CUSCO STB Review

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CUSCO is a Japanese company that produces various upgrade parts for the S13/S14 Silvia/180SX. I have a '97 S14, and thus have the strut tower brace for the S14 model. The front STB is a simple flat bar design. The Strut brace brackets are simply installed by un bolting the 3 nuts and placing the bracket over the tower and rebolting the nuts down. (The nuts are recommended to be replaced with new ones). The handling difference is night and day in tight cornering condition. Car use to understeer, but now it is more neutral. It help the front end to get much more usable traction.

Feel of the rear STB:

The rear end of my car is definetly much stiffer than before. Now the tires are worked more than before. You wont belive how floppy the rear end feels until you get a rear STB. Now, with a much stiffer rear STB, the rear end feels much more solid than ever. Driving over various condition, you can actually tell by the seat of the pants on how the road feels.

The STB can only be seen from the trunk or by dropping the rear seat to expose the pass through.

Conclusion:

Worth the money!! Made the car feel much more complete. Not to mention the fact that I now have a place to strap down the Sony XS-TL1 that I've always wanted.

PS: My preference for my car is for road course racing. Everything I do tomy car is to enhance the performance for that purpose

'97 S14 240SX SE WK0, JWT POP-Charger, TRY Motorsport POP-Charger Heatshield, CUSCO front STB, CUSCO rear STB, TRW/SPARCO 3" 4point Cam lock safety harness.

Contributed by: TY Yap