strut bar on 2003 maxima

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08-24-2015, 05:38 PM

tgreen

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strut bar on 2003 maxima

Hey just wondering if anyone ever used strut bar on a 5 gen max. If so how is the performance of car after its installed?

08-25-2015, 11:24 AM

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strut bar on 2003 maxima

I love mine. Some say they don't notice a difference, but I definitely did.

08-25-2015, 11:57 AM

Fakie J Farkerton

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Front strut tower bar does make a difference.
Not huge, but it's there.

The rear strut tower bar is pointless.
Works well to keep my subwoofer box in place is about it.

08-25-2015, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Fakie J Farkerton

Front strut tower bar does make a difference.
Not huge, but it's there.

The rear strut tower bar is pointless.
Works well to keep my subwoofer box in place is about it.

I disagree. I have both the Front Strut Bar (FSB) and the Rear Anti-SwayBar (RASB). Both from Stillen.

The FSB makes some difference; the car feels a bit stiffer, with no side-effects. The RASB makes a huge difference: it levels the car and prevents from leaning in corners. The down-side is a bit of axle hop on certain bumpy surfaces.

08-26-2015, 07:37 AM

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I disagree. I have both the Front Strut Bar (FSB) and the Rear Anti-SwayBar (RASB). Both from Stillen. The FSB makes some difference; the car feels a bit stiffer, with no side-effects. The RASB makes a huge difference: it levels the car and prevents from leaning in corners. The down-side is a bit of axle hop on certain bumpy surfaces.

Reading>you

I didn't say rear sway bar.

08-27-2015, 08:34 PM

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I didn't notice anything with front UPPER brace, I made a lower brace by trolling pics off the internet, and just building my own. Lower brace made a considerable difference. Even seems to rattle less.