Ebay strut bars

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naed240sx
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Yes, i know there have been threads about this b4. But i am curious about these specific bars. They look to be well made, but no brand is listed. Just wondering what yall think about these. Looking to install them on my 93 240sx coupe.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...=WDVW


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gogg
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ebay strut bars are usually good quality, but good luck on them sending you the correct ones.

naed240sx
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well i kno that there are some good ones on there.... but alot of them are like 3 dollars, and u know thats gonna be like tin foil wrapped around a wire. they just bend, do nothing for handling. and the fact that there is no brand listed worries me

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Dookie
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the strut bars for 3 bucks are fine, its just to compensate for that 3 bucks, they charge you 30 for shipping

thekage
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they look like knock offs of the greddy ones...just google s13 strut tower bar.. you can get cusco or tanabe ones for like 108 with free shipping...

frsh13
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as everyone knows....you get what you pay for. I have heard many stories of cheap ebay stuff breaking. I would not trust ebay stuff on my car. You know when you are pushing your car hard, either on the street or track you dont want to have to worry about something breaking or not doing its job right. If i were you save up and get some quality strut bars. maybe check out splparts

Ramius83
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To be completely honest with you, the strut bars take very little to no pounding what-so-ever. Most strut bars are hollow tubes, connected to the top of the strut tower. Regardless of the eBay ones, or heavy duty Cusco or Greddy bars, they all do the same thing and will NOT BREAK. I have yet to see one eBay strut bar break on any 240sx, Maxima, or Altima. Unless you are a full drift-nut-freak and that is all your car is built for, then buy the expensive ones. Your regular or moderate Joe-240sx Driver will not know the difference between the two, except in price and an empty wallet.....

Atomic-S14
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anybody know which brand of rear strut bars goes under the speaker panel? not over on top. this is for s14 model.

sidnacious
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^ that would be cusco os

USDM240
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frsh13 wrote:as everyone knows....you get what you pay for. I have heard many stories of cheap ebay stuff breaking. I would not trust ebay stuff on my car. You know when you are pushing your car hard, either on the street or track you dont want to have to worry about something breaking or not doing its job right. If i were you save up and get some quality strut bars. maybe check out splparts
no offense, but just about everything on my car, besides the JDM stuff, has been Ebay purchases. ive not had a problem with a single thing and neither has anyone else. i work for a shop here locally and we have plenty of customers come and go with the same parts with NO problems at all. i think you need to do a little more reserach before you go spouting off like that.

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AR240SX
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I got my rear brace from ebay for 25 bucks shipped, i haven't had any problems with it. and two of my friends have ebay intakes on their cars and they work great. i'll probably buy from ebay again.

they seem to be the same quality as anything else just without a brand

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214kka-et240sx
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ebay stuff are not bad if people break thing like a strut bar ther is somethin wrong with your car or the way you drive

st33f
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yeah, to be honest a power brace is more likely to stiffen u up...

tower bars dont really take abuse. i had cusco ones. they were fine... now i have 20$ ebay jobbies.


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