DC Sports Front Strut Bar - 2000-2009 Honda S2000 AP1/AP2

You're pushing your S2000 hard through a canyon and you can feel the front end getting vague in the middle of the corner. The steering's not as sharp as it should be and the car's moving around more than you want it to. That's chassis flex. The S2000's a stiff car but the strut towers still flex under hard cornering loads. When you're loading the front suspension in a corner, those strut towers are trying to spread apart. That flex shows up as inconsistent steering feel and less precise turn-in. DC Sports makes this front strut bar to tie the strut towers together. It's a one-piece carbon steel bar that bolts to your factory strut tower mounting points and turns two independent towers into one rigid assembly. Now when you load the front suspension, the strut towers can't flex. The steering feels tighter, turn-in's sharper, and the front end's more predictable in the middle of the corner. This fits 2000-2009 S2000s, both AP1 (2000-2003 with the F20C) and AP2 (2004-2009 with the F22C1). Left-hand drive and right-hand drive. Part number CSB3020.

Here's What Strut Tower Flex Does to Your Handling

Your S2000's front suspension is a double-wishbone setup with the strut towers as the upper mounting points. When you're cornering hard, the outside suspension compresses and the inside suspension extends. That's normal. But under heavy loads, the strut towers themselves flex. The towers are sheet metal welded to the chassis. They're stiff but they're not rigid. When you're pulling 1.0+ lateral Gs in a corner, those towers are flexing and moving relative to each other. That flex changes your suspension geometry mid-corner. Your camber changes, your caster changes, and your steering feel goes vague. You turn the wheel and there's a delay before the car responds because the chassis is moving before the suspension actually changes position. A strut bar fixes that. It connects the two strut towers with a rigid brace so they can't move independently. Now when you load the suspension, the strut towers stay in the same position relative to each other. Your suspension geometry stays consistent, your steering response is immediate, and the car feels planted instead of floaty.

One-Piece Carbon Steel, No Joints to Wear Out

DC Sports builds this bar from one piece of carbon steel. It's not two pieces bolted together with a center joint. It's not aluminum tubes with adjustable end links. It's one continuous piece of steel bent to shape. That matters because joints are weak points. We've seen multi-piece strut bars that use a center joint to allow for installation clearance or adjustment. Those joints work fine when they're new. After a year of track days or hard street driving, the hardware loosens up, the joint starts flexing, and the bar stops doing its job. A one-piece bar doesn't have that problem. There's no joint to loosen. There's no flex point. The bar's rigid from end to end and it stays rigid. Carbon steel's also stronger and stiffer than aluminum for the same weight. You're getting a bar that doesn't flex and doesn't wear out.

Profiled Bend Clears Your Intake

The bar's got a bend in it to clear your airbox and your intake setup. The S2000's engine bay's tight and the strut towers are close to the intake. A straight bar would hit the airbox. DC Sports profiles the bar with a bend that clears the OEM airbox and most aftermarket cold air intakes and short ram intakes. You're not pulling your intake off to install the bar and you're not modifying the bar to fit around your intake. It clears. If you're running a really tall custom intake or a supercharger with a big heat exchanger, check clearances before you buy. For stock intakes and most aftermarket bolt-on intakes, this fits.

Bolt-On Install, No Modifications

Installation's simple. The bar bolts to your factory strut tower mounting points. You're using the existing threaded holes where the strut tower brace would go if Honda included one from the factory. Pull the plastic engine cover off if you've still got it. Line the bar up with the strut tower mounting holes. Drop the bolts in. Tighten them down. You're done. It takes about 20-30 minutes with a socket set. No drilling, no cutting, no modifications to the chassis or the strut towers. The bar's bolt-on and it's reversible if you ever need to pull it off. The powder coat finish is titanium-look gray. It's heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant so it holds up under the hood. We've been running these bars on our S2000 builds for years and the finish still looks good.

What You Get

• DC Sports front strut bar (part number CSB3020)
• One-piece carbon steel construction (no joints, no flex points)
• Profiled bend for intake clearance
• Titanium-look gray powder coat finish (heat and corrosion resistant)
• Bolt-on installation using factory strut tower mounting points
• Fits 2000-2003 S2000 AP1 (2.0L F20C engine)
• Fits 2004-2009 S2000 AP2 (2.2L F22C1 engine)
• Compatible with left-hand drive and right-hand drive S2000s
• Works with OEM airbox and most aftermarket intake setups

Note: This is a front strut tower brace only - does NOT include rear strut bar. Bolt-on installation using factory strut tower mounting points (no drilling or cutting required). Profiled bend clears OEM airbox and most aftermarket cold air intakes and short ram intakes - if you're running a custom intake or forced induction with a large heat exchanger, check clearance before ordering. The bar reduces front strut tower flex for sharper steering response and more consistent handling, especially during hard cornering. Most noticeable improvement is tighter steering feel and more predictable turn-in. This is a handling upgrade, not a power upgrade - you won't feel it on a straight-line pull, you'll feel it in corners. Install takes 20-30 minutes with basic hand tools. Titanium-look gray powder coat finish holds up well under hood heat and won't corrode or fade.