ddub

Tonight I took another step in my suspension work and finished up a few things. I put on a Mazdaspeed Lower Arm Stiffener bar and Corksport front/rear strut tower bars. Let me know what you think! Thanks.


Mazdaspeed Lower Arm Stiffener Bar





Corksport Rear Strut Tower Bar





Corksport Front Strut Tower Bar

Jager

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Very nice.

RXSevenSymphonies

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MrSparkle

i like... how does she feel now?

88IntegraLS

Yeah, why don't you let us know what YOU think? Bars can be pretty, but do they actually stiffen the car?

ddub

Car feels very tight now.

Before doing the bars I did my ground control coilovers with tokico illumina 5-way adjustable shocks and the change was awesome. The car was stiff, handled great, and had virtually no body roll.

Then I put these on and on my way home I did a little swerving to see how it felt and I actually did notice a difference, surprisingly. I wasn't expecting to necessarily FEEL a large difference, just that they'd help as much as they could. But I must say the overall feel of the car got tighter. The swerving was very smooth, no body roll at all, very tight and stiff. All in all I'm happy.

gildardo

where did you get the mazdaspeed under brace?
Does it feel stiffer?

Gil

ddub

From corksport, read last post about if it's stiffer or not.

SJ_chameleon

Looks nice dude
How hard was it to install the rear tower brace? I just helped my friend install one on his 240SX it was relatively painless because it had some parts on the rear towers that you could just take out. Just wondering if it was that easy because i kinda want to do it too.

ddub

Wasn't TOO bad but it wasn't much fun either. What I did was take the rear interior apart, used a 3.5" holesaw to cut holes where the bar would go through, put the strut tower covers back on, got a box cutter and cut a horizontal slit across where the hole was and then cut a slit vertically down in the middle of the other slit. Then just pushed the bar (detached from the mounts of course) through the slits and attached each side to the mount.

gonzz

Nice...

Rxmfn7

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Nice to see someone else took the time to do a nice job installing the rear bar. I see all too ofter huge 6" holes in the carpeting because people dont like to measure Looks great, I have the CS rear bar also..

spoolin7

very nice did my susp polyuthrn a little diff but like to get one of those lower braces

ddub

Nice loots good. What harness bar is that? Or is it part of the roll cage? Yah I know I've seen lots of people doing a shitty job on the rear bar, but I just cut a hole big enough on the strut towers then put in the mounts without the bar, measured how high up the bar would be, put the covers on and used a box cutter to cut slits. Really wasn't too hard.

jreynish

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Ddub what kind of seats are those?

ddub

Corbeau GT's, but Corbeau calls them TSR's or something now.

jreynish

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how do you like them?
I am looking for a good set of seats that recline. But are not cheap and will be replacing every five years.

ddub

They're comfortable, recline more than you'll ever need, and have great support and hold me in perfectly fine. So I guess I like em

silverrotor

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Shweet Alternator.

I'll be going with the Cusco Lower Control Arm Bar like we talked about.

ddub

Yah that alternator is dead sexy isn't it

Especially looks good with one of higgi's rotor shaped pulleys.

Let me know how you like the Cusco bar I'd like to hear some feedback on that one as I haven't heard much about it yet.

hondahater

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my ebay strut tower bar. Noticed a very slight differance but if I payed anywhere near 100 bucks for it I would be pissed off I already have kyb sturts, racing beat front and rear sway bar, racing beat front strut tower bar, and 17x9's up front and 17x10's in the back so there was bairley any roll to biggin with but I really want that lower arm stiffener bar you have that looks great adn probably does alot more than a strut tower.

ps. strut tower was 9 dollars through ebay however the fitment sucked!

Wankel7

Man , I hope your next step is some control arm bushings. Those things are some oil soaked nasty POS!

Nice bar...but you really need to do the Poly bushing upgrades to finish off your suspension.

ddub

Oh you mean like these ones



Way ahead of you

Wankel7

WHEW! I was worried for a second...that is what I'm talking about!

Did you get the DTSS rear steer elim bushing for teh back too?

And yes, Now i am impressed

James

ddub

Yep, my RB toe eliminator bushings are on my desk as well