is there a difference between strut bars and sway bars? I know strut bars are bolted in the front and rear but what are sway bars?

 

The purpose of a sway bar is to reduce body roll. Reducing body roll has many positive effects on a vehicles handling. It's one of the best mods you could do to alter handling characteristics.

In that image the sway bar is black and the tie bar is silver.

Comptech setup

 

so a tie bar is the same thing as a strut bar?

 

I have the Comptech setup as pictured in the above post. I love it. I recommend it to anyone. It is also good because you don't have to worry about sub-frame tearout because the tie bar reinforces the thin subframe.

Strut bars attach adjacent struts and reduce body flex.

 

sway bars under the car, strut bars under the hood and in the trunk...

 

No, strut bar is exactly that. A bar attched to your strut towers. A tie bar, is the silver bar running under the sway bar in this picture:

 

what tie bar is that?

 

:chuckles: You have got to be kidding.

 

What? Its not like its written on it. h:


Comptech.

 

strut bars sway bars and tie bars all help to greatly stiffin up the suspension and prevent body roll strut bars bolt up on the tops of the strut tower in the engine bay and trunk the tie bars and sway bars bolt up under the vehicle and greatly improve handling