Traction Bars
 

OK so I was looking at makin some traction bars for my rex an when I took my tow hooks off an bolted my first plate in it is not straight up an down. Do you guys hammer in the frame a little to make it up an down or just make them with the plates tilted inward?

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a BFH is your friend

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So you just beat in the frame a little?

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Ding ding! We've got a winner. Give this man a rubber chicken. :1. Naw just messing with yah but just take some aggression out on it and it should be good.

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if you get a chance post up pictures and what materials you used....home made traction bars? that would be a cool stickie

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They look kinda like the competition engineering ones. I work at jeg's back in the fab shop so I figured why spend the money when I can just make them. I have made all the upper an lower strut bars, toe adjusters an some camber kits for the 6th gen accords.

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Here is my old write up.

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=33519.0

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Check out Speedwaymotors.com and you can get pretty much everything there for cheap like the threaded rod for the tension rods and heims joints for cheap and look professional. I bought my tubing for my 4 link and panhard and ran me like 60 bucks shipped. Already threaded with rh one side and lh on the other and knurled and a section for a wrench to adjust it. :6

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Make sure that you radius rod angles stay correct, and seeing as you have an EF chassis that you brace to your factory locations.

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i didn't beat anything on my rex...just had to saw out the stock rad supports.

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Unless your really confident with your skills I wouldnt make traction bars on a CRX/EF. If they break your fucked :-\

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mine recently warped on me after 1 lap on an autocross course. :-[ i didn't make them stong enough, but atleast i know my welds can handle the punishment. look for pics when i build my new one... going to pick up some stonger material today.