ebay strut tower braces ??
ebay strut tower braces ??
are they any good? i'm planning to get a set and i wanted to kno if the ones off of ebay are worth the time and money.. i hear lots of good stuff about the corksport ones. that's what im going to go with if the ebay ones suck..
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Re: ebay strut tower braces ??
allright i got the corksport ones...& have seen the ebay ones...the big differance is that i noticed was you can grab the ebay ones & flex them....mine u cant.....
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Re: ebay strut tower braces ??
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by monty73741:
you can grab the ebay ones & flex them<hr></blockquote><p>Doesnt that defeat their purpose?
you can grab the ebay ones & flex them<hr></blockquote><p>Doesnt that defeat their purpose?
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Either you are strong as **** and can bend stuff like superman, or you were smoking some good sh!t!!<p>My ebay bar made by "tech racing" is solid as ****. Its solid aluminum. (ya know...the same stuff that police night-sticks are made of). If i smashed someone in the face with it, they'd probably die instantly, and the bar would look like nothing happened to it.<p>The only benefit I can see by buying one of those 150 dollar corksport bars is a slight increase in rigidity. If you don't want to spend 3 times the money for about 20% more rigidity (which won't make a difference anyways) then buy an ebay bar! you can get a pair shipped for about $60, compared to corksports $150 each plus shipping bars
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my corksport ones were 79.99 each + shipping
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Re: ebay strut tower braces ??
I bought one of the ebay ones for the front and it cost like $25 with the shipping. I didn't jump up and down on it but it wasn't going to bend with just regular use. The Corksport is probably better (in fact I have one of the CS ones on the rear) but by degrees not a huge amount.
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I was neiling on mine cause i needed to reach beside my computer desk and didnt feel like moving them, and they didnt noticably flex
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Re: ebay strut tower braces ??
when i was @ the first md meet.....i grab either vlad or stass bar & it flexed......<p>jason
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Re: ebay strut tower braces ??
now fernado bought the corskport mx-3...& it has a brace but i think its a one off
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Re: ebay strut tower braces ??
i think fernando's front strut bar is cusco.