eBay Watch: Cusco STB for CA18 S13s

[rico05]

http://cgi.ebay.com/S13-or-180...wItem

I know that I looked high and low for my STB, so if anyone needs one, here is a good start!

[rchboy]

if thats still there in a couple days its mine

[float_6969]

I'm still hoping to get my cheap one to work. It fit before the CA. I'm gonna use a hydraulic press and a little creativity. Damn Gangstalean.....

[slownslurious]

a nismo CA one just went for $125 last week on ebay.

[float_6969]

how did I miss that? I'da LOVED to get my hands one one of those!

[slownslurious]

it was the older "oval" style with a bit of a rise to clear the intake.

Also, the same style as the one up on ebay right now sold on zilvia for like $75 bucks, I asked him if it cleared CA but he didn't know and I didn't want to pay that much to chance it. Guess it was a good deal, but it sold a while ago.I wouldn't ever pay that much for a strut tower bar, over $100 is just too much.

[rico05]

Are you talking about one of these?

I had to pay a bit more than $125 ($200 shipped) and wait for the slow boat from Japan, but I am glad that I did. It is a great STB.

[slownslurious]

yeah it was one of those, it was like $150 shiped I think.Nice, but more than I'd like to pay. with the CA it might just be easier to get fender braces...

[mbmbmb23]

Think this would clear the CA plenum? (there are rear ones from DC also)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

[slownslurious]

maybe, but I don't think so. There is a picture of one installed on a 240 with a KA in sept's "modified mag" and it looks like it mostly curves back towards the firewall, not up. It doesn't look like it has enough clearance for CA.

[kingjag88]

hey guys, I came across this one too...no pictures, but price seems pretty good:http://www.pandagarage.com/s13d.html

[slownslurious]

its prolly the same one above, thats the only nismo I've ever see for CA. Stock s13 bar? that I've never seen.

[Veen]

I've got a cheap strut bar that's made from what appears to be aluminum. Is there a simple way to bend that stuff without something like a mandrel bender? Last time I tried hooking it in a vice and pulling it just kinda snapped back to where it had been before.

[slownslurious]

probably a press, though I wouldn't be surprised if it cracks if you press it into shape. Applying heat might help.The problem that I see with that is that the bar is __X__ length, and if you bend it then its curved and is __X__-length of bend... too short!

[rico05]

hey guys, I came across this one too...no pictures, but price seems pretty good:http://www.pandagarage.com/s13d.html

Unless they got another one, that one was sold....to me Those guys are great to work with, they just take a while to ship since they list some of their stuff before it reaches US shores.