I've seen people fab up braces from sentra braces or what not, didnt really like them wanted something alot stiffer that had no points of swivel, because the Maxima has so much body roll in the back end. I have Put this on and it helped a great deal, then I put ES Bushing in the rear control arm bushing and my car hold the road great. I live on a road called 22 its like the curvest road in kentucky, so body roll is a nuisence, I might still invest in a rear sway bar but Im loving it need to build one for the front now. My front was the stiffest part of the car with all es bushing and what not now my back out handles it.

I know its rusty and not painted in the picture, but its hidden behind my alpine sub, and a big thing that hides it all so not a concer to me, it hugs the back of the seat so it is not in the way even if i had no sub, or in the way of the sub since I stick it through the arm rest hole.

It is made out of a pipe with 1/4 inch walls its a thick dude, then I wasnt happy with just that so I put a 3inch by 1/4 inch flat bar on the back and welded it all up, the car is so much tighter now.



So Maybe this is an Idea for some of you other people outh there I dont know Figured Id pass it on

 

You welded that to the strut towers??

 

+1 for orginality.
and good idea for those of you that have the necessary welder.
I am curious about the es poly bushing you got for the rear end. I was under the impression there was no set for the rear. part number if you please...

 

make me one..

 

http://www.truckspring.com/products/...NTRA&year=1998

 

Wow, mighty cool and mighty ballsy. Did you attach the pipe and the bar in any way or are they sorta just chillin' next to each other?

 

No I didnt weld it to the strut towers, uses the same bolts as the shocks,




and the pipe and flat stock I have about 3 or 4 welds probably 3 inches long down them

Yes, Just a welder, and a few metal working tools it wasnt to hard. It is extra beefy really helps when you have some weight in the back seat keeps the car from feeling so floppy.

And 7-3120G is the part number, there for a sentra or something, But they have the same rear end set up, they fit perfect, and work great, got the knowledge from someone on this form, was skeptial and followed through im so glad I did

 

 

I've been thinking of putting some bracing back there myself. Ever since I installed the Eibach springs, my car makes this squeaking noise when the back goes over a bump. I'm pretty sure its the metal in the rear flexing. I'm sure adding a little rigidity would help.

Those ES bushings for the trailing arms are great, btw.

 

I dont Have Eibach Springs But my back end used to squeak also, this took care of most of that actually

 

Kudo's for fabbing this yourself. While strut braces will stiffen the chassis and even make the ride better, they don't do squat for body roll. Neither FSTB or RSTB.

 

Hmm, I've been searching for a RSTB for the 4th gen for quite some time... guess that makes sense that they dont make em. I figured if they have em for the 3rd gen then they def have it for the 4th but guess I was wrong. I would love one. Are you looking to mass produce these if there's enough demand?

 

I Never said it helped body roll, but it help handling making body roll feel less of a burden because the shock are doing more work, opposed to the body of the car, what helped the body roll was my Es bushings...

I dont Know if I would mass produce them or not, I would want to use fresh steel and tweak the design a little bit for other people to fit around the strut mount better, and I would need to buy a tool or so for that. and Have to have steel to start out with for people. I know a steel warehouse so thats not a problem. I dont even know what I would charge, the first one took some time and it was difficult because it was the first I guess a second be easier, especially with good new steel I dont have to grind and clean. but Ill put some thought into in for sure

 

I'd love to have those mounted on my maxima. I could use the welders at my budy Joe's auto body shop.

I installed a brace on my front strut towers earlier this year and it reduced the body roll.

I need to order a sway bar link so I might include those sentra bushings for the rear control arms.

 

PLEASE DO!!!

 

Well I have Been thinking about it, I would like to make some when I get a little time, and I get my maxima back from getting the oil leak stopped, I built A Trailer a couple weeks ago and I have some excess 3inch by 3inch by 3/8inch angle thats brand new, and some 1/4 inch by 6 inch flat bar steel I could cut some circles out of for a better strut mount than mine, I have a better design worked up in my head than mine, might be a little heavier in weight not sure should be pretty close but it will be plenty strong to pull a goose neck trailer on if you ever have the desire haha, but I will Work on one when I get the time and get my car back then get some pictures up and see if anyone would want to buy one

 

Stillen made one, but it's discontinued. There's one for sale on nycmaximas.org at the moment.... here's a pic



EDIT: link
http://forums.nycmaximas.org/showthread.php?t=54226

EDIT #2: I just found my Paradox RSTB, brand new...in my garage. Will be up for sale soon...and much cheaper than $150 too.

 

I bought my RSTB from this dude and they still have it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=220423949479

 

Now the problem (which is not really) is that when i take a curve and theres a bump i will literally feel the car in the air so imagine if i would take that fast,
but i love it how it is right now.

 

+1 I like originality

 

tried to order couldn't find it

 

i've had the ebay RSTB for years now and its fine, no problems with it.

 

Sweet, let me know when its up for sale and if the funds are in the bank, we can make something happen

Sweet, thats not too bad either. How the hell did I not find that when I searched on eGay for it...Thanks!

 

I swear that i looked for it in my email from ordering it and that i saw it displayed, now ?!?!?, sry , but i cant believe that they dont make this anymore,
it cost me 34 dollars or so.

 

ElectricalBen you should start selling those.

 

I Will make up one when the 96 degree weather dies down some, and see what you all think about it and who wants one, But Im game cant sell them for no 38 dollars though

 

The materials used there are WAY overkill. you can make something just as strong that weighs 1/3 that if you take a look at what's going on. honestly the tube itself is more than strong enough to do the job.

 

look for "rear strut bar maxima" in google.com :: shopping and something will appear.

 

Dude, I ****in love it. I was gonna make the same thing but i wanted to weld it to the car, figure thatll end up melting the car before its hot enough to weld the bar tho wonderful fabrication. If you could post a couple of close ups of the ends id love to steal the design haha

 

Well I have a custom sub enclosure blocking it and its a pain to move, so Ill explain it, I was going to make 2 circle brackets but didnt have the flat plate at the time, so I made 2 L brackets and then put a small piece of metal under both of them and welded it to it made contact with the strut tower and didnt stick up. Hope that Helps, if you build one post some pics i'd love to see some other custom metal working. and make your holes into slots so they can fit on the bolts or else they wont because of the angle.

 

@Br0nz it appeard again the RSTB at ebay 4th gen

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...EL%3AUS%3A1123

 

uhhh.....you guys realize that you can mismatch ones from honda b14 to make ones that fit the 4th gen right??

plus, they sell them on ebay now???

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAXIM...Q5fAccessories

 

how? is that cheaper? ...lol i just about pulled the trigger then i saw shipping. heh i can get the front for 20 buck its hard for me to pay 40 for the rear! i will before the auction ends tho!

 

Here's one for $25 shipped. I'll be picking this one up with my $10 off coupon
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSA...Q5fAccessories

The design on this bar looks similar to the Racingline FTSB.