View Full Version : MX-6 Rear Strut Bar Into BJ Model Mazda
swift jimmy
28-07-2012, 05:58 PM
Hey Peoples,
Was going through my old emails and tidying up and found this link i sent myself ages ago
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123621438-HOW-TO-Install-a-MX-6-Rear-Strut-Tower-Bar-in-a-Protege5
Basically $100 ebay strut tower bar vs spending like $300 for a carbing one.. just though i would post it up :-D
xeon8
28-07-2012, 06:02 PM
Sweet! Thanks man :D This may be of some use for me in a few months when everything else suspension wise gets done :rolleyes:
project.r.racing
28-07-2012, 06:29 PM
this sounds like a dumbdumb question. but sinde the ba and bj have the same stud pattern for the top plates, ba and bj rear tower bars shound be interchangable right?
BG1.8sp
28-07-2012, 06:45 PM
If they are the same stud pattern... Them they would also have to be the same length (or close if you get adj. one) and so long as the strut tops are set on a similar angle....
Doubt it would be interchangeable between Bj and BA
TheMAN
28-07-2012, 07:50 PM
same pattern, but the orientations are different, furthermore there is more likely a difference in lengths.... the BG and BA used their own smaller chassis, whereas the BJ was based off the GF 626
a strut bar is better than no strut bar, but don't kid yourself if you think that $20 rubbish works just as good as the $300 carbing/autoexe.... it's a flimsy piece of tubular aluminium and does not provide as much strength as those expensive bars... the adjustable joints also are a weak point.... even a GT spec strut bar (which is still cheaper than those JDM ones) is much better than these cheap ebay MX-6 bars
if you got no money, go for it
if you got money, then don't be cheap and get something good if you want every bit of handling and chassis rigidity from your car... at the very least, get a GT spec bar which actually is pretty solid, but I don't like them because they sit lower in the boot, which takes away precious room... it sits lower because it is designed to allow their trunk brace kit to mount up to it
I always believing in "you get what you pay", and this is a good example of that!
project.r.racing
28-07-2012, 08:59 PM
i'll have to pull out my spare rear strut brace and try it one someones bj sometime. best way to find out for sure.
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