I watched this auction just for ***** and giggles..........glad to see there are still people out there with more money than f'ing brains.............

You gotta laugh.

I'm guessing my $20 no-name strut bar does about 99% the same thing, and, err, leaves me about $335 left over for...................

C-ya.

David

 

Here's the auction.........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...400431228&rd=1

 

Well..

It IS..the original RX7 strut bar..not any other strut bar..although I admit I wouldn't pay that much for one.

Now what would be idiotic, would be if some ricer bought it for his car even though it doesn't fit.

 

I paid $200 for mine used but in excellent condition.

It's not about being a moron, it's about being ****

 

That is getting pretty steep for a OEM bar, although it is much nicer IMHO than any aftermarket bars.

The R1 bar is better than any other factory bar also, on R2s they changed to a cheaper design, eliminating both the length adjustment and the Heim joint.

The cheapy aftermarket bars probably do almost the same job. I still stand by my statement that you can't tell the difference with and without, well 99.99% of the people can't tell.

Looks do matter, the R1 bar wins hands down. I'd pay up to about $250 for one (if I didn't have one already).

Jeff
R1 bar with chrome ends, nothing looks better.

 

Perhaps I should re-phrase.............

$200 seems to be the going price................that's about what I expected it to end up at ................

$355 (almost double that) is Moronic..............

JMHO..............

David

 

I bid on one of those but I dropped off way before that. jt imports has them for $185

 

Same exact brace? For 185? Now I'm really laughing.

 

185 used, 300 new. Whoever won this bid really got screwed.

 

hahah perhaps they should bid on some **** lube too.

 

$300 new? I was under the impression (from some older posts) that the stock R1 strut bar new was more like $500+ from a Mazda dealer...

 

Hell, If my Fd came with one, I have a touring, I'd sell it on Ebay for 355.00 and then buy the $20.00 and pocket the 335.00...lol

 

Actually I think the R1 bar is something like $800 from the dealer. Yeah, that is crazy.

 

I picked mine up used from a CYM for $200 I believe. It was in great condition. I bought it cause at that time I thought I was going to buy a touring, but ended up getting a R2. So now I have this extra bar sitting around. Probably gonna hang it up on the wall or something.

 

Yep.. $335.00 that could go to something more important, I know you guys may disagree but there ain't a whole lot of difference to me between the $20.00 and the genuine Mazda one. Sure one may be prettier, but when you have a $20.00 bar and $335.00 spent somewhere else how often are you going to look under your hood and say "I wish I would have paid $300.00+(or even $200.00) for a R1/R2 bar.."??

 

you were crossing your fingers right?

 

I think I'll sell mine too.

 

I saw $300 brand new on JTs site

 

It's gotta be the red color.........

My new business plan is:

Buy POS strut bars, like mine: $20
Red spray paint for brace: $.10
Ebay ad for red POS brace: $1.50

Some dumbass bidding his ***** off on the red brace on ebay, after I advertise it as "looking like the JDM, acting like the JDM, but with an additional 15 RWHP":

PRICELESS!!!!

 

And it was used too.

 

This is from JT Imports, I'm sure a Mazda Dealer is much more.

 

i cant belive thhat someone paid that much

 

Thats the same person that I was complaining about on a Rz steering wheel she bidding like 8 times with in five minutes with out any one counter bidding.

 

maybe someone should buy a couple from JT used and sell em on ebay

 

Yup...........see my business plan a couple of posts up.