Ilya wrote:UPDATE 6/7/17:
We have reached the 20 person minimum needed to place the order so hopefully everyone comes through and we get this thing made! Just in time for my birthday
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Howdy folks,
A user (Adam F.) on the FB M/Q group has reached out to a vendor called
SoulFunction about possibly creating a front strut bar for the Y50 chassis M (06-10) (
update: it's been made and is being sold - link). For those who don't know what a front strut bar is, it's a brace that attaches to both strut towers in the engine bay and provides a bit of rigidity for the chassis which in turn helps keep the car more level/planted/firm in cornering. It's a worthwhile mod. The problem, up until now, is that the only company that ever made such a bar for the Y50 M wanted like $450 for the part which is INSANE. It should cost no more than like $200, max. That's exactly the price point of the SoulFunction bar (which is currently being made for the Infiniti G guys). It's actually $206 per their site.
Anyway, in that conversation I inquired as to the possibility of making this product for the Y51 guys (2011+). They responded to CRV_33 that they would.
We'd need 20 people to put down $75 each (and remainder when product is done) to get this done. I am currently not sure if they will need a test mule to go out to their building in Minnesota, but I think CRV is real close and he has the V8, so the V8 guys should be taken care of (lol).
I figured I'd put the word out for the community in case anyone was interested. CRV_33 will assist in keeping this thread list going.
Here is a picture of the front strut bar installed on an M45:
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Add your name to the list if you are interested. Please only add your name if you are genuinely interested at the $200 price point...we don't need people who will flake out. This sounds like one of the best opportunities as far as a company who is actually responding and working with the community (unlike R2C who is basically ignoring our guys now and hasn't released the intake).
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