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    hey any of you guys seen/used those strut bars they have on ebay for like $50+. well i got one for 52 thought that since it was cheap i had nothing to lose. they are damn awesome. waaaay less body roll and stiffen up the suspension heaps. best cheap mod i can think of if you commy fellas wanna make yer cars handle better

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    im thinking of getting one. I have superlow kings and monro gt gas shocks and i get brutal body roll. I also i think i have a few probs up front. I know i need a new ball joint and i thik i need the link arms as well. Prob should do all the rubbers as well whist im under there. Is there a kit you can get??

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    I've got one (whiteline) and the car handles quite. An idea is to change the stabliser links from the strut to the lower control arms like the VL's. The car have a reduced body roll but an issue is if you stiffen up too much the front there could be a tendency to have understeer.

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    The ones on Ebay i dont think will last. Look at how thin the metal is, especially near the rings and the rings themselves. But the ones from Whiteline would be a different story i would think?

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    i got a nolothane one. it goes around the back of the motor instead of over the top. looks alot neater

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    where do i get the nolothane rubber kits and those strengthed link bars from and how much would i be looking at paying

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    A couple of months ago some one on here was complaining about how crap one he bought off ebay was. Dont know if there the same.

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    Just got one off ebay - might have an issue with strength but it may hold up. Only problem i have is the brake fluid container is in the way lol. Little help?

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    i have one of these from ebay, they are pretty good. i actually noticed a difference.

    The strength isnt to bad, but i know someone who has one of these and had it re-welded to make it stronger.

    there is some joints wich are not even complete welds, its pretty bad, but it will take like 5 seconds at a shop to weld that up, prolly cost you 5 bux or something.
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