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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Regpaq,Mar 21 2009, 01:51 PM
noob question. why wouldn't a spoon or pwjdm strut not outperform one from ebay?
Cause they all do absolutely nothing. If you look below it there is a huge cross member brace. These are for looks and looks only when you get a "baller" shock tower bar.
And even if there wasn't a brace stock there, an ebay one is metal the same as a spoon one is. Metal is metal as long as it is made the right size and all. It doesn't care if it says Spoon on it or nothing haha.
But yeah certainly for this car ebay =$28 Spoon=$300? or so. Both do nothing besides looks and a place to lean on when working under the hood which is the reason why I plan to buy an ebay one.
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 2003s2k2003,Mar 21 2009, 10:36 AM
Cause they all do absolutely nothing. If you look below it there is a huge cross member brace. These are for looks and looks only when you get a "baller" shock tower bar.
And even if there wasn't a brace stock there, an ebay one is metal the same as a spoon one is. Metal is metal as long as it is made the right size and all. It doesn't care if it says Spoon on it or nothing haha.
But yeah certainly for this car ebay =$28 Spoon=$300? or so. Both do nothing besides looks and a place to lean on when working under the hood which is the reason why I plan to buy an ebay one.
hm I see...
but aren't there different stifness depending on how thick they are?
and thats regarding other cars without the brace
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Regpaq,Mar 21 2009, 02:41 PM
hm I see...
but aren't there different stifness depending on how thick they are?
and thats regarding other cars without the brace
Most cars strut tower bars do very little. A sway bar on the other hand there are many different thickness levels and they make big differences. On this car and others. As for spending more money on a spoon or pwjdm etc it is just a big waste of money unless you really like having a jdm name or something on your brace.
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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ahh I guess I was getting confused with sway bars. Thanks for the info
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kfrog,Mar 20 2009, 07:44 PM
Wow im buying an ebay strut bar for sure. It will be a good $20 spent. They are all the same anyway or such an insignificant diff that no one would ever notice.


just bought one yesterday! it came out to $30!!! its better than paying over $100 for something that almost does nothing!
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Sinji,Mar 21 2008, 07:13 AM
i always wondered where the bottom links connect to and if this would work with a spoon lower x brace...
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MasterForce,Mar 22 2009, 12:52 AM


just bought one yesterday! it came out to $30!!! its better than paying over $100 for something that almost does nothing!
You should have just sent me the $30. I also do almost nothing.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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look at zdave talkin smack in the mod forum! Sweet!!
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 03:26 PM
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by shotiable,Mar 21 2009, 11:00 PM
i always wondered where the bottom links connect to and if this would work with a spoon lower x brace...
it will fit with the lower Spoon X-brace.
it connect to the subframe.
here:

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