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Old Oct 27, 2000 | 04:10 AM
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When installing your front strut tower bars did you have to
cut the bracket on the drivers side shock tower? There is
alittle piece of metal that everyone was cutting inorder to
install the 4th generation bars on the 2Ks.

Stillen has a 6 month back order on the front strut bars and
I'll wait if I don't have to cut my car.
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 04:46 AM
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shouldn't i heard that was the diff betweeen the stillen and courtesy. courtesy u gotta cut. stillen no. but could be wrong sincei dont' have neither. i'm produce my own.
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 07:24 AM
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If you leave your stock airbox on (remove it for the install), it should completely cover up the cut you have to make for the courtesy bar. If you can't bear the thought of cutting... then ya, get Stillen.
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 07:38 AM
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Originally posted by Jeff K
When installing your front strut tower bars did you have to
cut the bracket on the drivers side shock tower? There is
alittle piece of metal that everyone was cutting inorder to
install the 4th generation bars on the 2Ks.

Stillen has a 6 month back order on the front strut bars and
I'll wait if I don't have to cut my car.
You don't have to cut anything if you have the Stillen brace, but for the Courtesy brace you'll have to.
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 07:39 AM
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Originally posted by Jeff K
When installing your front strut tower bars did you have to
cut the bracket on the drivers side shock tower? There is
alittle piece of metal that everyone was cutting inorder to
install the 4th generation bars on the 2Ks.

Stillen has a 6 month back order on the front strut bars and
I'll wait if I don't have to cut my car.
No cutting required for Stillen...
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 08:05 AM
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6 months back order !?!?

wat do they only have one guy making the strut brace and on a schedule of 1 bar a day or what?

Or maybe it's just so many max owners are buying it .....
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 08:15 AM
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Re: 6 months back order !?!?

Originally posted by GT_icecream
wat do they only have one guy making the strut brace and on a schedule of 1 bar a day or what?

Or maybe it's just so many max owners are buying it .....
Wanna sell yours?
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 08:27 AM
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Damn, six months. That sucks. I was planning to get on too.

Stillen sucks.
Old Oct 27, 2000 | 08:55 AM
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Re: Re: 6 months back order !?!?

Originally posted by Jeff K
Originally posted by GT_icecream
wat do they only have one guy making the strut brace and on a schedule of 1 bar a day or what?

Or maybe it's just so many max owners are buying it .....
Wanna sell yours?
If you also trade me your steering wheel mounted audio control, i'll think about it

Old Oct 27, 2000 | 09:21 AM
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no cutting w stillen fstb

real easy job - you'll need a torque wrench though
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