Received my front and rear strut tower bar from Supermac last night, and right away installed the front bar.
The installation instructions was easy, even if I'd never installed strut bars before I'm sure I would have had no problem following it. It took me a little over 1 hour to install it, and 40mins of that is runing up and down the house trying to find my socket wrench (actually never found it, so that time included driving down to home depot and picking a new set).
The bars I bought were the double bars, they look really nice. I'll take a picture tomorrow and post it.
As expected, there's a noticeble improvement in handling/ride quality and cornering feel with the bar on. I haven't put the rear one on yet, but will do so this weekend.(At least now it's Spyder tested for the front...) The clearance is good and it holds down the battery nicely without a battery tie down.(Although for peace of mind, I'll probably fabric a new tie down myself so I don't have nightmares of the battery smashing around in my engine bay)
I don't think I have whatever sensor the 96+ has(people who followed the thread about the other strut bar knows what I'm talking about), but the bar rides high enough and is ridgid enough that nothing is touched or rubbed against while under hard driving.
GREAT JOB, Supermac!!! Here is his thread about his bars in the for sale section in case anyone is interested. http://www.3si.org/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49969
disclaimer: Supermac did not solicit or pay for any of this, I paid full price for the bars just like everyone else. I just wanted to give him the credit he deserves...
The installation instructions was easy, even if I'd never installed strut bars before I'm sure I would have had no problem following it. It took me a little over 1 hour to install it, and 40mins of that is runing up and down the house trying to find my socket wrench (actually never found it, so that time included driving down to home depot and picking a new set).
The bars I bought were the double bars, they look really nice. I'll take a picture tomorrow and post it.
As expected, there's a noticeble improvement in handling/ride quality and cornering feel with the bar on. I haven't put the rear one on yet, but will do so this weekend.(At least now it's Spyder tested for the front...) The clearance is good and it holds down the battery nicely without a battery tie down.(Although for peace of mind, I'll probably fabric a new tie down myself so I don't have nightmares of the battery smashing around in my engine bay)
I don't think I have whatever sensor the 96+ has(people who followed the thread about the other strut bar knows what I'm talking about), but the bar rides high enough and is ridgid enough that nothing is touched or rubbed against while under hard driving.
GREAT JOB, Supermac!!! Here is his thread about his bars in the for sale section in case anyone is interested. http://www.3si.org/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49969
disclaimer: Supermac did not solicit or pay for any of this, I paid full price for the bars just like everyone else. I just wanted to give him the credit he deserves...