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Old 04-17-14, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
no, need a mkiv, (93-98) supra turbo bar.

that's an 86-92 mk3 bar.
Ya, just looked on Ebay and this is the same seller (F1 Sports) I got mine from. For some reason they are not offering the 93-98 version anymore.
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Originally Posted by Shmee
You can totally do that.
You do have to know what you are doing and make sure you are buying a bar that will clear what you need to clear as far and the engine. But then you are going to have to fabricate your own town mounts to join to the bar...

Well I know for a fact that the CRX/Del slow ones have bend ends, so im sure its just a matter of ordering the rings and stuff if you can get them separate. Or order the rings or even a SUPER cheap Toyota one that will fit the rings just not the bar. I mean the bar is only $10, that's nothing
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Yes, but if the bar is not long enough, you're going to have to do some creative fabrication.
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vs. buying a name brand tanabe or ultra bar at $120-140.

IDK about you but between the fab time and the (cheap) materials, i'd be better off buying a bar for <$150.
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Originally Posted by Shmee
Yes, but if the bar is not long enough, you're going to have to do some creative fabrication.
That's why I was wondering the width from eyelet to eyelet
Old 04-18-14, 10:24 AM
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Lol


Do you have a tape measure and can measure a distance?
I'm sorry but if you are incapable of doing or figuring that out on your own, I doubt your fabrication abilities.
That's like fab-101 sort of stuff, bro.


There is no "spec," you can place the eyelets anywhere, just as long as you clear the engine... They can be anywhere from inside the vertical plane of dimensional cube that is the engine to past the outsides of the tower "rings" as you called them.

You do need to know to design a good tower mount too... That honda bar you linked to, that's a ****** design.
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Now that I think about it, if you were going to fab yourself, the bar would be the easiest part to fab, it's the tower mounts that require effort
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
up until a few months ago there were plenty of cheap JZA80 STBs on ebay, wonder what happened to them all
All those back door factories have gone onto making new cheap parts. There is probably another that will fit and or can be made to fit. These days, I wouldn't bother unless one -really- wants a hand rest. That $50+ can be spent on other car goodies.
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