Hey, I got my Pro Car Parts fstb in, and I thought it actually looked reallly good for $40. Putting it on.. was a different story. The braces that screw in/out to adjust for the width of your car, didn't fit right. I spent over an hour just screwing those into the bar, VERY hard.. now its on and works GREAT though, and give it a thumbs up for looks.

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that looks pretty good. Where did you get it?

 

Procarparts.com sells them on ebay, or from their website. I got it for $40 from ebay, they are 47.95 from their website, http://www.procarparts.com

Click their logo right below, I linked it to their nissan maxima strut bar info page. Goodluck

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Thanks!

 

have lots of trouble screwing the C shaped mounts into the bar? Mine was EXTREMELY hard to do, and once I got it on, there was no way in the world to adjust it to stretch the struts at all. I just adjusted it to where it would fit onto both sides as the same time and bolted it down. Am I not getting max perforance, I read that to get to rigidty or whatever out of it , you must turn it once you have them bolted on to stretch the struts apart the slightest bit... true, not true? How was had was everyone elses to screw in/out... ?

 

preload the strut towers with the FSTB either in tension or compression with the adjustment nuts. Just bolt it down once the holes align as you did. The Maxima's front strut towers must flex alot because, once installed, the FSTB makes a hugh difference in how the car corners and tracks down the road. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't experianced it for myself. BTW. It looks just like the FSTB Courtesy Nissan sells, to me.


[Edited by MarkP on 12-30-2000 at 04:57 PM]

 

The pics are great! But one question. Is the bar resting on the AC lines? I've read in a few posts that it was recommended to place something inbetween the bar and the tubing to prevent it from rubbing.

 

The bar was maybe a half inch off of them, so I didn't worry about it too much.

 

Looks nice I got the sameone for christmas. it makes a difference.

 

I had a hard time getting the c brackets on until I realized that you have to turn them backwards to get them on. You might have thought that you were tighting them but you were not putting them on at all. Try turning the other way that is what i had to do and it works great.

 

i bought mine from courtesy hehe....i got it for 48 and everything was tightened for me..hehe...so it was just dropping it on ^_^

 

you suck, hehe that is definately no fair!!! yes, I was turning them the right way, one screws in, and one is reverse thread.. they were just sooooooooo tight of a fit screwing it in, I had to have it in the vice and use my whole body weight (170 hehe) thrown on it to even get it to budge, I was sweating by the time Iscrewed it in like an inch on each end... UCK!

 

hehe..actually..i had some problem taking out the screwes that holds the struts hehe...those 3 screwes? u know what i am talking about? man.....i had to go to like a car shop for them to unbolt that thing 0_o so...i guess i didn't get it that easy haha...

 

I don't understand. Maybe you should have tried some WD-40. O well you got it.

 

you know how there are 3 screws that u loosen to tie the strut bar down? well....those screw didn't come off for me =\ until i went to a shop haha..

 

I bought a FSTB from a local shop and it's the same one that courtesy sells and I've been waiting more than a month for it. This is not the end of my headaches because I have a '99 and I have to do some sawing.

 

It looks just like my vibrant fstb. Accept mine came from street beat with the c's already attached.

 

Hey Jimp, what year is your Max, and what type of springs do you have on, are those stock? Looks real good

 

yea jimp are those 5Zigen rims too? look like dougs rims kinda, just a lil curious.... how about that snow

i actually lost my car under the snow, i parked in my driveway near a hill and the wind must have carried the snowaround it and what not... all i can see right now is a mound... cant even see rims tires or anything ... wow its gonna be cold.

 

Nathan use Photoshop or some other photo editor and take your license plate out of your pic...

 

Those are stock springs and struts on my car. They are alt wheels.

 

I had the same problem, put switched the screws and then both went in easy. Yours does not touch the AC line? I don't have mine on because it is resting on it with a pretty strong force. Needs to be about 1/4 inch higher. Not sure what I should do...

 

I had the same problem, but switched the screws and they both went in easy. Yours does not touch the AC line? I don't have mine on because it was resting on it with a pretty strong force. Needs to be about 1/4 inch higher. Not sure what I should do...

 

You gotta get an intake yet. I was surprised when i saw the stock setup. Forgot what it looks like. CAI looks so much better. Just a suggestion.

 

just like mine I got mine from there also nice deal....I just evened up the mounts and put it on dead center....they are nice for the price.......