Rear Strut Tower Brace for S14 - Pics?

Post by **R240NA** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

APEXi240 wrote:So that rear lower bar on the floor doesn't do anything? Do-luck makes the same bar for the S13....I really wanted a bar like that.

I noticed that the S14 doesn't have speakers in the back...will that bar clear them? And which bar was which?

You read the post wrong. That IS a Do-Luck RXB, and works great. The OBX lower tie bar, which sits UNDER the car, mounted behind the diff, is useless. The STBs clear speakers fine, I just took mine out since I don't sit in the back. The Cusco is the one below the deck, Nismo up top. Pay attention.

Post by **jdubau55** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

if you dont know what i rear lower tie bar is its hard to imagine it.this should help...

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

hey r240, I was afraid you were gonna say that!

i just purchased the springs, got a good deal, but they were used, and I was wondering why so cheap! Anyway, my bad, should have did more research on springs, oh well, still got a good price. Hoping to get sways next year, do you have whiteline or suspension Tech or other? Everyone I know who put sways on is praising them with high regards, one moreitem to add to the list. I just installed a OE rear sway, made a bit of a difference in steering response, but I hear this horrible rattle coming from the drivers side rear, not sure if its associated with the sway (happened after it was installed) and I haven't had a chance to get under my car when there is light out. Any idea what it may be? A bushing or clamp possibly?

thanks r240, hey, you should join our local forum, your insight would be much appreciated, there are alot of S14 guys starting to build up their rides

http://www.son240sx.ca

hope to see you there, as well as anyone else who would like to join!

drive safely

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Hey S14...

I just wanted to post a link to pictures of my ride.. I don't know if you have seen it... but check it out and let me know what you think!http://www.nissaninfiniticlub....=3961

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

dude, I was gonna say something after I saw the pic in your sig. Very sweet ride man, I love that kit, and the rims are an excellent choice, really suits the car, and PLEASE, NO SPOILER!! That is the clean look I am going after, once I get rims, the asthetics will be complete. You are making me think twice about a kit now, you bastard!!! j/k, sweet ride, I replied in that thread as well. I have found someone who may be able to fab us a rear bar, I'll keep you posted.

PauL

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

HAHAHA... thankx... yea... I WAS going to get the sopiler btu I liked my car without one... it looks like a buillet.. So for the time being it is staying the same.. hell yea..if you can get someone to fab us a rear strut...that's dope. let me kno asap!

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

no worries, I already mentioned a couple of US guys are interested, my buddy is going to hook up with his pal this weekend to take measurements, hopefully all goes well, but I'll let you know asap.

No spoiler bro, its hard to come across s14's without them, and make our cars stand out even more! Give its a real sexy, mysterious, NO RICE look!!!

Was your car repainted? Paint looks real nice. Do you want to paint your trims? I think it will compliment your car well, and it doesn't have to be a ricey orange or anything, I painted mine gunmetal. Its real subtle, even fellow s14 owners didn't notice my trims, but I like it to be subtle, not in your face bling blingin', y'know? Cost me about $30 canadian for material, took about 2 days, just because I took my time with the job and used a primer and clear coat. If interested, I can tell you how to rip apart your interior in 10 minutes (its alot easier than it looks).

man that ride is sick, did you sign up on the toronto forum yet? We are discussing the rear strut tower bar there.

:peace

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Naw, I haven't signed up there sinec I'm from So Cal. I was thinking about going brushed alum ofr the interior. just a thought. gunmetal color would be pretty dope 2. Do you have any pic of your interior? if you do I would love to see them. I ripped apart my interior when I installed my stereo. I installed everything in the interior myself. the whole sound system and amp and guages. But directions on how to do it would be nice with some pics offcourse! =)

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

YEAH, I GOT PICS, BUT THE SCAN IS CRAP QUALITY. Send me an email, and I'll email it to you. Brushed aluminum would look nice, but to maintain that finish would be a biatch, and I'm not sure what kinda paint you would use, unless you take it to a shop of course. I'll tell you how I did mine

shift boot piece, stereo trim, climate control trim, interior door handle trim piece, piece that goes around the cluster. Still haven't popped out those small vents in the corners, and debating the glove box at the moment, I left the ash tray unpainted.

