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Hi everyone,

If you own strut tower braces for any year Neon can you please answer the following questions. I am just trying to gather as much information as I can about strut tower braces.

Car make/model/year:
Do you have a front strut brace?
Do you have a rear strut brace?
Brand name(s)?
Where did you get it?
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation?
Likes?
Dislikes?
What other suspension mods do you have?
Any other comments?

Thank you very much in advanced for your replies.

Car make/model/year: 2005 Dodge Neon
Do you have a front strut brace? Yep
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yep
Brand name(s)? Mopar
Where did you get it? Dealership
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Front-Nada / Rear-Stiffer
Likes? Rear stiffness, Looks
Dislikes? Front Fitment
What other suspension mods do you have? Progress Lowering Springs, Tokico HP Struts, Front/Rear ACR Sways

Car make/model/year: 05 SXT
Do you have a front strut brace? yes
Do you have a rear strut brace? yes
Brand name(s)? Vibrant
Where did you get it? Modern Performance
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Very stiff frame
Likes? only having to jack the car from one side to lift 3 tires off the ground! ... its like having even more anti roll bars and they look cool too
Dislikes? getting in and out of steep driveways I tend to get tires off the ground, and a lack of trunk space (on occassion).
What other suspension mods do you have? Suspension Technique Sway bars, Eibach sportlines with KYB GR-2 strust, -1deg camber.
Any other comments? bout sums it up.

Car make/model/year: 2004 SE
Do you have a front strut brace? NO
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yes
Brand name(s)? Vibrant Type V
Where did you get it? Modern Performance
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Less nervous rear end.
Likes? Settled down the rear end much more confidence inspiring.
Dislikes? Little loss of useful trunk room but knew that going in.
What other suspension mods do you have? Vogtland Sport Springs, KYB GR/2 struts, Progress Technology Stock 20mm Front Sway Bar, 22mm Rear Sway Bar, Prothane complete Polyurethane Bushing Kit and Race Engine Mount Inserts, Vitor Transmount Insert. Custom ACR spec alignment.

Car make/model/year: 2002 Dodge Neon ACR
Do you have a front strut brace? No
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yes
Brand name(s)? Vibrant Type V
Where did you get it? Modernperformance.com
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Stiffer in the rear, ride quality was rougher, but car stays planted in the back in high speed turns.
Likes? Looks nice, and like stated above, car stays planted in the rear
Dislikes? nothing!
What other suspension mods do you have? 2gn ACR struts, 1gn RT Springs, 19mm ACR Sway bar rear, 22mm ACR front sway bar
Any other comments? Nope!

Car make/model/year: 05 SXT
Do you have a front strut brace? Yes
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yes
Brand name(s)? Vibrant front/DC Sports Rear
Where did you get it? Forgot haha its been awhile
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Tighter handling, and a firmer rear end.
Likes? Improves handling, looks good.
Dislikes? None really
What other suspension mods do you have? Eibach springs, tokico hp struts, srt rear sway bar, yokohama avid v4s tires, acr spec alignment.

Thanks for the responses everyone. Anyone else?

Car make/model/year: 2003 SXT
Do you have a front strut brace? Yes
Do you have a rear strut brace? Not yet
Brand name(s)? DC
Where did you get it? Modern Performance
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Visually looks great...but handling differance is slim to none
Likes? Looks great
Dislikes? Diddnt make much difference. I do now have dimples in the hood from the bar hitting it....I believe its because I have a bent strut tower.
What other suspension mods do you have? Dropzone Shock/spring combo, Added rear sway bar
Any other comments? Killer for looks...very easy to install, however I believe money would be better spent on a rear strut bar or full sway bar upgrade.

^^ the DC didnt work with a stock neon hood....The DC front bar was only made for the SRT-4 hood. THe SRT hood had a little bit more room

Car make/model/year: 2001, dodge ES.
Do you have a front strut brace? Yes.
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yes.
Brand name(s)? EBAY!
Where did you get it? A member here.
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Stiffer, more confident going over bumps, can feel the rear brace working when taking a turn hard.
Likes? Everything.
Dislikes? Nothing.
What other suspension mods do you have? KYB GR2's and Tein S-Techs.
Any other comments? Penis!

