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Old 02-12-03, 02:18 AM
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What strut bar is this? I love it!!!

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Old 02-12-03, 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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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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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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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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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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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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OK, I emailed IM Racing to see if they know.
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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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Originally posted by Houdini
OK, I emailed IM Racing to see if they know.
way to take the Initiative
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Pleas tell me that poor RX doesn't have Z3 gills on the fender.
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those my friend i believe are BORDER fenders, not z3 its good stuff
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yup those r border
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Nice Bar.
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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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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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They seem to have some interesting prices though...
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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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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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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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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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