Just installed my strut tower bar

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northvibe
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Just installed my strut tower bar

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BlueCrush sent me a strut tower bar, recieved it the next day!!! It took like 10 min to install with me screwing around while doing it. I will get the pix up when I get the camera back to my friend to pull them off. Install:I removed the little black C things then fitted the strut bar. Put the 6 nuts back on and tighted them by hand, then fitted the strut bar again. Tightened the 6 nuts again then tightened all the bolts/nuts on the strut bar. And done looks good and I could seriously tell a difference where the front end was stiffer specially pulling in my drive way/alley and making sharp corners. This is a cheap mod I recommend. I purchased the Vibrant Performance strut tower bar in blue.
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Excellent! Glad to see it worked out for you. Enjoy it!
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Here come the pictures

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After

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Lookin' good, man!
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i got more pics, but i had to resize them to fit :D

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engine bay with it installed

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side shot

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does it work or are we talking good looking placebo?
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Post by AKLGT »

some people said it didn't, but when when both phil and i installed my TRD STB, it made a difference in cornering. in fact, i'll be ordering my STB for the LGT in the next few days.
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