racingbeat strut bar
03-13-05, 11:57 PM
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racingbeat strut bar
hey guys someone posted before about the racing beat strut bar with that motor stabalizer or w/e was wondering if i could get the part number and see some pics
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03-14-05, 12:22 PM
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Racing beat's strut bar from their site: http://www.racingbeat.com/photos/14035.jpg
http://www.racingbeat.com/FRmazda2.htm
http://www.racingbeat.com/FRmazda2.htm
03-14-05, 01:25 PM
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don't waste your money on racing beat strut bars. Just buy 2 off ebay for 10 bucks each. The front fit fine even with my top mount intercooler I was running at that time. The rear didn't fit the vert as well and I needed to cut a corner of the bracket off. Great handling upgrade with these added.
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...now that is supreme laziness. 
03-14-05, 10:42 PM
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http://cpracing.ca/ the triangulated one costs $150
03-15-05, 12:43 AM
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thats a lot better price, but when you know it only costs them 5$ to make one, even paying that much hurts. I would go with that guy in the front and then a 10$ ebay one in the back.
03-15-05, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by DannyD
thats a lot better price, but when you know it only costs them 5$ to make one, even paying that much hurts. I would go with that guy in the front and then a 10$ ebay one in the back.
03-15-05, 08:01 AM
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mazda trix is over priced and cpraing has had some serious fittiment porblems. Do a search and you will know where I am coming from. I bought a CP rear strut bar that in no way shape or form would ever fit a 2nd gen. If it fit I would have had to weld it into place in the back? Your money would be better spent in a set of coilovers from ground control and some agx adjustable shocks/struts for handling. And you have to ask yourself do you need a torgue brace on a car that only has about 100lbs of torgue?
03-15-05, 01:15 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33591
This is exactly what I mean. I bought 2 like this and had the center pieces powder coated and the work and look fine. And the rear one in this picture has already been cut out so it looks like it will bolt right up. Spend your money on some new shocks and springs. You probably running around on the stockers that should have been replaced at 50k.
This is exactly what I mean. I bought 2 like this and had the center pieces powder coated and the work and look fine. And the rear one in this picture has already been cut out so it looks like it will bolt right up. Spend your money on some new shocks and springs. You probably running around on the stockers that should have been replaced at 50k.
03-15-05, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Bukwild
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33591
This is exactly what I mean. I bought 2 like this and had the center pieces powder coated and the work and look fine. And the rear one in this picture has already been cut out so it looks like it will bolt right up. Spend your money on some new shocks and springs. You probably running around on the stockers that should have been replaced at 50k.
This is exactly what I mean. I bought 2 like this and had the center pieces powder coated and the work and look fine. And the rear one in this picture has already been cut out so it looks like it will bolt right up. Spend your money on some new shocks and springs. You probably running around on the stockers that should have been replaced at 50k.
03-15-05, 11:16 PM
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That's very true that money of that quanitity would be better spent on shocks. A big part of the reason I bought my triangulated CP bar was because when taking a corner @ highspeed the windshield was making an unhappy noise. Problem solved with the CP bar, it's seriously beefy and I had no fitting problems. I can't say I felt a difference though. I have a bit of trouble believing that the ebay bars perform the same task. One of the RX-8s running in the Grand Am Cup series runs a CP bar. If the ebay bars did the same thing, wouldn't they want to save the 3lbs weight difference between the two? 
03-16-05, 08:58 AM
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ya if you actually want to stiffen your front end up and are not doing this because everyone else has a strut bar, get the CP bar. i have the front and rear triagulated bars and they are amazing, all one solid piece so there are no joints to bend or anything. the first time you drive over train tracks you will know theres a difference, and you can feel it in the turns
