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Strut Bar / Strut Tower Brace - New

To suit:

r32 skyline (front and rear)

s13 silvia/180sx (front and rear)

S14 & S15 200sx (front only)

I'm looking into getting R33 and R34, if you are interested PM me and i'll send out a group PM when I can get them.

PM to order

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$69 each

($138 front & rear)

-Tim

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for me, they made a big difference, rear end used to be a bit unpredictable due to relatively soft coilovers, and since i've had the rear strut brace in it's helped that a lot. I've noticed especially when drifting, weight transitions on corners where you change direction have been a lot more smooth than it used to be.

sorry to be a hassle mate, but would you be able to take a pic of how much height clearance you get over the plenum/throttle intake. I've got an rb25 in my 32 and its hard to find a strut brace with enough clearance.

Thanks

Oh, and i'll grab a rear brace too..!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/merli...e/IM000026s.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/merli...e/IM000027s.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/merli...e/IM000028s.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/merli...e/IM000029s.jpg

by the looks of things there is ok clearance. take note of where the actual bar runs in realtion to the intake piping before the manifold (in 3rd pic) - as in the case of the rb20 the bar is to the side of intake pipe, (not directly above it).

There seems to be plenty of clearance over engine and at least one inch clearance from rb20det intake manifold. No idea how high rb25det manifold sits.

The only suggestion I can make is perhaps use washers on the drivers side to increase the height of the bar. This is quite safe as long as you don't run out of thread on the strut top bolt's.

Hope this helps, PM me if you wish to order and I'll send bank account details.

-Tim

cool, thanks for that.

only strut bar that has trouble fitting, is the S13 one with a CA18DET as the rocker cover is slightly too high. It can be fixed by using washers to space one side up a bit.

  • 4 weeks later...
Merlin you need to become a registered trader if you wish to continue trading here.

Please PM me for more information

PM sent,

I have one pair of r32 left, I'm no longer selling these.

-Tim

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