Here are some pics of the new Stillen FSTB and Progress RSB installed with a lot of help from my brother who's a mechanic :0)

The Stillen FSTB was a little tricky to put in because it required you to bend the AC line like the directions say. As you can see from the pics below the line rubs against the left (facing the car) tower ring.


Pic BEFORE i bent the line.




Instead of bending the AC line down (which seems ideal), you should bend it up. After bending it up, i had up to 1/2 inch clearance from the left strut tower ring, see pic below:



One other thing the instruction does not mention, is that if you want to use back the protective plastic covering on the right (facing the car) you will need to cut it to accommodate for the Stillen bar. Here's a pic of the it before the cut:




Pics after the cut:






I didn't have to reroute any windsheild lines or file down any mounting on the manifold like the directions said.

One thing that you should be aware of is that the top of the Stillen bar does rub against your hood. What i did to compensate for this is used two pieces of 2inch weather proofing tapes and stuck it to the underside of the hood so when it closes it will rub on that instead. So far it has held up.

 

Sorry, limited 5 pics per post.

The Progress RSB was a lot easier to put in. Like the directions said it is very easy to install them incorrectly. Thanks to my bother he had it right the first time. Pretty sure i would have screwed it up, LoL...

After i installed this i definitley noticed a difference in conering. I took it for a test drive right after installing both sway bars and i hit the corners at 40mph and what do you know? I was still sitting upright, my face wasn't plastered against my side door or the passanger side glass, LoL. I love the way my car rides now. Check out the pics below:

 

Seems like more people would be getting the RacingLine FSTB since its known that the Stillen rubs. Guess I don't know why people even buy the Stillen?

 

Hence the reason I bought Racingline.

So, where can I order this Progress RSB from??

 

www.Cattman.com

Lazy newbies FTL...

 

If i knew i prob would have gone RacingLine too. But after all is said and done i still like the way the Stillen one looks and handles. Does the RacingLine one require you to bend the AC line and cut that plastice cover also?

 

Mild bend of a/c line and yes you have to cut the plastic pieces.

 

You're so nice!! Anyways, thanks for the info.

Peace, the ever so hated newbie. Kevin

PS How about a website that works? This one doesn't. Not the first time I've been to this site.

 

It's a little outdated, but it works just fine for me. Try the groupbuy section, he currently has a deal going on pretty much everything he sells, name is Brian, he is a really nice guy.

BTW, I called you lazy, not hated.

 

Maybe it's a DNS issue. Hmmmm..... It's never worked from my current location but at my house it works fine.

Anyways, somewhat off topic.

So is this the line up on the two?

Racingline Cons:
1. bend a/c line
2. cut side covers

Stillen Cons

1. bend a/c line
2. cut covers
3. rubs hood

 

Alot less bend of the AC line is needed. The pic above is likely to have a cracked AC line in year time. My bar for the most part only requires that he ac line be unclipped from it's holder

 

I really didn't have to bend mine a lot, just a slight pull up and i had like a 1/2" clearance. These are aluminum lines and can compensate for a certain amount of bending. The performance for the Stillen to me out weights the cons i think, because even the rubbing of the hood is very minor. That weather strip worked perfect. But of course if both holds up the same in performance i guess it's up to you which you prefer.

 

Because the Stillen is excellent quality and if you follow the installation instructions it won't rub. This Stillen Bar has been on my car for 4 years and my A/C line did not crack!!!

BUT, Taz did make a great FSTB and it's good to see options available now...

 

Hey, mine was touching very slightly on the hood and i followed the instructions to the T. What did you do different to get yours not to touch the hood?

 

Nothing, it just never rubbed. On another note, IMO the rubbing most likely happens due to the harder lateral movement of the engine when put in reverse. The best way I was able to minimize this was by installing Racingline Motor Mount inserts. The lessening of lateral movement also helps put power to the wheel faster which is a good thing, especially for Automatic cars...

 

Its barely rubs not a big deal either bar is good

 

ok, just from your first pic it looks dangerously close.

It's not my intention to trash stillen, cause we all know they produce quality stuff for the most part

 

Taz you're right, his first picture is dangerously close but the Stillen instructions tell you to remove the line from the white clip, then ever so gentally bent the A/C line. As a safety precaution, I just zip tied the smaller line to the bigger one to the right of it and Whala, zero rubbing ever...

 

Guys just to clear up one thing. The first pic i took was before i bent the line. I just wanted to show you guys what it looked like before i bent the line, i also noted it above the pic. Look at the second pic after the bend you'll see the 1/2" clearance i was talking about.

 

Good idea. I'll do this when I get home tonight.

 

Very nice work. Now you have to buy the end links for the RSB from Taz.

 

What does the racing end links help with?

 

Better handling stability because the thicker endlinks don't flex as much as OEM which in turn transfers energy faster to your cars Front/Rear Anti-Sway Bars...

 

Makes sense... Which ones are you using?

 

looks pretty good. how much did you pay for those?

 

The Stillen FSTB was $120 and the Progress i bought from Cattman, i believe it was around $120 also. If you gonna get the RSB from cattman.com just speak to Brain, he's a very cool dude and he'll make sure you get hooked up right.

 

how can you tell if you installed the Progress RSB incorrectly? I think that it was a design flaw not giving some sort of marking to let an individual know which is the right and left sides. Any help would be appreciated because I just installed mine and don't know if I installed correctly.

Thanks.

 

if you installed it the wrong way the back of your car would look a little jacked up than usual and when you hit pot holes you'll notice you car is extremely stiff. If you try pressing down all your body weight and letting go on the rear it should go down and come up like it normally does, if it doesn't you got it wrong.

 

Part # 62.1522 is Part number for the progress RSB for the 04-06.. can anyone confirm that this will also fit the 08 SE... any pics on an 08...

 

The billet one looks like a better product ,the saying goes if its eazy 2 put on it proably dont make u go that fast or in your case handle better good job next step some stiffer bushings

 

6th gens arent meant to handle well

 

Oh yeah???

 

You're obviously not trying hard enough!!!

 

 

I'm talkin stock setup
It doesnt look like either of you have many stock parts left on ur cars