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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:18 AM
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What strut bar is this? I love it!!!

http://www.i-m-racing.com/gredtdsintur.html
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 03:34 AM
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No idea but their bargain on a cracked RE headlight kit is a friggin joke considering you can buy the RotaryExtreme kit for less and its brand new, real nice.
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 06:22 AM
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I would say that the strut bar is a R1 or R2 RX-7 stock strut but painted blue, however the ends are different...here's mine in the original state. Engine Bay
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:18 PM
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i have a dc sports one on my integra that looks like that..but i don't think that they make strut bars for rx7s
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:33 PM
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What kind of strut tower bar looks good on a montego blue. I like the factory one but red is fugly looking on that color.
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:43 PM
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It looks like a stock strut bar. I had the same idea, wanted to powdercoat a stock bar blue and that looks better then I imagined!
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:48 PM
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If you look closely, you see that it's a CNC'd piece of billet aluminum that's been blue anodized. The stock R1 bar looks different I think. I love the look of this one, it looks super rigid.

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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 02:54 PM
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OK, I emailed IM Racing to see if they know.
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 05:04 PM
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apneablue- u posted that pic just to show off that bling and shove it in our faces and you know it!
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 05:32 PM
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Originally posted by Houdini
OK, I emailed IM Racing to see if they know.
way to take the Initiative
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 07:55 PM
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Pleas tell me that poor RX doesn't have Z3 gills on the fender.
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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those my friend i believe are BORDER fenders, not z3 its good stuff
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 09:40 PM
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yup those r border
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 09:49 PM
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Nice Bar.
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 11:38 PM
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Originally posted by crazysuprakid
What kind of strut tower bar looks good on a montego blue. I like the factory one but red is fugly looking on that color.

You can still get the stock strut bar if you want. It also came in black factory. that would look good with the MB.
For a used one contact Jason at www.JT-Imports.com
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 11:05 AM
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What kind of brackets do u need to mount up the strut bar and where do u order the brackets. Thanks for the info never knew they came in black...
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 11:50 AM
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They seem to have some interesting prices though...
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:06 PM
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most people dont know what brand it is because there are not too many around. its Rod Millen, i dont think he sells them anymore. they were pretty expensive back then. 4+yrs ago. i dont remember exactly what i paid for mine but it was $250+
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:12 PM
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Man, I want one....I searched for Rod Millen stuff but I don't see any RX-7 stuff on his site(s). Any clue where I can get one?
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Old Feb 14, 2003 | 11:43 AM
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im sure its a discontinued product. they were selling it very long time ago. you might want to call them and ask them. it was really a fantastic item. when Brian from M2 saw it he wanted to use it on track race cars.
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Old Feb 14, 2003 | 12:48 PM
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I got a hold of someone in sales at RM and he said they don't make that bar anymore. He said they only have the Cusco.

I have some contacts with some local machine shops in the bay area. If I can get one of those, they could reproduce it for us. Even get it anodized in different colors(red, blue, black, gold). Does anyone have one of these bars in the bay? Machine shops are dying for business right now so I think I could get us a good deal if they made us a batch of 10 or more.

Next to maybe a triangulated strut bar, this is probably the most rigid bar out there for the FD. Plus, it's the best looking one on top of that. Just look at it!!!
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