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Old Apr 8, 2009, 09:17 AM
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finding strut bar 03 oz

hey guys im having a hell of a time trying to find a front upper strut bar for my 2003 OZ lancer. i got one off ebay for cheap but it didnt fit. does anyone know where to find strut bars for my car? and possibly kinda cheap?
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Originally Posted by cold_meat101
and possibly kinda cheap?
If you can weld, make one yourself.
If you know someone who can weld, get it made.

It's not that hard to make a functional strut bar.
EngineerBoy made mine back in the days. Although it's a really simple product, it serves its purpose the way it should.

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That's what it looks like and it works.
Old Apr 28, 2009, 09:27 AM
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Road Race Motorsports (RRM), $149.00

http://www.roadracemotorsports.com/s...ndex&cPath=1_4

I currently have the rear strut support (red), it fits perfect.
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definitely go with the rrm strut bar. front or rear they are awesome.
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Originally Posted by jdparadee
definitely go with the rrm strut bar. front or rear they are awesome.
Lol, why?
Cause they're the only ones available
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RRM will have quality parts but man they charge a lot for them. 150 bucks for a couple pieces of tubing welded together is pretty high. I think going through ebay will do you just fine if you find a quality seller
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Originally Posted by WangMan
150 bucks for a couple pieces of tubing welded together is pretty high.
Don't forget their bars are "powder coated", so that drives the cost up a little. I just hope the powder coat on the strut bar is more decent than the powder coat on their intake manifolds

Now do the math my way:

125$ for a used welder
25$ for steel
1 hour of your time
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a strut bar, and a welder

That's right... for the same amount of money, you get a bar that you can slap on your car, and you get a welder you'll be able to use for an infinite number of projects.

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Originally Posted by blaze_125
If you can weld, make one yourself.
If you know someone who can weld, get it made.

It's not that hard to make a functional strut bar.
EngineerBoy made mine back in the days. Although it's a really simple product, it serves its purpose the way it should.

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_|.................|_
(This board kills spaces, so the bunch of dots are actually spaces.)
That's what it looks like and it works.
If you can weld, why not just weld a bar between the strut towers and don't bother with the mounting points
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Originally Posted by 03_Lancer_ES
If you can weld, why not just weld a bar between the strut towers and don't bother with the mounting points
You could.
But mounting points give you the ability to remove the bar if ever you wanted to.
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Touche good sir, lol
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Does the RRM front strut bars fit on an automatic?
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Yes but if you have cruise control, then probably not, as the cruise servo is in the way.
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RRM strut bars will fit even if you have cruise control. It's the ebay type bars that usually don't fit over it.
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