im looking to get strut bars for my max, i dont know whether i should bother spending my time and money on something that wont work.

what should i expect out of getting this?

is just the front necessary or do both make a major difference?

kenny

 

yes

 

I definitely noticed the difference right when I put on my fstb..the rsb I didn't notice much but its because my car was already lowered

 

It definitely stabilizes the front end a lot. I regret buying a universal ebay one though because it ended up melting one of my EGR hoses. You get what you pay for.

 

wat???

anyway dont think of a STB as a suspension mod think of it as chassis stiffening and then it makes sense, it reduces body roll slightly, increases steering response(especially on lowered cars), makes the car feel a bit tighter

 

what the, how does a strut bar melt an egr hose..... none of my hoses are close enough to touch the bar....

newb.

 

I think he should start a thread explaining what happened, should be interesting to see the responses

btw TheWhiteWhale what gen max do u have?

 

 

lol

 

well your question has been answered.

 

This is the .org....nothing stays on topic for long...

 

haha its cool... i think ive been convinced to get one now....lol!

 

If you want to get technical, it was actually the top hose that connects to the EVAP canister purge control valve. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Front...QQcmdZViewItem
That is the kind of strut bar it was; sat on top of that hose when installed, and only after it threw an emissions code did I realize how hot the bar would get after a drive. I'm terribly sorry I didn't elaborate more earlier-I was simply adding my 2 cents and forgot there were people like you on the board, always eager to attack someone's credibility when they have a smaller postcount. And Crusher I have a 4th gen.

 

yes this is what happened to me too. i got a cheapo Ebay bar and it sat too close to one of the EGR hoses - so when it heated up from driving, the bar sat on the rubber tubing and began to melt it. luckily i was able to notice the damage and bend it out of the way.


and yea im on stock suspension, and quite honestly i dont think this bar did anything for me.

 

Why another thread?

 

Thank you for replying-I knew I couldn't be the only one who experienced this. Sorry to derail OP but that was never my intention.

 

you can see it touching several things here...

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=560248