Ebay Strut Tower bar......
10-23-03, 06:13 AM
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I have installed two of these. you have to grind of a bit of metal on the brackets to fit the towers properly. Since I was powder coating mine I was not concerned about "Porting" it. Looks good and does seem to effect handling in a good way. Well worth the money IMHO.
10-23-03, 06:39 AM
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$24.99 eh? Wow, I must have splurged. I paid $32.99 for mine! But it doesn't rub, and had no fitment issues at all. It's adjustable, and comes in 4 or 5 different colours, and is available from almost any speed shop, so no shipping. And believe it or not - it seems to be pretty well made!
Just don't tell anyone who makes it!
Shhhhhh it'll be our little secret.......................Ractive
Just don't tell anyone who makes it!
Shhhhhh it'll be our little secret.......................Ractive
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10-23-03, 09:46 AM
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Originally posted by Dan H
Did you jack up the front end of the car to install it?
Did you jack up the front end of the car to install it?
10-23-03, 12:13 PM
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Hey Nick86, I thought it looked like mine!
Another secret, they're available from CT here in Canada as well, unfortunatly I paid a little more and wasn't given a choice of colors
Good to see that there were no fit issues
Good to see that there were no fit issues
10-23-03, 02:11 PM
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Nick86, that bar looks like an exact copy of the Tanabe bar I bought from RX7.com lexcept yours has purdy colors.
Nick86, that bar looks like an exact copy of the Tanabe bar I bought from RX7.com lexcept yours has purdy colors.
That, and you get a free Ractive ricer sticker that you can donate to the nearest civic.
10-23-03, 03:55 PM
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Yeah, compared to the prices now, I did over pay, but I bought mine 4 years ago. Oh well, I actually want a triangle bar so this one will go to the old lady's car
10-25-03, 12:08 PM
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Originally posted by SonicRaT
Get a shorter belt.
Get a shorter belt.
John
10-25-03, 12:12 PM
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Originally posted by OC_
it is such a rip off to pay over $100 for somthing so damn simple! what? you want to pay huge cash for a bar and some brackets?
it is such a rip off to pay over $100 for somthing so damn simple! what? you want to pay huge cash for a bar and some brackets?
10-25-03, 12:32 PM
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Does anyone have an experience with the Mazdatrix Strut Tower/Firewall Brace/Engine Torque Brace combo?
Not cheap but it sounds like it does much more than the standalone strut tower braces. Of course for 10x the cost, it better!
Not cheap but it sounds like it does much more than the standalone strut tower braces. Of course for 10x the cost, it better!
10-25-03, 12:41 PM
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Re: Hey Nick86, I thought it looked like mine!
Originally posted by asherwood
Another secret, they're available from CT here in Canada as well, unfortunatly I paid a little more and wasn't given a choice of colors
Good to see that there were no fit issues
Another secret, they're available from CT here in Canada as well, unfortunatly I paid a little more and wasn't given a choice of colors
Good to see that there were no fit issues
How much does it cost at CT? and what brand is it?
10-25-03, 03:04 PM
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I got a used Greddy bar, polished it up, looks fine, works great. It seemed to make the body roll transition better while cornering. Definetly more stable. Does anyone have a rear bar?
10-25-03, 07:36 PM
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I think we must all remember for a second here that just about any strut bar out there is constructed of a higher quality metal, and with a better design than out entire chassis. There is a limit to the gains you can get through a strut tower bar, and having the stiffest doesn't necessary mean that the extra stiffness over another bar will actually translate into a difference. You are still attaching it to a complex design of flexible steel sheet metal.
