I'm looking to improve the handling of the car and have been told to start with the ftsb. Just wondering is the Stillen one really worth the extra $100 over the one from Courtesy Nissan. Any help is appreciated. Also in the future I plan to lower the car and add a Stillen rsb/rstb. Two questions, 1. What spring and shock/strut combo do you guys recommend? 2. With doing those things to the suspension will my car be able to handle anywhere close to a stock WRX.

Kev and I had a discussion about the FSTB from Courtesy and Stillen..they differ in that the Courtesy FSTB is hollow while the Stillen is solid, but both do the same thing, and both do it equally well.

IMHO, the Stillen wins on style points, with a nice logo and contours, so that's the one I got (so did Kev!).

If price is not a concern, go for Stillen, and if you want the same performance for less money, you can't go wrong with the Courtesy FSTB.

Sorry I don't have the other answers for you.

if u have the money, go w/ stillen
 

u can argue about the customer service or availability, and even price, but you really can't argue too much about quality of stillen stuff for the max.

performance wise, i would guess then function pretty much the same, although accurate tests have never been done (and i doubt anyone would even care to do it). if you have the money, go w/ stillen. i went w/ courtesy because it cost less. which would i WANT? stillen.

as for making the max handle like a stock WRX is no easy feat. u can tremendously improve the handling of the max, but to make it handle like a car that has 4WD and smaller framing would be kind of hard to compare.

kafene.

in looks, the stillen wins...

in functionality, they are equal.