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Old 12-21-2005, 07:36 PM
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I'm on Ebay looking for a Strut Tower Brace. I wanted to get a BBK, but I found some on Ebay that are much cheaper. I don't want to sacrifice quality to save money, so can some of you look at these 3 I've picked out on Ebay and tell me if they are a good product? Thanx.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MUSTA...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1986-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-87...QQcmdZViewItem

Oh, I forgot to mention. Putting it on an 1989 LX 5.0
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Old 12-21-2005, 07:58 PM
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they look the same, but that doesn't mean they are. I'm not saying they won't work just as well, but i personally wouldn't chance it. If you look around, you can find bbk and several others for around $100 or less. I like Maximum Motorsports, but it's a little more.
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All three of those look almost exactly the same. You really can't go wrong with something like that, no sense in paying around 100 for a namebrand bar that will do exactly what a 20 dollar ebay bar will do.

All a strut brace does is keep the strut towers from flexing out of unison during hard cornering. As long as the bar doesn't have any fitment nuts on it, it'll work just fine. (fitment nuts = weak points in the brace)
 
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Thanx lol. I just thought there could be a difference in the quality of the metal they use. Like gspfunk said, they look exactly the same, but that doesn't mean they are. I saw a bbk bar on there for $90. I mean maybe I should spend the extra 10$-$20 for the bbk. At least I would have the piece of mind that its a good, name brand product.
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