DJ CptnCrnch wrote:^^ the DC didnt work with a stock neon hood....The DC front bar was only made for the SRT-4 hood. THe SRT hood had a little bit more room

I ran the DC for almost a year and I never had any issues until the tower got bent

Car make/model/year: 2004 SRT-4
Do you have a front strut brace? NO
Do you have a rear strut brace? YES
Brand name(s)? pWERKS
Where did you get it? pWERKS
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? REAR IS STIFFER
Likes? STIFFER REAR
Dislikes? NONE OTHER THEN CARGO ROOM IS DECREASED
What other suspension mods do you have? HOTCHKIS SWAYS
Any other comments? Your guys really need to look at the pwerks rear bar. I it and it makes a world of difference. No flexing in the bar at all(3 point bar) UNLIKE THE CHEAP BARS WITH JOINTS

They have a 3 point front as well for the srt, but I don't know if you all can run this one or not.

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Car make/model/year: 2004 Neon R/T
Do you have a front strut brace? No
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yes
Brand name(s)? Boneyard Racing
Where did you get it? Boneyardracing.com
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Yes
Likes? Stiffer than DC but also lighter
Dislikes? Not as "pretty" as the larger companys
What other suspension mods do you have? Toyo Peroxies RA4 tires, Mopar High Rates
Any other comments?

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bone-yard-racing wrote:Likes? Stiffer than DC but also lighter
Dislikes? Not as "pretty" as the larger companys
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Pony up...i wanna see it

bone-yard-racing wrote:

soccerdanno wrote: Car make/model/year: 2004 Neon R/T
Do you have a front strut brace? No
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yes
Brand name(s)? Boneyard Racing
Where did you get it? Boneyardracing.com
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Yes
Likes? Stiffer than DC but also lighter
Dislikes? Not as "pretty" as the larger companys
What other suspension mods do you have? Toyo Peroxies RA4 tires, Mopar High Rates
Any other comments?

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I assume you tested the DC bar physically to come to this conclusion?

The only one I can see (and I say see because I can phyiscaly see them) that would bee stiffer than the dc would possably be the pWERKS bar...due simply to the tri mount design.

agreed^

then again, until someone tests them, there's really no proof.

Im going off of comp between DC, vibrant, and pWERKS...Ive seen more than my share of vibrant bars fail on the threads....the bar will collapse into itself....the other 2 have no threads or flexi joints to fail....and again with 3 mount points id see the pWERKS distorting lots less (if properly mounted) than a 2 mount bar.

yeah thats true. I wanna get the dc front bar soon but I cant afford it. The vibrant front is ok but like u said, theyre not the best. It actually came loose the other day after a hard run in the hills.

Car make/model/year: 2000 Dodge Neon
Do you have a front strut brace? Yes
Do you have a rear strut brace? No
Brand name(s)? Vibrant
Where did you get it? Modern Performance
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Less Body Roll
Likes? Its Chrome!!!
Dislikes? Can't See it when im cruising lol
What other suspension mods do you have? lets just say mine sits on the ground
Any other comments? This is one of the few things you can be cheap with & still get the same response

OB wrote:yeah thats true. I wanna get the dc front bar soon but I cant afford it.

Check Titan Motorsports...they have (or had as last I looked) the DC for somenthing like 80ish

Car make/model/year: 2002 Neon R/T
Do you have a front strut brace? Yes
Do you have a rear strut brace? Yes
Brand name(s)? Vibrant and DC
Where did you get it? ModernPerformance
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? Not much
Likes? Look better under the hood
Dislikes? Not a huge difference in feel
What other suspension mods do you have? KW Coilovers, Energy Bushings, Progress SwayBars, Traction Bushings
Any other comments?

Car make/model/year: 01 Neon LX
Do you have a front strut brace? yes
Do you have a rear strut brace? yes
Brand name(s)? Vibrant Performance
Where did you get it? Modern Performance (rear) and contemporary motorsports (front)
What kind of a difference did you notice upon installation? not much w/ the front, big difference in the back
Likes? they look nice, just enough flashyness, and the rear helps, althought i hear a more solid bar would be alot better
Dislikes?
What other suspension mods do you have? SRT4 36 way adjustable IPP Coilvers, Hotchkis srt4 sway bars, Urethane filled kyb strut mounts
Any other comments? nope.