1. clean trims with rubbing alcohol to remove armor all and other gunk

2. sand down trims. If you want a smooth, plastic looking finish, take your time and sand down all the way, to remove leather look grain

3. prime using grey primer (color is your choice) vinyl/plastic primer was used, 2 coats but not necesary

4. Apply paint - I used a GM exterior paint. Would have preferred an interior trim paint, but couldn't locate the color I wanted. I used at least 3 coats, the more the better, especially in places that come in contact with hands and so on

5. Apply clear coat - 2 coats

I think thats it, let it sit and dry, and pop them in, makes for a nice, subtle touch. I'm thinking on your car, if you sand it down real smooth, and use a super high gloss black paint, that would look tight. But to each ihs own, I like being subtle personally.

socal guys are moe than welcome on our forum, alot of resourceful guys up north, eh?

LOL

take care

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

what's ur e-mail address so I can e-mail you?

and thankx for the directions. I can't wait to see the pics of the interior...it sounds NICE!

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

[email protected]

its a small touch, but a nice one. Its also a bonus when you do it yourself, instead of paying $200 + for a cheesey cf kit (no offense to anyone, just not my cup of tea).

I've also seen a speckled finish on a black exterior, didn't look bad, just another option.

email me, and I'll try and send the pics tonight. Think you can host them for me?

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

sure...just send the pics and I will put them on!

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

well guys my friend, the owner of Directed Engineering (makes supra turbo kits and a bunch of other crap for supras) said if theres enough interest he could make some extremely high quality rear strut tower bars for realitvely cheap, no sure on price yet, so just let me know, hes getting together a design on CAD and we will make one and test it on my car for fitting and everything beforehand, powdercoating wont be a problem, any color

Post by **Lepchitz1** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Um, that would be cool as hell you be sure and hurry up on that cause I want one of those puppies!:ylsuper

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

That sounds like a sweet deal! I have 2 people (not including myself) locally, that i know will purchase this item for sure......

once the rest of the group sees it on my car, they will probably order shortly. Please keep us informed on what direction you are taking, and try to design a triangle style bar, they look like they wil lhelp the chassis rigidity (is that a wrod even?) greatly.

thanks

PauL

oh, blk240, had to drop my mum off at the doc's this morning, didn't get a chance to jump on the cpu, sorry.

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Paul..where do you want me to post your pic? I'm thiking in the general forum right?

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Yeah, 240 general is cool, thanks again man!

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

you guys wanna send me some design ideas you may have? i dont know what you mean by a triangle bar, so email some pics or detailed description of what you guys think, we can try a few different designs and we'll sell the ones that work best.

email is [email protected]

i talked to paul and since theres not enough interest for bulk purchases the price may run somewhat high on them, but they will be extremely high quality, if you guys anything about directed engineering everything they make is extremely high quality, we guessing around 150 to 200 dollars each, but we havent seriously looked into material and machining costs yet so it may be cheaper or it may be more expensive, obviously hed like to make some profit off of these things, cant blame him, hes running a busniess :/ ill try and do most of the machining if i have time to cut cost, so ill keep you guys updated

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Don't want to be meseed up or anything but we can get CUSCO strusts for like $135.99 and carbon fiber ones for $249.99 made by CUSCO. I dont know if I would want to pay 150-200 for no name brand... ya kno!?

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Black240 wrote:Don't want to be meseed up or anything but we can get CUSCO strusts for like $135.99 and carbon fiber ones for $249.99 made by CUSCO. I dont know if I would want to pay 150-200 for no name brand... ya kno!?

youre very right, infact im talking to Paul right now and niether of us really feel like doing it anyway LOL

i say order the cusco and stop *****in about prices :P

Post by **Anand** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

i lean more and more on that side anyway...=( i just thought there could be another way orsomething... i still say OBX makes the rear strut.. now I just need to get hold of someone who sells OBX!

