Couple of Aftermarkert Parts for Sale - Weichers Bar - Grill
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Couple of Aftermarkert Parts for Sale - Weichers Bar - Grill
I may have more parts up for sale later, (such as a set of depo headlights) so please remember to check back!
Grill - $40 shipped, 2 buyers pending already, but here are the photos:
and one photo of some damage:
Weichers Bar - ~$300 + actual shipping
I would rather keep this, but I can not run it with my RDMTEK camber plates, so I can stand to sell it.
Feel free to email me with any questions.
Thanks guys!
-Justin
j.poole88@gmail.com
Grill - $40 shipped, 2 buyers pending already, but here are the photos:
and one photo of some damage:
Weichers Bar - ~$300 + actual shipping
I would rather keep this, but I can not run it with my RDMTEK camber plates, so I can stand to sell it.
Feel free to email me with any questions.
Thanks guys!
-Justin
j.poole88@gmail.com
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Hey, at least you're thinking performance, not looks. I think the bar looks better than my camber plates, but hey! The camber plates are just plain functional!
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I was under the impression that stiffening up the front suspension would push me more towards understeer as these cars already have a slight bias towards the front suspension. Is that not the case?
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You're "stiffening" in the sense that the suspension geometry is being maintained as designed.
In essence it keeps things "square"
The strut bar prevents inherent unibody flexing between the two strut towers.
It should enhance your handling, which is why most race setups use both front and rear strut bars.
I'm using a tubular Sparco bar....
The bars for the 124's are getting difficult to find, especially the Weichers bar.
"The purpose of strut bars is to reduce flex that these towers experience during hard cornering. When taking a turn a car's strut tower normally flex, resulting body flex and losing some traction. As a strut tower bar is designed to keep your car's strut tower from flexing, they distribute the pressure applied to one strut tower when taking a turn to both towers instead of just one. This keeps the wheels in position. Keeping the wheels in position helps keep the tires in the desired position on the road, and this will help to improve traction on the turns.
A rear strut tower bar is designed to work like the front bar by tying the two rear strut to work together, increasing the overall chassis stiffness. Rear strut bars minimize under steer due to less chassis flex and improves stability during corner braking.
Strut bars are a must for any upgrade to a wider tire&wheel combination. Addition of suspension upgrades such as sports springs, shocks and low-profile tires adds additional stress to the chassis which result in chassis flex. Strut bars not only reinforce the sub frame and improve chassis stiffness but also make steering quicker and more responsive "
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Okay, sounds good Ed. So using this without a rear strut bar (for now) will not make my car more likely to understeer? I can't stand that and I don't want to push my car further that way.
Do you know if this will work with the MeyleHD mounts? If so, I'll probably pick this up and start looking into finding a rear one.
Do you know if this will work with the MeyleHD mounts? If so, I'll probably pick this up and start looking into finding a rear one.
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Okay, sounds good Ed. So using this without a rear strut bar (for now) will not make my car more likely to understeer? I can't stand that and I don't want to push my car further that way.
Do you know if this will work with the MeyleHD mounts? If so, I'll probably pick this up and start looking into finding a rear one.
Do you know if this will work with the MeyleHD mounts? If so, I'll probably pick this up and start looking into finding a rear one.
If the Meyle HD mount is the same configuration as the stock mount, you will have no problem.
Not sure if you need to notch the bulkhead for the Weichers bar, I did for the Sparco.
Doubtful you'll find a rear strut bar for a 124 as I don't think one was ever commercially offered...
Front is the more important of the two...
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I'm interested but my indie consultant just told me to junk my car and buy anything else so... I'm not feeling motivated to purchase it at present. I'm sure this decision will come back to bite me in the *** later but whatever. Going to pass on this for now. Thanks though.
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I'm interested but my indie consultant just told me to junk my car and buy anything else so... I'm not feeling motivated to purchase it at present. I'm sure this decision will come back to bite me in the *** later but whatever. Going to pass on this for now. Thanks though.
We talked about the condition of your car many times....
You have an emotional attachment, but if you haven't sorted out the engine ( compression ? ), then I agree with finding something else..
Comes down to the reality of economics
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Man, I just checked on ebay and these grills went WAY up in price. Most all of them are over $100 shipped, and that's just for the insert!
BUUUTT this one is already sold so whatever.
Pending sale on the bar to BoostedCayenne.
BUUUTT this one is already sold so whatever.
Pending sale on the bar to BoostedCayenne.
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Strut Bar Received!!
Justin is a good guy, packed perfectly, shipped fast and arrived in perfect condition!!
Thanks!!!
Now it goes into the un-installed W124 parts pile.....gotta start working on this damn thing......
Justin is a good guy, packed perfectly, shipped fast and arrived in perfect condition!!
Thanks!!!
Now it goes into the un-installed W124 parts pile.....gotta start working on this damn thing......
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Thanks David! I tried really hard to polish the bar out. When I got it, it was in pretty bad condition cosmetically.
Glad to hear you got it in good shape. Make sure and throw up some pics when you do get it put on. Oh, and info if you are able to replicate it!
Glad to hear you got it in good shape. Make sure and throw up some pics when you do get it put on. Oh, and info if you are able to replicate it!
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