I agree with you whoeheartedly, scott, to a point. The perfect strut tower bar would allow no flex at all from the towers, correct? Of course :P So, anything between the two strut towers that prevents even teh slightest bit of flex will help out better then having nothing there. So therefore, any decent piece of metal will stop SOME flex between teh towers, even these cheap ebay bars. Trust, i have a shitty set up and i can tell the difference with and without these bars.