Stefan said:
The Ae86 doesn't really have a similar rear shock arangement. It's solid axcel so I imagine it would be more like a solid axcel A6 celica - shock tops extend into the floor a little. Ours are way up in the air with sheetmtal hills to accommodate.
Yes it does, its almost identical to ours in fact. You can even swap struts back and forth between the two cars, though the lenghs are a little different ( a couple inchs). Trust me, I have both cars sitting outside right now.
Andrew said:
Okay, here's my .02. If every other maker of strut bars makes them so they attach to the strut what makes are cars so different that we can't? All the ones I've seen for VW's, Honda's, and Bimmers all mount that way so why can't we? If the strut couldn't take the stress wouldn't it bend from driving, dragging, or autoxing?
Most of those cars you mention have macpherson struts or some varient in the rear. We have a single skinny stud attached to the end of a strut going through our shock tower, theirs are more like our fronts, where theres 3 big studs attaching to the top of the spring perch.
Thats what I'm afraid of, I think some serious autoxing could bend the tops of our struts with a strut mounted bar on it, at the very least it will mess up the threads on the strut (which you don't want to do, not fun).
Sounds good Wes, good luck with the project.