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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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How About This Strut Bar?????

i bidded on ebay for the OTTO racing strut bar....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

i saw a handful of people have this on their car... how is it????
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 05:02 PM
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a strut bar is a strut bar. only difference is how much u pay for the badge.
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:30 PM
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I bought the EB stores one and it seems to work great. Installation was easy and it's a high quality product. Bought it on Ebay for cheap money...
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:34 PM
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sweet, thanx for the link

now im gonna outbid you at the last second
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:34 PM
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So ebay mods are not bad to buy? or is it just ebay strutbars?
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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I had the same one on my 02 max, works great........
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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Strut bars are basically all the same, all made of exact same or similar materials and almost the exact same way. Some places sell no name mass produced bars at low low prices that work as well as expensive bars. As long as it stiffens up your steering and doesnt snap in half in a hard corner it's fine.
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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otto strut bar is really good.. get it if u can afford it.. and its cheaper than all the other name brand ones
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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Strut Bar.

works good for me! and only $46 shipped for the blue and red ones!
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by djsoniq
I bought the EB stores one and it seems to work great. Installation was easy and it's a high quality product. Bought it on Ebay for cheap money...
I have one from there too... I wouldn't say its "high quality" necessarily... but its good enough for me...
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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So ebay mods are not bad to buy? or is it just ebay strutbars?
just buy the things you recognize from the org. steer clear from the rest.
Old Feb 14, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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buy stillen!!!!!!!
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by A33 VQ30DEK
buy stillen!!!!!!!
Fu|CK NO
I hope ur jocking!
Otto is the same as the stillen only difference is the price.
+ otto and stillen are solid alluminum if i was u id buy that one. I just dont like the hollow alluminum ones!
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by orlando00i30
Fu|CK NO
I hope ur jocking!
+ otto and stillen are solid alluminum if i was u id buy that one. I just dont like the hollow alluminum ones!
To this day, I am still wondering if the Otto is really aluminum. I need to put a magnet to mine as I swear it felt twice as heavy as the 4.5 lb shipping weight claimed. Maybe didn't have my Wheaties that day...
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by The Legend
just buy the things you recognize from the org. steer clear from the rest.


I would say only the strut bars and intakes have been okay so far... I guess the grounding kits are okay too, although sometimes a lil ricey lookin... but apart from that, there's not much else I've seen people here with...

Oh, there's that fiberglass lip that I heard sucked... think it was an R-34 conversion kit or something that some guy got off eBay and he hated it... not that I'd get anything like that to begin with...
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 08:42 AM
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Btw, here's a link to the kit thread...

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....light=ebay+kit
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 08:51 AM
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I bought one of these, $39 shipped.

FSTB

Quality is very good, solid, installation a snap and it looks good, too.

The Otto is a good deal, too. I've been buying/selling on ebay for 6+ years, feedback is the key...and I always use a credit card, so any disputes (never happened) are rectified favorably.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by CCS2k1Max
To this day, I am still wondering if the Otto is really aluminum. I need to put a magnet to mine as I swear it felt twice as heavy as the 4.5 lb shipping weight claimed. Maybe didn't have my Wheaties that day...
It is alluminum, i just tried with my mechanics magnet!!!
+I would still pay $50 for a steel strut instead of $150~ for the stillen (furkin ripoff)
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 09:22 AM
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yea stillen maddd expensive.. i bought the OTTO racing strut bar....
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 09:59 AM
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I would say only the strut bars and intakes have been okay so far... I guess the grounding kits are okay too, although sometimes a lil ricey lookin... but apart from that, there's not much else I've seen people here with...

Oh, there's that fiberglass lip that I heard sucked... think it was an R-34 conversion kit or something that some guy got off eBay and he hated it... not that I'd get anything like that to begin with...
I'm still waiting to hear from someone who's tried the stealin knockoff RSB for like $120.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 10:09 AM
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I have an Otto.....I love it.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 11:52 AM
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There is a RSTB, not the sway, for about ~$45 on ebay. Comes and goes though!
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by orlando00i30
There is a RSTB, not the sway, for about ~$45 on ebay. Comes and goes though!

You are correct about the RSTB but wrong about the RSB. There IS an adjustable knock off sway bar for $120...I would like to hear if anyone has used this bar myself as it is inexpensive compared to the other options.
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 03blk6mt
You are correct about the RSTB but wrong about the RSB. There IS an adjustable knock off sway bar for $120...I would like to hear if anyone has used this bar myself as it is inexpensive compared to the other options.
Yes but im saying that i would also try that RSTB for ~45 instead of another ripoff from stillen for ~150 for a RSTB
Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:14 PM
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I wouldnt waste my money period on a rear strut bar. They dont do ****. Pay the extra money and get a rear sway bar.
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