08 Lancer ES Front Strut Bar Installation

[Heath3250]

If you're trying to improve the handling more, try a rear sway bar. Will help so much more than a strut. May want to replace the end links too, or you could brake those. Helps with understeer. Lancer understeers badly, so it will help the back end come around more for ya!!

[azndork213]

I'm planning to buy a SRI for my DE 08 and i came along the Fujita as well, problem is, there is no heat shield.

[mankindbikeco]

take that stupid pod filter out sucking in and bringing back in the hot air, put a panel filter in the stock airbox so it gets cool air from outside

[adrian17cy]

i wonder why these bars don't come on stocks :(

[Colemaiden]

nice black sabbath shirt.

[coolwave9119]

Good job on the mod man but I do see a problem with this strut bar, not sure if it's true. As you can see it only attaches to the chassis through 1 bolt on each side without any force distribution so it'd have put a bit of stress on those 2 bolt and the small area there on your car chassis, not the whole actual shock tower area. I know it does attach to the central bolt near the windshield but that doesn't seems to be of any help in terms of sharing the pressure, it's more 4 keeping it there.

[coolwave9119]

@coolwave9119 So any problem so far with this mod? Personally I'd go with the one that has a ring around the mount with 3 holes that lets you mount the strut bar onto all 3 bolts on each shock tower. But again with that you'd have had to jack your car up or else LOL :)

[diegoakyat1]

@coolwave9119 Or Else what? i have that strut bar.

[diegoakyat1]

@coolwave9119 Or Else What?

[tom3999]

Get an evo

[datboymarco]

hey j4sonm listen to what these guys are telling you, put hood scoop or a spectre air duct or like u said go with the CAI having a short ram in the back can cause heat sink. all it pretty much is doing is just giving you an agressive sound.

[CRAZYXBLACKXMAN]

anyone wanna explain the significance of a strut bar?

[bwc1ngame]

@CRAZYXBLACKXMAN stability around the corners going faster then you should be :]

[ahuicyani]

Congrats 4 having such a car!, I'd like to ask you a pair of questions: When you have a bar like this installed, how does it feel while driving? Is it really useful? Thanx!

[J4SONM]

@ahuicyani You wont really feel a difference unless you like to take corners hard and stuff

[TomoSLB]

I installed a strut bar to my 2003 lancer Es,

[bloodseedrums]

wouldnt a short ram be better off in the front instead of as far back as possible sucking in hot engine air

[J4SONM]

@bloodseedrums That's what cold air intakes are for.

[bloodseedrums]

@J4SONM couldnt they have just desidnt the short ram better

[J4SONM]

@bloodseedrums What do you mean? There's no other room for the filter to go. And if they made the tube any longer that would ruin the point of a *short* ram intake.

[sircabulon]

are you going to put on a hood scoop so that your intake actually helps?

[J4SONM]

@sircabulon No

[MrNismogtr]

nice song dude

[bonds911]

yeah lol what the fuck is wrogn with the song is like a lettdown song im already tired of those songs

[BrandonJay1983]

This song s horrible.,..

[J4SONM]

Yeah I know the song I originally had up here was muted by YouTube and there aren't many good songs to choose from to put over it

[Rcdude65]

where did u get the strut bar? trying to find one.

[J4SONM]

roadracemotorsports(dot)come

[bmedina515]

did you jack up your car ??

[J4SONM]

No, I didn't have jackstands at the time, but it would probably be a good idea to do that.

[Liberaltedjo]

this not stock strut bar ?

what effect bars ? for handling ?

[J4SONM]

no its different than the stock one

and yes, it affects handling.

[Liberaltedjo]

very feel effect ? yea lancer GT, new lancer have hard suspension, yea if corner independent, but i scary if suddenly not stabil, what brand your tires ?

[J4SONM]

yokohama

[Liberaltedjo]

yokohama advan A10 yyea

[Extreme23041993]

On my lancer sportback 1.8 2008 the duomi bars is stock component .

[yeiraniyebavafAmir]

srry but idk what the point of a strut bar is, like what does it do?

[J4SONM]

It just improves handling. It's not really necessary if you don't drive your car very hard.

[HeeVindinho]

hey bro what's the tool called you use to remove the bolts?? I'm watching all your vids and love them.

[J4SONM]

thanks man

it's called a socket wrench

[stang4evr]

so where can i get one of those strut bars??

[J4SONM]

roadracemotorsports(dot)com

[1992ha]

hey, i was wondering if a cheap one from ebay would be just as good since its just a bolt on bar?

[J4SONM]

The cheap ones on ebay are actually made of plastic. My friend bought one once and it didn't help at all.

[rowing123]

how much dude?

[J4SONM]

160$

[yankeejrod13]

luks good broh and one ? ever since u put da strut bar hasit improved ur handling?

[J4SONM]

Yes, it has.

[yankeejrod13]

cool i put a neauspeed strut bar and tein suspension on ma hatchy and i feel a big difference

[J4SONM]

Nice dude, nice... You got any videos or pics of it?

[jihadsquad07]

so what exactly does this improve? does it stiffen up the front for better handling? if so, do u plan to autocross your car or did u mainly get it because it looks cool?

[J4SONM]

little bit of both lol

[jihadsquad07]

ok, that's cool. it does look cool too. a much better choice than stickers or fake vents. lol

[J4SONM]

lol but yeah it does allow for better handling

[aj3005]

Where did you get your strut bar???

[J4SONM]

roadracemotorsports(dot)com

[carlosjavierPR]

clean . nice bar

[VirtualInsanity]

Fo shizzle, the car is looking hot, as usual. :D