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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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Default new front upper strut brace (repainted)

another Homegrown Performance design







thank you come again
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 12:21 AM
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whoa, now that is pretty neat. is it more effective that the standard 2 point braces? or is it most effective at looking cool?
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 01:07 AM
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oh man , now that's hot
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 01:34 AM
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Wow, talk about the nutty proffessor! Hmmm, how many pages is this going to go?
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 02:41 AM
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nice bar!!! i believe there will be minimal advantages to running a bar like this. the radiator support is not very sturdy, and doesn't realyy affect the unibody's rigidity. that is why 3 point fstb's usually connect to the firewall.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:18 AM
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its mostly for looks. and i know the bars that go to the front really have no affect. considering the placement of our strut towers and that the firewall is pretty much blocked off/cluttered with factory items, having the bars go forward was my only option.

i pretty much made it for the "oh sh*t" factor
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:32 AM
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i like it, and i would like to have one for myself. If your interested in makinganother could you PM me a price?
Old Apr 8, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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here's the rear one:



Old Apr 8, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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^^ like that xb.
Old Apr 9, 2005 | 03:45 AM
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man that is good looking stuff GJ!
Old Apr 9, 2005 | 02:49 PM
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Don't know why, but I think if you took some bar steel, and created a "web" design on the front one (like Orange County Chopper spider bike) it would look cool. Maybe I was up too late, and up too early, but it was just a thought.
Old Apr 9, 2005 | 03:05 PM
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looks guuuud!
Old Apr 10, 2005 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Scion05BOPxB
Don't know why, but I think if you took some bar steel, and created a "web" design on the front one (like Orange County Chopper spider bike) it would look cool. Maybe I was up too late, and up too early, but it was just a thought.
i seriously thought the same thing but im not goin for that spider theme
Old Apr 11, 2005 | 01:09 AM
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that looks hardcore. i like it better in black thou.
Old Apr 11, 2005 | 12:49 PM
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Does the rear strut tower brace add any real benefit?
Old Apr 14, 2005 | 02:26 PM
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probably not
Old Apr 14, 2005 | 10:18 PM
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i'd route teh frontward facing bars to the mounting points below the rad support. look you'll know what i mean the points behind teh grill
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