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Considering I paid $40 for my front bar, and now have to pay 4x for a rear, I think you can see why we are kinda bithin about prices. But looks like that is the price we will have to pay for a rear bar, guess we will be the ones who will have to determine whether or not its worth it, true?

thanks for the offer eye stab, let us know if there is a change of heart or price

:peace

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

s14=pimpin' wrote:Considering I paid $40 for my front bar, and now have to pay 4x for a rear, I think you can see why we are kinda bithin about prices. But looks like that is the price we will have to pay for a rear bar, guess we will be the ones who will have to determine whether or not its worth it, true?

thanks for the offer eye stab, let us know if there is a change of heart or price

:peace

i dont think we'll be building one, too much of a pain in the *** for too little profit, thats really something that big companys are good for, masss production so they can sell it cheap cheap cheap, all the ones we could would be hand made so to speak instead of by machines or 8 year old taiwanese kids

i think we're still going to make one for my car, so ill let you guys know how it feels and performs on stock suspension then a difference with Tein COs

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

BTW if theres anything you guys know of that is really rare or WAY expensive that you think we'd be able to build (and make a profit with

) please let me know and we will consider it, we'd like alot of input from the owners on this board, the more experience that goes into a product the better

Post by **MaineExport** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

EyeStabPeople wrote:BTW if theres anything you guys know of that is really rare or WAY expensive that you think we'd be able to build (and make a profit with ) please let me know and we will consider it, we'd like alot of input from the owners on this board, the more experience that goes into a product the better

If you've got a REALLY stout pipe bender... you could make a pattern for s13 and s14 roll cages!!! bang out a bunch of them and I'll bet they would sell like mad!! In my racing league, we get a better handicap score for having a roll cage and 5-point harness. You would need some heavy machinery, but the only cost beyond the pipes, are R&D and labor. I know of nobody that makes a pre-fit roll cage for any 240sx... you have to rely on custom shops that specialize.... and it costs a BOAT load to get one.

BTW... this idea is MINE... the only thing required to make it yours.... I want one for free!!!:)

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

roll cage will be considered email me some design you may have in mind and we'll see

[email protected]

Post by **EyeStabPeople** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

and ummm... i dont think free roll cage for ya would be an option

i dont really think Paul wants to get into that because the cages usually have to be passed by certain safety regulaors for any real racing, and itd suck if you bought the cage and they woudlnt let you race in the class you wanted to because the cage wasnt certified now wouldnt it?

Post by **MaineExport** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

EyeStabPeople wrote:and ummm... i dont think free roll cage for ya would be an option i dont really think Paul wants to get into that because the cages usually have to be passed by certain safety regulaors for any real racing, and itd suck if you bought the cage and they woudlnt let you race in the class you wanted to because the cage wasnt certified now wouldnt it?

you suck.... I'll keep my ideas to myself then.

And the roll cage won't change your classification, they just change the multiplier they use to handicap your time. (New England Hill Climb Racing) This is to encourage safety measures, and try to help compensate for the additional weight.

Post by **R240NA** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

Cusco makes 4, 5, 6, and 8 point roll cages for S13 and S14. Pricey though, and Autopower makes an S13 cage from what I've been told.

Post by **s14=pimpin'** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:47 am

OK, here is my million dollar idea, but if you do deciede to use it, I HAVE TO GET 2 FREE ONES, AND ENSURE THAT IT IS MADE FOR S13/S14 EXCLUSIVELY!!! NO Civics please, the rice boys will love this idea.

In Nov. issue of SCC, there is this sweet Skyline with these really nice side view mirrors. They attach to the car at the front fender, about half way up. Get rid of those bulky side mirrors, and forget about those ricer M3 style mirrors, these will be a fresh, new idea, and fairly easy and cheap to produce.

REMEMBER, I GET 2 FREE ONES, MY IDEA, THANK YOU!!

lemme know what you think, it sounds like a hit to me!

PauL

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