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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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and is the change very noticible?
Old Jan 22, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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i like my greddy.
Old Jan 23, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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i like my cd bar. performance wise. unless you are doin some hard cornering there really is no use for it. just looks
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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The best one for the tC is the one that looks the best to you, literally. There is very little performance impact with any of the bars.
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 07:37 AM
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My friend has the greddy and loves it.
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 02:39 PM
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The best one is your personal preference on looks. TRD, Hotchkis, DC Sports, Greddy, etc.... Whatever you think looks best. There's not much difference in how they perform.
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 03:54 AM
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my brother has greddy, brags to me everyday about it lol, but i cant say anything back because it is amazing
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 04:22 AM
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all strutbar will increase ridigity... it all comes down to brand, price, and look
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 05:43 AM
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DC Sports looks like it had the design for most rigidity.
Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:13 AM
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Yea the DC Sports one is not too expensive too
Old Feb 7, 2006 | 10:41 AM
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Better handling on turns comes from a drop in ride height or Strut/tower bars? Since a couple of you are saying the bars don't really make to much of a difference. Greddy and DC so far on on top of this list
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 03:39 AM
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Tanabe -- great price, great look
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 04:59 AM
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I second the Tanabe.
Old Feb 25, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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Anyone have the Greddy Rear bar installed? I just got mine yesterday and am wondering how much cutting I am going to have to do to make it work. Any pictures would be great!!!
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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i dont think you have to cut at all to make the rear sway work, i saw a pic of it a while ago...looked like all interior was kept no modifying...
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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The rear strut towers are covered by the thin rear panel covers. I cut 2 little slices and forced the brace arms right through. I was scared that I would have had to do a lot of cutting, but it went really smooth. Looks really nice, except I now need to shave down my amp rack to have them sit nicely. More work
Old Mar 15, 2006 | 01:35 PM
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Here's a link to someone who has the GREDDY rear strut bar installed. If ur willing to cut the carpet, it doesn't look bad at all.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=110161
Old Mar 15, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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I think this thread has all of the strut bar info we could need:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=90916
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