My Christmas present arrived today. A CUSCO Type-AS front strut bar. I paid $108, no tax free shipping from http://intensepower.com.

I know its not gonna help in handling...i just feel like doing a bit of engine bay dress up.

heres a few pics since not many people have one...gonna install it later on the weekend

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/mystikness/IMG_0448.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/mystikness/IMG_0446.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/mystikness/IMG_0447.jpg

Ok, so i decided to install it this morning and it was quite a hassle. I hard a hard time putting on the driver side mounting hole over the bolt because there was a small tray from the wiper motors that stuck out a bit too far making it impossible to fit the mount in. I ended up cutting off a bit of the piece that stuck out and it fit with a bit of wiggling. Other than that small issue, everything else fitted perfectly. heres how they look installed, quite normal and i like the fact that its adjustable. :)

as a side note...the wiper blades were a bish to take off...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/mystikness/IMG_0451.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/mystikness/IMG_0452.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/mystikness/IMG_0453.jpg

they make a strut bar for us?

ballin

i dont see how it would not help is handling, atleast some just like any other strut bar...

what i mean is that its not gonna be a huge noticeable difference. i dont expect it to be anything drastic.

as for CUSCO making a strut for us...its been out for a while but not many people buy it...mostly you see TRD or the DC bars.

its nice though... i know a friend here that owns a set of Cusco coilovers... sick stuff man.. i want one T_T

good stuff. yeah it doesnt help in handling but it helps in keeping the car from flexing.

nice nice. waiting for pics on the car!

was browsing the website he bought it from and this is what it looks like on the car

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/hotshotpinoy88/ntnsracing_2030_18605708.jpg

they make a strut bar for us?

ballin

And coilovers. I'm probably going to upgrade to them in a few years.

not bad at all.

yeah, itll look like the one from their website...cept i have a CSM and not a NBM tC. gonna install it later today

they make a strut bar for us?

ballin

And coilovers. I'm probably going to upgrade to them in a few years.

i heard they arnt damper adjustable though. and dunno if theyll come out with a "Version 2" upgrade like they do for their other coilovers which add the damper adjust.

It will help handling, how much is the question. It should help at least a little with understear which is what the tc suffers from. Its gonna also depend on other suspension mods you have. Stiffer springs will help also. I'm in the midst of upgrading quite a bit on my 06 and as far as I'm concerned a front strut bar is a must have. Good Investment.

yeah, im trying to just get a better handling car. the backs a bit too low so its kinda ruining my handling...gonna try to get that fixed later. thanks for the comments

i would so get this if i didnt have my ebay one

Not bad for that price!!!!