Front Strut Bar?
11-28-2006, 06:55 PM
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Front Strut Bar?
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...
11-28-2006, 08:00 PM
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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
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
11-29-2006, 01:36 AM
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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
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
11-29-2006, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ColombianMax
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
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 
11-30-2006, 04:58 PM
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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.
11-30-2006, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by traxtar944
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.
11-30-2006, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ClouDrifteR
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...
11-30-2006, 07:20 PM
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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.
12-01-2006, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by traxtar944
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.
12-01-2006, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by akurtzer57
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?
12-02-2006, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mrj7500
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 uses the 00-03 bar
12-03-2006, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by elusivemax93
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.
2. they discontinued it.
12-04-2006, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by mrj7500
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).
12-04-2006, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rimaximaman
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!!!
12-07-2006, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by RMTC
i bought an ebay one and noticed nothing other than it looks cool and you can say you have it.
12-07-2006, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jadegreenmax
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
12-07-2006, 09:18 AM
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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!
True story!
12-07-2006, 02:42 PM
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here are links for one I bought...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrom...spagenameZWDVW
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Front...spagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrom...spagenameZWDVW
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Front...spagenameZWDVW
ha no problem man.... post some pics up here of the finished product 