I Have Been Looking At Getting A Front Strut Bar... I Only Hear Good Things From Them And That They Are A Great Bang For Your Buck... Any Suggestions On Where I Can Buy A Good One And How Is Difficult Is The Installation, Cant Be Too Bad...

 

looK oN ebaY foR a struT baR...

 

well... i got my cattman FSTB from a fellow orger

install was easy... i did it in a parking lot at 9 'o' clock with friends pushing on one side lol

i wanted to adjust it to make it fit better, this time i used a jack and jacked up one side to get the towers closer for a tighter fit

i think its simple, but im backwards at doing things... easy things are hard for me and hard things are easy...

but i like it deff bang for my DOLLAR

 

Is there a greddy strut brace for the 3rd gen

 

I got mine on ebay for like 14 bucks plus shipping it all came up to 28 bucks...I dont know if it works or not lol

by the way did you post this thread from a cell phone? Cuz I Notice You Like To Capitalize Every Word Unless The Cell Phone Did It

 

Nope... I Just Like To... Capitalize Every Word... LoL...

 

things are just bigger in TEXAS

...like I have any room to talk...

 

I'll give you mine for $20 shipped.

 

what brand is your strut 20$ stillen has front struts

 

Ouch... Stillens Are Pretty Expensive... I Just Ordered A Strut Bar Off Of Ebay... Thanks MyGreenMax94... When It Comes In I Will Post Pictures... Hope Its Not Crappy Material...

 

It's just a random ebay one I bought awhile ago. I've been trying to sell it for awhile now. They all work the same though.....just a rigid bar and brackets to mount to the strut tower. It has black brackets and it's a shiny leightweight aluminum round bar.

 

Exact One I Bought... Mine Was I Little More Than $20 With Shipping And Everything... Howd It Work??? I Plan To Paint Over The Shinny Chrome On Mine...

 

Not chrome, it's polished aluminum.

 

yeah....paint probably wouldn't stick too well. I suppose if you lightly sanded it, put on a few coats of primer, and some high temp paint it might be more durable. Or a powdercoat..... But then you'd be spending almost as much to paint it as you paid for it.

 

I got one from Customenterprise.com for $58.00 shipped, very high quality+ it comes either in Blue,Red, or polished Aluminum...

 

Yep... Thats The Exact Plans I Have... I Just Dont Want The Polished Aluminum Look... I Wanna Keep It Pretty Clean Looking So It Wont Stand Out When Looking At The Engine Bay Which I Try To Keep Pretty Clean...

 

is that ebay strut bar worth anything or not if heard good and bad about its like 15 dollars

 

Well let me ask you this, Do you plan on autocrossing your max?

 

I heard there was a different fstb for the dohc is this true or will any fstb fit a 3rd gen reguardless of engine?

 

The DOHC needs a different bar, than the SOHC
the DOHC uses the 00-03 bar

 

For the DOHC ve i recommend the ottis fstb i have one and its nice and its not a round bar but actually some more of an interesting look to it like squared rectangled like.

 

For the DOHC ve i recommend the ottis fstb i have one and its nice and its not a round bar but actually some more of an interesting look to it like squared rectangled like.

 

1. the brand was OTTO
2. they discontinued it.

 

double pwnage

 

double post

 

So, is there any consensus that the 00-03 FSTB is the way to go??

 

yes...if you have a 92 up Maxima (DOHC or NOT) you need the 5th gen bar because of the AC line (and intake plenum on the DOHC).

 

i bought an ebay one and noticed nothing other than it looks cool and you can say you have it.

 

I got the red one from CustomEnterprise.com looks awesome, only $58.00 Bucks & took 10 Min to install. Car seems tighter in sharp turning!!!

 

Yay!!! LoL... Dont Plan On Doing That A Lot But The Stability Sounds Like A Plus To Me...

 

If you didn't notice a difference, then you never really paid attention to the way the car rolled in heavy turning versus the "go-kart" style turning it does now...be one with the car :-p

 

+1 I just installed my ebay FSTB this past tuesday, and man what a world of a difference. The car used to roll around like a boat, it would go though a corner, but I'd end up in the passanger seat. Now the roll is GREATLY reduced. Defenite best bang for the buck upgrade. Can't wait till I can arrord konis+eibachs. And better tires.

 

I don't know if a STB alone will give "go-kart" style turning. I didn't feel too much of a difference with that suspension mod alone. However, when I added the RSTB, and sway bars.....woah momma look out. The car seriously handles better than the miatas I've taken autocrossing in the past.

True story!

 

You're tempting me to get RSTB and swaybars...while we're on topic, anyone know how much they'll run me?

 

I see alot of people have strut bars but it seems like whenever I go on ebay the only ones offered are for 95-99 maximas. Those wouldn't fit our cars, would they?

 

I got mine off ebay for 15 bucks shipped works great...
here take a look...

 

here are links for one I bought...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrom...spagenameZWDVW
OR
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Front...spagenameZWDVW

 

Thanks for the links- I think you've found me a nice little project for when school lets out.

 

ha no problem man.... post some pics up here of the finished product