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Old 06-22-2009, 11:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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J's Racing Front Strut Bar Installed (R18) !!!

Here is the J's Racing Front Strut Bar installed on my 2007 EX coupe... I also got a J's Radiator Cap with it. I know some people that have left the side plastice covers off. I just cut a hole for the bracket to pass through it, and they fit on fine now.













updated pic with the K&N short ram intake, even tighter fit than with the stock airbox.




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Old 06-23-2009, 12:39 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It looks nice and all but isn't that kind of retarded? You just lost the ability to easily top up your clutch and brake reservoir, get at the air filter and it even looks to cover the oil fill on the valve cover
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LOL.. good luck trying to install an intake now..

but a nice fine piece of art though.
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how much did you get it for and where?
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It looks nice and all but isn't that kind of retarded? You just lost the ability to easily top up your clutch and brake reservoir, get at the air filter and it even looks to cover the oil fill on the valve cover
Well for the amount of times you need to top of those fluids, i'm not to worried. It takes all of 30 seconds to take the bar off and maybe 2 minutes to take the bracket off. I'm installing a K&N short ram intake in a couple days so I wont need to worry about the stock airbox anymore either.
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LOL.. good luck trying to install an intake now..

but a nice fine piece of art though.
I'll just have to take the bar off the brackets to install my K&N SRI, that should be here in a few days....
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how much did you get it for and where?
I got it from a local shop, here in Calgary. So my I got a good price on it because I've got lots of stuff from them.

It is on the J's Racing Website for $231 USD
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Old 06-23-2009, 09:55 PM   #8 (permalink)
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feel a difference in handling ?
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I like, it looks good, but I also like the three point one they have out but its not by J's Racing..
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mhmm i might get one. is this the one for the fd2?
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it fits all cars.
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Looks good,nice job !!!
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feel a difference in handling ?
Not really.... I don't really drive my car that hard so if it actually helps its not that noticable.

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mhmm i might get one. is this the one for the fd2?
yep the FD2 one

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I like, it looks good, but I also like the three point one they have out but its not by J's Racing..
Ya the 3 point bar is the Cusco one. That one was a little to flashy for me, so I went with this one.
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Old 06-26-2009, 08:49 PM   #14 (permalink)
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looks nice. what do you think of the PRO Design Strut Tower Bars thats selling in procivic.com?
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waste of money IMO.
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hey could you contact your local tuner shop and see if they could get me one of these !
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Here is the local shops website.....

speedtech racing development || ver.2

I don't know if they order them in and then ship them out or not? I deal with the store located in Calgary. Tell them where you are and maybe they will direct you to a shop closer to you.
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my strut bar looks nothing like that complete hidden under that plastic
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