Type R Strut tower braces on Si

[FC1E5]

Recently installed these braces on the Si. They will do until I find the strut bar I want. Very inexpensive and won't break the bank.

Remember to torque down the strut nuts to 46 ft-lbs.

 

[Scarlet]

Just looking at this, it wouldn't appear to me that this would be anything at all, I could be completely oblivious here, so don't rule that out, haha! IMO, all three nuts are already going through and be tightened to the same piece, what would the R brace do in addition? It's not tying or bracing anything different than the OEM nuts already do.

Anyone?

 

[gtman]

Those reinforcement plates help prevent the strut towers from mushrooming.

 

[thatwhiteSi]

What did you pay for these? I am thinking about fabbing my own custom strut tower bar, these could come in handy.

 

[baldheadracing]

Those are hatchback pieces - the Type R has them because it is a hatchback ...

 

[thatwhiteSi]

Those are hatchback pieces - the Type R has them because it is a hatchback ...

Thanks for pointing out what we already know. They fit the Si so it doesn't matter that they are for the R, they are interchangeable between trims.

 

[Dying2Live]

Why did honda include these only for the hatches and not the coupes/sedans? Is the metal in the UK weaker than in other parts of the world?

 

[KYRGYZ]

If I install strut bar, will those be useless ?

 

[baldheadracing]

Why did honda include these only for the hatches and not the coupes/sedans? Is the metal in the UK weaker than in other parts of the world?

According to a Honda engineer that I spoke to, people in the UK (and some other places like Finland) are more likely to yump due to road conditions. These pieces help resist mushrooming from yumps, and it wasn't worth the effort at Swindon to add/remove the pieces depending on market. The pieces have no other purpose - the bends in them ensure that they flex - so if you aren't yumping, the pieces are irrelevant.

 

[repeet]

Sorry, I needed this,
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yump

It's obvious that I'm going to need to buy me a pair, so that I won't miss out on my new favorite auto-sport, yumping. Our cars are apparently designed to "take it".

 

[Dying2Live]

apparantly this is a huge issue with mini and bmw

 

[baldheadracing]

Sorry, I needed this,
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yump

It's obvious that I'm going to need to buy me a pair, so that I won't miss out on my new favorite auto-sport, yumping. Our cars are apparently designed to "take it".

I'm the one who is sorry; I should have defined the term. In a nutshell, a lot of secondary (fun) paved roads in the UK, a.k.a. "B-roads," have undulating surfaces that encourage the front, and sometimes the front and rear, of the car to get very light, and, in some cases/higher speeds, leave the ground. That compresses the suspension fully on landing, and places a lot of strain on top of the strut towers. In the parts of North America that I've driven in, such roads are usually gravel or dirt so (most) people drive slower and thus won't strain the towers as much.

 

[Doublestack00]

With the UR Strut bar you get this effect plus the bonus of the chassis stiffening.

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