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Old Aug 24, 2013 | 12:47 AM
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Addco RSB install

Recently I bought Addco RSB from ORG member and finally I had time to install them tonight. To my knowledge this RSB fits 97-03 Maxima, but I had to remove some material off of the U bolt threaded portion to fit the trailing arm width. Before trimming, It wouldn't slide/install correctly. the threaded portion of the U bolt couldn't get around the width of the TA. After trimming, I could get the bolt to fastened correctly with at least the nut thickness for thread engagement. The install took 1 hour included the u bolt tweaking. Pretty significant cornering improvement I must say.



Has anyone experienced this issue?

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Old Aug 24, 2013 | 02:30 PM
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the addco hardware apparently has this issue. I ended up getting a new u bolt with shorter threads and it was all good
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 12:44 AM
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Glad you got it on there and are feeling the Better corning...
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 06:21 AM
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I had similar issue so I had to use washers
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 08:12 AM
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The RSB does make a significant improvement on our cars.
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by 1996blackmax
The RSB does make a significant improvement on our cars.
Car still can't perform a full u-turn
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 11:05 AM
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Car still can't perform a full u-turn

Why would a RSB help your turning radius?
Wow...
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 12:54 PM
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At high speed sharp turn, it does feel like the front end is oversteer but think this is more like driving habit and technique. Once I played with the timing of exit speed and steering movement and installed FTSB, it cornered the road much better. Next week would be replacing my leaky TA bushings and work my way up front for all the bushings, tie rods, and ball joints.
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by george__

Car still can't perform a full u-turn
5th gen problem
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Fakie J Farkerton

Why would a RSB help your turning radius?
Wow...

Exactly what I thought
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 04:00 PM
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I wish it could help
Old Aug 25, 2013 | 08:55 PM
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It helps the car to oversteer a bit so, yeah... It helps with turning radius
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