I would assume that these are simply capacitors with cool names?Do these actually do anything useful besides clutter up (Or dress up - depending on how you look at it) your engine bay?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/GTR-GROUND-...wItem
Also, are these ebay strut bars worth buying, or should a guy drop $150 from Stillen or something like that?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/00-01-02-03...wItem
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I've personally never heard of a voltage stabilizer but the grounding kits do come recommended by most people who install them. Some have even seen performance gains most likely due to bad grounds which can affect the entire engine control system (mostly things like injection and spark that would likely be affected most).
Those types of strut bars I definitely don't recommend. I highly recommend going with a steel strut bar that has solid mounts (that particular one can swivel, you don't want that). That will be the absolute best you can get. Most aluminum ones like that on ebay are junk at best. I got one, bolted it up as tight as I could, then pushed on it... flexed like a piece of wood. Definitely not going to keep the strut towers in check like a good steel bar. Weight differences would be negligible. I went to a Nissan dealership and put my full body weight (nearly 300 lbs) on a stock 350Z strut bar and could not flex it at all. That's a good strut bar.
Those types of strut bars I definitely don't recommend. I highly recommend going with a steel strut bar that has solid mounts (that particular one can swivel, you don't want that). That will be the absolute best you can get. Most aluminum ones like that on ebay are junk at best. I got one, bolted it up as tight as I could, then pushed on it... flexed like a piece of wood. Definitely not going to keep the strut towers in check like a good steel bar. Weight differences would be negligible. I went to a Nissan dealership and put my full body weight (nearly 300 lbs) on a stock 350Z strut bar and could not flex it at all. That's a good strut bar.
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A) Drop at least $100 on a strut bar. I got mine from Alutec through paradox for $120. Cattman is $150 I believe and Stillen is the most expensive because of its name. Most Ebay strut bars are a joke, so just save up your money for something worth having. As a general rule, if a mechanic will laugh at it, don't buy it.
B) This kit is just a grounding kit. I have no idea what the voltage stabilizer does. But the grounding kit is a good thing, though not anywhere near the top of my list of things to do.
B) This kit is just a grounding kit. I have no idea what the voltage stabilizer does. But the grounding kit is a good thing, though not anywhere near the top of my list of things to do.