As a result, it improves the handling and steering response of the vehicle much like a strut bar.

Strut bar a form of semi-independent suspension

On versions of the Saab Sonett, the overflow container for the cooling system doubles as a strut bar.

Other components that are sometimes added are strut bars, which improve the body stiffness and help better maintain the proper suspension geometry during cornering.

A car's strut bar or strut brace is to prevent body roll by bracing the top of the strut towers together.

A strut bar is designed to reduce this strut tower flex by tying two parallel strut towers together.

The Series II update added a front strut bar as standard to the SS, which was claimed to increase rigidity and hence handling.

Changes also include a new more rigid front strut bar made from carbon composite, larger front brake rotors, new lighter and stiffer wheels, and revised Dunlop tires.

Along with a front strut bar, reinforcements to the rear part of the vehicle were added to bind the left and right rear sash to a support and the rear back head.

Because of the similarities between the Sera, Paseo/Cynos, & Starlet GT, other parts such as swaybars, strut bars, other braces and brakes can be retrofitted.

One of the techniques he picked up at the seminars was to go after the underground chop shops that retrofit racing cars with stolen parts like exhaust systems, suspension parts and strut bars.

The SS-II also can be ordered with Super Strut Package with super strut suspension, rear strut bar, 16-inch alloys, metal pedals, and colored rocker panels.

It also came with a host of options including shock absorbers with sports spring sets, strut bars for the front and rear, mechanical LSD, enhanced air filter and a stainless steel and ceramic muffler.

In the trunk there was a different oil pan with special oil pump, longer oil dipstick tube, front strut bar, lower x brace, spacer blocks to raise the rear wing, and an adjustable front splitter.

A strut bar, strut brace, or strut tower brace (STB) is a mostly aftermarket car suspension accessory usually used in conjunction with MacPherson struts on monocoque or unibody chassis to provide extra stiffness between the strut towers.

Based on the EK4 SiR chassis it featured a Type R prepared B16B engine producing 185 PS (182 hp), stiffer chassis, upgraded sway bars and strut bars, Recaro alcantara seats, 15-inch alloy wheels and a large boot spoiler.

TRD also offered a 1.3 bar radiator cap, quick shifter, freer flowing 95 db legal performance muffler, free flow washable air filter, front strut bar, 16" 5 spoke TRD wheels mounted on 205/45/16 Nitto tires, and performance lowering spring/struts for this car.

The GT also includes a front strut bar across the two strut towers as an upgrade over the ST trim, but retains the front ventilated disc and rear drum brake combination from the ST. A rear window wiper/washer was introduced as an option in 1987.