Anyone that has one, did it improve the feel significantly? I want more rigidity, but I don't really want to cut into my carpet and strut towers. Do you think one of the strut tower bars up front that bolts to the firewall would be enough?

Yes, the mazdatrix bar/ support is well worth the money. Corksport sells body stiffeners that look like they will help out a lot. Rear strut tower bars look like a pain in the ass of you have to put anything into the hatch area.

yeah i noticed a big difference from my greddy front strut bars. Feels more stable. I am thinking about getting the rear ones from CorkSport.com but i know you have to cut some of the rear sheet metal. but there nice get them and good luck



Corksport got a deal on the front and rear

ever see or been in a wrech with a car with the firewall supports? is it super dangerous to have one of those? will I end up eating it during a frontal collision?

If the frontal impact is enough to reach the front struts you are going to be in a world of hurt anyway. But otherwise the triangulated front strut bar shouldn't change the way the car crashes very much.

good point...I'll have to consider one of those when I get around to doing suspension

i personally think teh strut bars are useless.



The only time they become useful is when youhave a suspension setup fully done, the strut bars will then complement you setup.



If you have the stock suspension stuff (ie bushings, shocks, springs, ball joints or what not) the strut bar is going to do nothing.



If youhave new bushings, coilovers and te works, adding the strut bar will then help.



Wihtout those items they just add to the ricer look

yeah, I planned on saving up and doing all the suspension at once. I'm guessing the difference will be like night and day.

thats true but i am anticipating what i will do later on. I will get the racing beat suspension package consisting of RB springs and RB front and rear antisway bars, with TOCKIO Struts....

I believe the Mazdaspeed rear bar from Cork Sport requires no cutting. Or I could be dead wrong. It's also three times as much as the Cork Sport bar. Ouch!



Either way, having a rear strut bar in my car wouldn't bother me. It'd be right behind the cargo cover, so it shouldn't make loading a pain. Rather than if there wasn't a cargo cover, it would intrude into storage space.

I Would use the strut bar to hold the speaker box im going to put in the hatch. So it can be dual purpose..

yeah, I know some people even run a 4 point seat belt from that bar too.

Running a harness from the strut bar isn't a good idea. Neither are 4 point harnesses.

you can visibly see a my vert flex during hard cornering, ANY box sectioning or triangulation is good, it will make a ******* geo metro handle better







bill: "dude your **** was twisting"

yeah, you would think on a tired old stock suspension, your first mod (like a strut bar) would be a noticeable difference... it was for me on many cars, especially the heavier ones.



I couldnt really tell if the rear bar made a diff but it does keep **** in place better than those belts on the hatch floor

I got all those bars on my car when the suspension was still stock. It made a great deal of difference. I'd suggest them to anybody that wants to improve the feel of their car.

I noticed a difference when I put on my front strut bar from Mazdatrix. It is attached to the firewall and also to the engine. I noticed a big difference in handling with just this mod. I notice no vibrations like some have said twith the engine attachment. It was also a royal bitch to attach it to the firewall when you have all airconditioning lines in place and all oil lines running right underneath the lip of the firewall. Lost much skin from my knuckles. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif I will be slowly upgrading all components of the suspension so I figured I could start here. Something I could do at home without any special tools.



Greg