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Old 11-21-09, 08:59 AM
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3rd gen strut bar on a 1st gen
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Old 11-22-09, 10:59 AM
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did you take a strut bar and weld it to another piece to make it fit or how did that work?
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Old 11-22-09, 11:38 AM
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The strut bar is bolted to a custom mounting piece that is then bolted to the strut towers.

Looks awkward to me.
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Old 11-22-09, 11:53 AM
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Clean looking work, but what was the point?
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looks funny to me, it should sit farther back.
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Originally Posted by nitsudg
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this is a waste of a good FD bar.
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I would like to build one
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The custom extensions probably flex enough to make the strut bar worthless.
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You know RE-Speed makes an FB specific strut bar, right? I've got one, and it didn't take any fab work to get it bolted on either. I commend you on your efforts, but the question needs to be asked. Why? The FD bar is no better or worse than the RE-Speed FB bar.
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Originally Posted by orion84gsl
You know RE-Speed makes an FB specific strut bar, right? I've got one, and it didn't take any fab work to get it bolted on either. I commend you on your efforts, but the question needs to be asked. Why? The FD bar is no better or worse than the RE-Speed FB bar.
I was wondering the same thing. It looks like he wants to keep the stock air cleaner, which I'm guessing the RE-Speed bar doesn't accomidate? idk?
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