Yes? No?

no...RSTB does virtually nothing.

Depends. Average drivers won't notice a difference. Kinda like my friend who can't tell the diff between fwd vs rwd when driving normally on city streets.
Jae

Thanks, gents!

as much as i may regret this, when i installed mine, i DID notice a difference, altho not much, but then again i do have coilovers, which imo due to the fact that i have them set to be much stiffer than stock that should make my car bend more, due to added stress,therefor adding a lil more stiffness( a little due to there already being a decent amount of stiffness in that gereal area)should help.

worth the price, got mine on ebay for like 30bucks shipped, id have to say no. unless ur running out of mods to get.

all that said, it's next to impossible to find a RSTB for a 5th gen these days.....for me every little tiny bit helps in autocross, so I've looked around and if a cheap one comes up I'll probably get it.

but it really should be the absolute LAST suspension/stiffening component you buy after everything else, IMO.

i just lucked into finding one. just one of the cheapos that are on there every once in awhile, it looks to be made just like my front bar, perhaps ask one of the sellers of the fronts if they have rears also. just a thought.

I noticed more of a difference with my RSTB than with my FSTB...but we all know how subjective "noticing" is. I'm pretty sure Paradox sells a 5th gen RSTB.

Make your own...

Yes, make your own solid type. As in one that doesn't have joints at the mounting plates. Those jointed type are a joke IMO. Or buy one and weld the joints solid.

If you're making your own and don't have to worry about competition class rules against such features as "more than two mounting points", I think there's room for improvement over any of the garden-variety STB's. Front or rear. But even that kind of creativity isn't going to buy you any rear tire camber benefits with that beam axle like it does with a strut suspension. Just a little more local chassis torsional stiffness and a slightly better load path.


Norm

im gonna see if a 4th gen fits on the 5th gen, the plates should be the same, and lenth from end to end same also.