bottom, and lay it on it's side, so you have a big open square [ ] (much like a hatchback car). If you add re-enforcement from only one side to the other, at the same height, the box will still collapse to the side. Triangulating or cross bracing this structure ( [/] or [X] ) would stiffen the back, but not just adding one bar up top.
If you want to fix understeer, buy a rear sway bar.
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 47
From: Odenton, MD
I mean, I run a strut tower brace on the front of my Bimmer, but that's to re-enforce the strut mounting points (weak on my car). I string tested the front and back of my car first and that was enough to tell me that my car didn't need them.
Not sure if you guys have seen this video..I thought it was pretty cool and helpful in understanding what areas of the car need to be stiffen up in order to handle better..
YouTube - Vtec Club BM vol. 13 Honda Fit Chassis
YouTube - Vtec Club BM vol. 13 Honda Fit Chassis
