bucanero

Post of the year thus far!

HammerDown

Tanabe Strut Tower Braces are finally available. I will have one in a couple of days.

HammerDown

After 5 months it's finally here. It's a nice piece, too bad you can't see it unless the hood is open

Imprezario

Awesome! Have been waiting for mine for three months, hope to get it in February...

Fingers007

How was the install?

HammerDown

Not bad at all. It should take about 15-20min as long as you don't drop any of the nuts down into the engine bay twice . Here's a major tip: make sure that you screw the bolts pretty much all the way in toward the brace. (Makes the brace sit lower)

Fingers007

What did you do with the black caps that go over the shocks? Side note, I wish Lexus would develop a transparent hood so that people could see how serious I am about racing yo.

HammerDown

On the is250 there aren't any caps

JB5674

3-5 months waiting for Tanabe....I got the same part but cusco in 48 hours. Just saying.

HammerDown

I would've gone that route as well but I already have Tananbe springs and the under brace so I'm sticking with them. Now if they can only make some shocks, sway bars, rear upper shock brace and a rear under brace and I'm set.

Fingers007

Finally!!! The Tanabe strut tower bar has returned to Texas!!!

Installed it without too much problems. Installation images are for right side steering wheel model so install the black brackets reverse to what's shown in picture.

salvadorik

iTrader: (1)

Question - does this strut tower give any performance upgrade? Obviously it wont effect speed and all that but will that make the car go into turn flatter, more stable? Less body roll?

HammerDown

It should assist with reducing body roll

4WDrift

Not roll, flex. (Anti) sway / roll / stabilizer bars limit body roll in cornering.

Strut braces / tower bars add a tie point between the empty area of the upper strut towers the same way a backboard on an open bookcase keeps it from collapsing sideways, it triangulates the area and minimizes flex. This strengthens the body area which ultimately adds to handling.

W/O it the towers can flex under cornering or bump stress. There generally isn't one for the rear because of the body bracing already behind the rear seats. Always desired for convertibles which lose the fixed roof structure for body rigidity.

zhifan1

Does it in anyway affect servicing procedures? Changing of spark plugs, oil etc.. Will the mechanic need to remove the strut bar?