vibrant strut bars

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:22 am

Just wondering if the vibrant strut bars are any good? anyone have an opinion on them?

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:47 am

They aren't the best, but they aren't the worse. I have them and the are pretty good for the price you pay.

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:09 am

do y'all think i should just go with the DC front for now and wait on the rear or just get both from vibrant?

considering that the hardest handling that my neon sees is a 13 mile drive up to idyllwild once in a while...

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:38 am

hmm where you finding this DC at, cuz I originally wanted an SRT4 but heard you had to mod the somehow so I'm like eff that, I got SRT4 rear coming in and ordered the vibrant from MPx today sucked that they stopped making red....damn

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:59 am

I say either wait to get both DC front and rear or get the Vibrants. You won't notice too much of a difference with just the front and no rear. You'll notice a lot when the rear is installed.

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:00 am

No one ever mentions the P-Werks bars lol

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:55 pm

p-werks?

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:37 pm

wait...nevermind...found it...looks like both bars are tri point and can be had for about $200. looks like this might be my 3rd option...

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:53 pm

The rear tri point isn't bad, the front I think is kind of pointless

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:02 pm

seeing as they are for the srt, will i have to cut up my sxt hood?

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:09 pm

Shouldn't, the P-Werks bar tucks nicely under the cowl and out of the way.

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:15 am

i like it...gotta discuss with the financial planner (spoken: Fiance) to see if i get the vibrants of the P-werks.

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:48 pm

lol nice, just waiting for the damn Vibrant front so I can install the rear, I can just basically slice into the rear fabric for the rear strut?

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:43 pm

Yup... I did mine like this

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:33 pm

I cut a slit in my fabric, pulled out the sound deadensr material, and folded the carpet back over when I finished the install, so you can't see where the mount is.

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:52 pm

nice I'll prob. do that, do I need any hardware since the strut didn't come with any if so what size?

gilly02le · Post by **gilly02le** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:11 am

the three mounting bolts are holding the strut mounts to your car right now, all you need to do, is remove the top three nuts, put the brace on over the bolts, and the tighten the nuts in place! its recommended that you tighten strut bars, while the car is sitting on the ground, so that everything is tightened in proper driving position.

TheNumberOneD · Post by **TheNumberOneD** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:13 pm

gilly02le wrote:the three mounting bolts are holding the strut mounts to your car right now, all you need to do, is remove the top three nuts, put the brace on over the bolts, and the tighten the nuts in place! its recommended that you tighten strut bars, while the car is sitting on the ground, so that everything is tightened in proper driving position.

anywho...

lift the car while your doing the install, so you can pre-torque it, and when you lower the car it'll actually put weight onto the bar... like it's designed.

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:17 pm

damn! heh installed w/out lifting I may adjust them later, does it make a load of difference?

TheNumberOneD · Post by **TheNumberOneD** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:54 pm

Dimas wrote:damn! heh installed w/out lifting I may adjust them later, does it make a load of difference?

it's all personal preference i assume.

the farther you extend it, the tighter the rear will be and vise versa.

putting the bar on with the vehicles weight on the suspension will reduce how tight you can make it. It just reduces the potential.

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:29 pm

k got the vibrant up front and the srt4 strut in the rear honestly I dont see any real big difference in cornering and whatnot I suppose not since its DD but hey it looks pretty.