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So I was looking at Yahoo Japan and found a listing for traction bar's. Not knowing on what they did I looked in to it more. Has any one used them on there leaf spring rear end?
I have some 5mm thick angle iron and thinking about making my own. Any thoughts?
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all the ones ive seen a full box section - not angle iron - rubber stops would be easy enough to source
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I would imagine they would be to stop axle tramp thia increasing traction? I think the only real need for these is if you were doing alot of drag racing or big clutch dumps.
Or if you have massive blocks or reset springs
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Try this - not great for lowering

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Yeah they work real well for me as I dump clutch a lot lol
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Unless your getting axle tramp now, you don't need them.
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You may be right Baart, I'll have to get the old girl going to take her out for a spin.
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brocky41 wrote:all the ones ive seen a full box section - not angle iron - rubber stops would be easy enough to source
agreed here, just get some 50x50x3 RHS, with some Ubolts n a rubber stop donor, but id do a watts link or similar before even remotely considering these, as they are pretty much drag use only
vr6 idea still siting there, much research in the plumbing before I commit.
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