That I can tell, this company only makes supsension stuff. Has anyone else heard of them before?

I saw them on eBay.

When I go to the site listed, it says "under construction" Any ideas?

 

I worry about any suspension item that says it fits both the Lancer and the Evo, since we have noted that the struts are at different heights even if the bolt pattern is the same. Might want to ask if they've test fitted it on both models. I also worry about any strut bar that sells for $20 or less, but if you want something that only looks pretty like the Freedom one (as seen with Rob from RRM standing on to show you how much it flexes... hint, hint) and doesn't serve a functional purpose, go for it.

 

Yeah, I am alittle weary of that strut bar... sometimes prices that are too good to be true on Ebay truly are.

-=RoscoES=-

 

I have these strut bars. Couldn't be happier with the fit in the rear. The front does sit pretty low though. It just touches the intake manifold making a slightly annoying sound at idle. It could be easily fixed by making an 1/8" channel underneath the bar. other than that...hmmm.... no complaints for the price. Best example of actually working. My Fiance borrowed the car to go to work the other day and said that the car didn't have that drifty feeling it had before on the highway. Take it for what it's worth. It's a much better products than any machine shop could fabricate even close to this price. Think of material cost alone. Oh well you can't see it because it's not in front of you but I'm not disappointed. Check my pics to see them installed, and maybe drop me a work in progress vote.

 

ive seen the post bryan's talking about...rob stood on it and it bent like a *****. The rrm bars are beasts, no budging at all. Do the $20 bars off of ebay work? sure they do...but u also have to think about quality and lonjevity. I'd stay away from any strut bar with a hinge on it...just my .02

 

Problem with that test is it's irrelavent. It's kinda like that test where they hold the torch under the window with an egg on it. Their brand, they move the torch around the egg. Brand X, they hold the torch directly on the egg. What I'm refering to is that the strut bars eliminate linear stress. Torque between the struts. Downward force is not applied on the strut bar while you are driving. It would be ignorant of me to say that the rrm unit doesn't do a better job. But I'm sure you could stand on my strut bar when it's bolted in. $20 and I'm stiffer than stock. Better than nothing I guess.

 

Well...I have no experience with this bar, but NEPA is right. Standing in the middle of a bar and having it bow does not necessarily mean it will not perform its intended task (though it will probably do so to a lesser degree than a more rigid bar). The forces the strut tower receives will not be downward from the middle of the bar. On the other hand, I've had a Road Race single tube for almost 2 years now, and I must say I have zero complaints. I think the clearance issue is the real problem with those bars, not their potential flexibility.

Your manifold pressure sensor is on top of the intake manifold, and the engine shifting under heavy load (and moving back into position when under light load) may cause them to hit each other.

Again, I have no experience with the bar aside from the several pictures I've seen and accounts I've read of them, but sometimes it's just better to go with the known.

 

just remember that in the, let's say, 'tuning world', you always get what you pay for.

 

I agree that you will not have a load on top of a strut bar, but I do believe the strut bar works on compression. Kareem had a good analogy to paper, if you push in on two opposing sides it will still bend. A larger example would be the san andreas fault near me, compression forced the ground to wrinkle.

The ony saving for that Freedom Design strut bar is if someone with authority informs me that a strut bar works on tension and not compression. Although it won't bed as much as when Rob stood on it, the snaps, crackles, and pops I heard when cornering on that bar told me something was giving somewhere. Rob's bar installed, no snaps, crackles or pops, and the car feels much more balanced, hence my first trophy in SCCA autocross last month.