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well I bought the TRD strut tower bar off of Northvibe and so far love it. i've noticed a different right away..it's abit stiffer. anyways thanks again north for selling it and glad we got the ordeal over with(you know lol)..on with the pics!i wasnt sure about the C bracket so i left it on for the mean time. let me know how you installed your stbnorth mentioned he took his off and doesnt know why everyone leaves them on..is it a big deal if they're left on? or not?? let me hear it

You must have been around here awhile. Pics before we ask for them? Damn, you're good.

lol well i've seen the mob attack a few times and damn it, didnt want that to be me. but yes i've been around abit now

but i want to be part of an angry mob...

maybe next time young jedi, maybe next time

hey looks good! that gray is like a stealth color, no one will know its installed

lol ya..well its actually more of a moonstone then stealth..but i know what you're saying..

should put a few washers under the front bolt to get the torque specks correct when you retorqued the nuts.

Looks good man.Wow,someone has money now. I figured the strut bar from North would be all scratched up(jk).Take the C brackets off,or at least put them on top,waterdown.Judging by this pic,the paint guys at nummi were drinking.

do you happen to know the amount of ft-lbs it is for the strut nuts? i just tighted them as hard as i could..so i know it wouldnt come off.kevin did you take yours off completly? or put it back on top??

I took mine off,and I just parked on a flat surface and tightned it up to as hard as I could.

awesome..gonna have to do this tomorrow after work

29ft lbs.Torque: 39 NVm (398 kgfVcm, 29 ftVlbf)

ok thanks for the info keith!

29ft lbs - need to write that down to remember!

well i meant like a stealth general color as in it fits the engine bay with out notice. ahhh good ole days in the modded vibe :/ i kinda miss it already. wait..i think thats cuz theres snow out and the vibe had snow tires...hahha driving to work today in snow was like driving a nascar to work :s

take off those C clamps. I also had the TRD STB and so did Mavrik (whom mine went to when i traded the VGT in). i really liked mine and will most likely have a STB for any vehicle I own in the future.

well i took off the C clamps today..the passanger side was abit obstructed with the ac line where some clamp is..so it wasnt to much problems..but they're off! thanks for the responses for that issue

wife beat me to it but I was going to yell and start an angry mob about those C clamps.

looks great!.....anybody have a part number for this?, any other colors?, price?

lol yea i wasnt to sure what to do..so i figured i'd leave them on..til got advice from you guys..then do what would be the best to do..but they're off now and love it..definitly worth the buynext up is probably sway bars and lowering springs

i want to find this one.....as seen here...http://toyotaterritory.com/SCION.ASPX

probably won't fit.

That's sweet, but now you should take it off and either color match it, ot color contrast it... Nah, screw it, it looks great..

Quote, originally posted by Sublimewind »That's sweet, but now you should take it off and either color match it, ot color contrast it... Nah, screw it, it looks great.. dont know if you're talkin to me or responder lol, but if you're talkin to me..im leaving it the same color..cause i may change my color scheme from the blue/gold to the blue/gun metal..im picky with rims and gold is just hard to find and expensive for some reason..also hard to find rims that look decent and arent $300+ each..i've seen a wave colored matrix with gunmetal rims and it looks sharp

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »dont know if you're talkin to me or responder lol, but if you're talkin to me..im leaving it the same color..cause i may change my color scheme from the blue/gold to the blue/gun metal..im picky with rims and gold is just hard to find and expensive for some reason..also hard to find rims that look decent and arent $300+ each..i've seen a wave colored matrix with gunmetal rims and it looks sharpYou are the one with the strut bar, so i'm talkin to you mang... That blue with GOLD rims would be sweet... Look at Rota rims for cheap but decent wheels, a LOT of the Subie guys run Rota, because they copy so many of the popular styles....

ya i've been looking at alot of rims lately..i like the enkei RSV in bronze..but i dont know about gold now

So, where can I buy Rota wheels in or around the Indy area?

i just went to their website..they're based in the philippenes and ship to everywhere else...theirs a few rims i saw on their site that im interested..gonna have to check local shops..see what they got..and see how much the rims i saw on their website are..here's the website incase you wanna have a look aswell jsimon63http://www.rotawheels.com/index.php

Thanks! I had already checked out what they have too. Even some rims for my Metro!

ya they got some nice rims..was looking at 6 sets.. the Battle, GR-A, P45F, Quake, Tarmac3, Torque(my favorite) and the 2 "latest wheels" the special stage and the wtc