yup, a month later after received it...finally I have a chance to install it. I got it from a co-worker's friend and it was quite cheap, 100 dollars...but he missed some parts, the adpaters and bolts for the e-brake lines. fortunately, I found those in a hardware store. The installation was quite fast...took me less than 3 hours with Paul's instruction....thx again and thx to all who helped me.

btw, I still have one more question : will the tighten brackets damage the ABS line?

thx

 

congrats.. so how does it feel ?

 

The Stillen's brackets have a cutout large enough for the ABS line to fit loosely inside it, so there should be no problem with damaging it unless you pinch the ABS line bracket rather than making sure it's inside the cutout.

 

it definitly obtains more control in fast cornering. I can totally feel it on my favortie turns. Usually I felt the car gets harder to control around 65 - 70 mph when in the middle of the S-shape turn. Last night I tried it with around 75mph and that was the first time I made it with that speed. also the rear suspension feels a bit harder than w/o RSB....I assume this is normal.


umpopa:
thx for the input, one of the bracket was actually a bit damage on the cutout. it left a sharp edge and hopefully it wont cut into the abs line...I will double check on that this coming weekend.

 

What's next? FSTB?

 

prob I will call my coworker again see if his friend wanna sell both FSTB and RSTB for 100 - 150 =) but I dbout the FSTB will fit on 5th gen since he has a 99 max.

btw kev, when did u get ur car supercharged? I havent been on here for a long time.

 

The RSB is sweet for sure! I have the FSTB as well and it is an awesome combo. Last saturday night I was at a red with 4 other people in my car (5 of us total) and a Miata with just the driver pulls up and starts revving. So the road I'm going on leads to the highway and has a 100km/60mph speed limit so I figure I can hit it hard through the first two gears and a lil into third. So light goes green he rips off the line and I do a basic accel and catch up to him mid through 2nd and we go into a sharp corner and he starts losing his backend while I was on the inside and fly by him and he was distant in my rear view afterwards. There is no way I would even imagine taking that same corner with my car stock without that crazy body roll. When the roads are wet the rsb is fun since you can get the backend to come out since the handling becomes almost neutral.

 

no, the strut tower bar for a 99 max will NOT fit on a 00.

 

Hey a gutter guard grill in white (or original) would look good on your car. I was in home depot yesterday and they even have small 4" white ties that would match up. With the right tab removing tool it should only take you about 30mins.

Russ has install here:

http://www.5thgenmaximas.com/meshguard.html

 

As people have said... the FSTB won't fit. I wouldn't try the RSTB either.

Supercharged? Nah, just a loose belt. (2 weeks ago)

 

ic...thx all....prob I will e-bay those FSTB braces and get some fund for a 5th gen stillen FSTB

Kev : that is a fat belt u got =P

 

Hey Kev...why don't you be a bud and organize a GD on that belt of yours for the rest of us.