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RE: Upper Stress Bar
"...stock bar spanning the strut towers..."
Huh?!?!? What stock bar are you talking about?
Did VW ever offer a upper stress bar from the factory?
j/curious,
-Chuck Simpson
Unix SysAd too... :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Newton
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Cc: MAOberer@aol.com
Sent: 5/13/99 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: Upper Stress Bar
Matt,
I'm interested. Do you have pics?
I have a 97 GLX which has a stock bar spanning the strut towers so
I thought this mod wouldn't be needed.
Obviously it has made a diff in your car, though.
Cheers,
> Last weekend, I came upon a design for an upper rear stress
bar for
> my Jetta that you may consider doing to your own cars. I bought a
Piece of
> 1/2"x2"x42" long stainless steel, and decided to make it work as a
rear
> stress bar. I drilled two holes in the top of the strut housings,
and bolted
> it in, with two 1" Bolts. That bar has made the biggest difference
of any
> strut bar / sway bar/ and kind of stress bar that I have put on my
car or a
> past car, to date. I couldn't believe how much body roll I
alleviated by
> doing this simple mod.
> As part of this, I was considering selling some of them, or
seeing if
> anyone may be interested in this bar. I will probably sell them in
the
> $30-35 range, just a bit over what it costs to make them and get
them
> polished and/or powdercoated. Thats about half the price of a
Eurosport or
> Neuspeed bar. If anyone may be interested in this, let me know.
> I am not doing this to piss off the list, so I don't want any
flames,
> alright? Its not like am charging $350 for it and saying that it
was made by
> a guy from neuspeed or anything like that. It was a helpful mod on
my car,
> and I think it can help a person or two out, so if I could get your
reactions
> and / or interest, I'd love to hear it. Thanks!!
>
> Matt O.
> 95 Vento GLX "Thuroughly impressed by his own creation" edition
>
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Jeff Newton
Unix Systems Administrator
PMC-Sierra Inc.