strut tower bar

Post by **S14 Wannabe** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

You know URAS makes a strut bar for our cars also for just a little bit more if you don't want to go generic. They run about $ 120.00 or so for the front and $ 120.00 for the rear. They are just as top notch quality as JIC and Cusco just cheaper. Here is a picture to give you an idea of what they look like :

I've heard of some tall tales/horror stories of generic strut bars breaking and going throught the hood of cars under extreme load, but if all you want to do is add it for looks, then go with generic I guess.

Website · Post by **TurboKA37** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

no, i definatley am not buying for looks. im just having a hard time justifying spending $150 for a metal bar with two brackets! i find it a bit of a high price considering it doesnt take much R&D to devolope and produce these things

Post by **Supafly** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

i have a pair of generics off of ebay i picked up for $66 shipped. fitment is overall good and they do the job for sure. a cusco would be better for overall being stiffer and more well made, but like i said these do the job just fine. and i can't see them ever breaking, sounds like horror stories started by a "brand name" company or person who doesn't like generic stuff:) i've put these up next to the greddy bars and the design is EXACTLY the same.

Post by **MasterMan** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

i bought mine off ebay and it works just fine.. they are all the same, i pice of metal with some holes on the end for the bolts.. there is no way i would spend 120$ for a sturt bar for road use..

Post by **yeswepromise** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

i would never spend 120 for atower bar either....i spent 200. haha. and to whoever posted the URAS bar and said it looks very similar to cusco...i call BS. that thing looks weak compared to my bar.

Post by **Cyberkreig** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

"You get what you pay for" ..... except with strut tower bars ?

Website · Post by **TurboKA37** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

this is getting really confusing. has anyone driven a car that cheap strut bars and then with expensive strut bars? i dont suspect too many have so how can all of you claim that either the more expensive ones make a bigger difference than the cheaper once or vice versa?

Post by **yeswepromise** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

just get the cheap one. who cares anymore

Post by **E Dogg** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

i think the only thing I would go for is the triagular 4point bar instead of a 2 point one...

which one looks stiffer?

edit: its 3 pt not 4 pt, wrong terminology- my bad

Post by **E Dogg** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

or this one?

Pics courtesy of http://www.cpracing.ca/

Post by **ShadowKnight006** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

I am definately gonna go for the 4 pt, front and rear. They look way sturdier.

Post by **Hellion240sx** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

has anybody had one go thru the hood? could it have been due to improperr installation? and who got the s-tune from ebay?just wonderingthanks

Post by **Hellion240sx** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

i saw somewhere the greddy one like the one above for 90 shipped. also what about those 4 point ones are the functional or what? cuz those are $100 shipped i would mind getting those unless the arent func.thanks again

Post by **E Dogg** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

i know a guy with the same comapnies 4 pt on his TII he loves it

Post by **4felix20** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

how exactly do you attatch that kind of bar to the firewall? do you have to get behind the dash or anything?

Post by **E Dogg** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

you do have to i hear, but its possible the bolts are easy to acess b/c the wiper motor assembly, at least they are on a TII

Post by **4felix20** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

i want to get one of those, i just don't want to have to take my dash apart. :/

Post by **S14 Wannabe** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

yeswepromise wrote:i would never spend 120 for atower bar either....i spent 200. haha. and to whoever posted the URAS bar and said it looks very similar to cusco...i call BS. that thing looks weak compared to my bar.

No, I said the quality build is just as good.

Screw it just get the cheap one. Although I have also heard tall tales/horror stories of the 4 pt. stut bar awhile back. Someone said that under pressure they crack the firewall if not attached appropriately. Hell I don't know, don't listen to me because I know nothing. Just get one already.:pface

Post by **Hellion240sx** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

holy god crack the firewall!!! yeah i guess i am not getting that one. so sigh, i dont know what to get.... the thing iss i want to beef up the suspension now. eh i'll wait for more info on this

Post by **Hellion240sx** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

what about the 4 Point Rear Strut Tower Brace??? any horror storiess on these? i guess imma get the greddy strut bar

Post by **Dattebayo** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

Brand Loyalty people im a nismo whore and proud of it. Besides nismo just "officially" launched here in september and there stuff is cheap-ish. Only 188 for the front one.

Post by **yeswepromise** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

the great thing is, if you already have coilovers and stabilizer bars, the front tower bar wont make a big difference anyway.

Website · Post by **TurboKA37** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

hmmm.. well i have springs shocks and sway bars, but i think ill get the cheapest set of brand name that i can find. i dont think ill go with the OBX or anything like that

Post by **E Dogg** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

I can't think of any reason the tringualr rear bar would be bad....However the front has some compormises, harder install/removal, makes acess to certna things little more troublesome.

As for the cracked firewall question, I personally dont think anyone would have problems with it unless it was installed wrong or you were in an accident

Post by **Hellion240sx** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

hmmm does anyone have the greddy front strut? kida

Post by **Hellion240sx** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

my bad pressed wrong button ok 1 mo timei odnt know if im doin this right but here goesthis one

[url=http://www.groupbuycenter.com/buy.aspx?id=12910][img]

one of those has got to work. ehhh.

Post by **Hellion240sx** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

why wont the picture show??? hmmmfollow the link i guess

Post by **180fan** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

the greddy front stb is a good bar. I had one installed before before selling it to a buddy of mine. I now run cusco's on both front and rear. No noticable difference between the greddy and the cusco until I hit a turn at higher speeds. But having a strut tower bar and was clearly noticable once installed. You might want to try sway bars before strut tower bars though, as they'll probably do more for you than a strut tower bar. Only reason I switched to cusco was because the bar wasn't just like a pipe, it was one of their flatter bars (type os) which could also take the 3 point for the rear. Was it worth the money? Yeah in the sense that having front and rears helps with stability but not spending the 220 for both as that's not as good bang for the buck.

Post by **MainEvent212** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

FCK IT!!!! if you care that much about quality and cheapness...go have a ****ing handrail welded in between your strut towers...problem solved! SUPER strong, SUPER stiff, and if you steal the handrail it'll probably be ilek 50 bucks tops!!!

Website · Post by **TurboKA37** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:49 am

yea, i thought about that but i dont think it would look at good.

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