I found this for my friends focus, do we have these for our cars??

http://www.focussport.com/stressbars.htm

 

All they are is "Strut Bars"

 

I dont think one is made for us yet, but it can be done. I havent looked under the carpet in the trunk yet but im sure we could get one.

 

we dont have struts in the back so we cannot get one. that is mostly for cars with independent rear suspension.

 

Back when i had my 98 grand am, they were available, and the 2 are similar suspension designs, just the cobalts kicks more ass.

 

But the grand am had struts in the back and we dont.
So it will do nothing for us. Even if you made one it will not make any differance on this car.

I had one on my cavy and loved it. But with the way the cobalt it mad its not needed.

Later

 

yeah, theres so much more mods for my focus than there is for my cobalt

 

Thats because there is so much more room for improvement.

 

we do have floor braces tho.. its from cobalt-addiction

 

rear floor brace isn't worth it...if u want something do some new sways.

the focus handled so much better then this car when modified...can't wait for some suspension work....stupid ass torsion beam rear though.

 

There is the torque forward rear tie bar,,,

Here's mine

and yes I switched the nuts on that side after this pic, it was just like that to hold that side in place while I tightened the driver side.

But toyo is right that floor brace is mainly a show piece, and for the Balts that didn't get the sway bars (or the weaker ones) stock, those will give you better results than strut bars, but you're looking at a few hundered dollars for those. This bar was only ~ $60

 

where can you get those? ^^

 

 

THat bar for the focus does a lot more work because it's a hatchback. I have two bars on my GTI which helped immensley. With hatches, the rear isn't braced in the middle like a regular 2/4 door. For instance, although small, we have a rear shelf and the metal framing for the rear seat. That basically takes the place of that bar.

 

Torque Forward,

you can find them in the supporting vendors on this site

 

yea i figured that if it helped our cars at all that i would have seen it out by now but i was just checking.

 

I just installed the DC Strut bar and progress rear sway and love it. much better handling. now when i get my sportlines installed. it will be a beast.

 

Yea sportlines are bad ass, they are on my x-mas list. My buddie just had them installed on his Focus and its tight.