help my online search for rear strut bar

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » February 19th, 2005, 7:05 pm

looking for a rear strut tower bar for my mx, but haven't seen one on ebay in ages... don't feel like paying $79 + shipping to corksport either... when i'm searching online, what other cars' rear strut tower bar will fit the mx? so that instead of typing in "mx-3 rear strut tower bar" i can type in another model to get more results... thanks in advance

neutral · Post by **neutral** » February 19th, 2005, 7:22 pm

protege. Not sure of all the interchangeable model years but it's something like 1991-98. Here's a place that still carries the rear strut brace for $35 USD. Scroll to bottom of the page. http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/perfo ... and=toucan

DavidOS · Post by **DavidOS** » February 19th, 2005, 10:12 pm

corksport.com

psituning.ca

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 19th, 2005, 11:42 pm

The packaging for 1 of my 2 strut tower braces actually said it was for a Protege. Neutral's probably correct.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » February 21st, 2005, 1:01 pm

they used to be all over ebay, but i just searched for a bunch of different cars & they don't have any listings for em anymore. Only front bars is what I can find.

I have a rear bar sitting in my basement that i may or may not install. I'm still debating cutting up my trunk panels to fit it in the trunk area.

DavidOS · Post by **DavidOS** » February 21st, 2005, 1:44 pm

psituning.ca sells them front and rears.
130 cad for both

Cyn · Post by **Cyn** » February 21st, 2005, 11:05 pm

DavidOS wrote:psituning.ca sells them front and rears.
130 cad for both

Hey Mark, David is right on the price. I actually bought both my bars from PSI tuning and I'm loving them. Shipping shouldn't kill you either. Also, you'll be glad to pay CDN instead of Greenbacks. Hope it helps.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 22nd, 2005, 10:02 am

Here you go M M - $27.95ea - gotta like that.

http://www.cardomain.com/shoplist~b~Rac ... Strut+Bars

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » February 22nd, 2005, 10:54 am

jschrauwen wrote:Here you go M M - $27.95ea - gotta like that.

http://www.cardomain.com/shoplist~b~Rac ... Strut+Bars

nice i'll be ordering one of these soon... just hope cutting up the rear panels to make this bad boy fit makes for a relatively easy install... whatever it takes i guess

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 22nd, 2005, 6:53 pm

MarkMoore wrote:nice i'll be ordering one of these soon... just hope cutting up the rear panels to make this bad boy fit makes for a relatively easy install... whatever it takes i guess

M M: Don't sweat the rear install. Biggist hassle is taking the speaker grills off to get at the plastic. I believe that you only have to cut about a 1" x 1" piece of plastic that's on the edge of plastic pieces. Quite easy once you've started. Good luck.

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » February 23rd, 2005, 8:34 pm

that baby's on it's way as we speak!!

oh yea, i also caved and spent $67 on the workshop manual today... but hey, spending $$$ on the mx is fun, even if it is only for a book

neutral · Post by **neutral** » February 23rd, 2005, 8:40 pm

MarkMoore wrote:...oh yea, i also caved and spent $67 on the workshop manual today... but hey, spending $$$ on the mx is fun, even if it is only for a book

$67 always sounds like a lot, especially when compared to 10-$20 Chilton's, Haynes or whatevah. But you will save a minimum of 10X that $67 cost and probably will save much more by having that "bible" in hand.

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » February 23rd, 2005, 8:52 pm

neutral wrote:
MarkMoore wrote:...oh yea, i also caved and spent $67 on the workshop manual today... but hey, spending $$$ on the mx is fun, even if it is only for a book
$67 always sounds like a lot, especially when compared to 10-$20 Chilton's, Haynes or whatevah. But you will save a minimum of 10X that $67 cost and probably will save much more by having that "bible" in hand.

yea, well i'm actually kicking myself here... i spent $20 on an owner's manual on ebay back in June when i got my car, but sure enough the guy never sent my merchandise and probably hightailed it to Costa Rica livin' it up on MY $20 (ebay even said he was no longer a member due to scamming), and then i went out and bought the chilton's manual for probably another $20, and i've used that a couple times, but then i keep on hearing all the people raving about how great the workshop manual is, and about how every one needs one, so i caved on that too... i really wish i woulda just went out and bought the workshop manual from the start!!! oh well, live and learn right?

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 23rd, 2005, 10:15 pm

MarkMoore wrote:that baby's on it's way as we speak!!
oh yea, i also caved and spent $67 on the workshop manual today... but hey, spending $$$ on the mx is fun, even if it is only for a book

M M: Good show on the strut braces and money well spent on the "Bible". Let us know how the strut brace install goes.