has anyone tryed out strut bars sold on ebay goin for around 13.99 plus shiping...I'm thinking if i save money on one mod it give me more to spend on other mods...let me know what you guys think

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1872485690

 

I paid about 12.99 + shipping for mine off of ebay and haven't had any problems with it. I think the company was autobacs1 or something like that.

 

I got mine from *directcarparts* for $24 shipped. It fits perfectly, and it's a high quality polished aluminum bar.

I agree with your philosophy on saving money on mods where you can - I just installed the Brian V Poor Man's home made intake for $22.95 for the cone filter.
I plan on getting the Addco RSB and Budget Y pipe next.

 

Yeah I have the directcarparts one also, for 24 shipped. Easy on and looks nice. I don't know what you get for the extra 100 or so from Stillen.

 

I got the autobac one on ebay for $26 shipped as well. My question is that the flanges that come with the bar are so thick and curved in the center to the point that the three nuts that hold it and the top of the strut to the body don't go all the way onto the bolt. This is called short bolting, it's a problem, and there's a pic and description here:

http://www.boltscience.com/pages/shortbolting.htm

Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

 

thanx for the info, im gonna have to check out that site, i need to save money every where i can, my stock y pipe has a huge leak around the flex part so im gonna be ordering budget y and a carsound cat plus my crank posistion sensors are bad so i need to replace those and i wanna do plugs to and now theres an oil leak witch i hope is coming just from an oil temp sensor and not the rear seal...money starts addin up after a while but after all that my car should be runnin mint and i can go on to the other stuff i want like coil overs, short shift, non rigged intake and UDP...but anyway, thanks for the info

 

o i forgot to ask if u guys got a link to the FSB on directcarparts...thanks

 

thats a hilarious sig ... ... the "generic" strut bars work just fine

 

and to think, my Stillen FSTB was $180 shipped + another $60 for polishing and powdercoating the brackets at a local shop!

Ant

 

all same **** to me...

i bought 2 off ebay for both of my maximas. both work the same..
it's just a bar, they can't really differ much.. nothing complex about it