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About right, Shipping cost for me was about about 120bucks. It only takes a few days from Russia to get here.
Here is the torque spec you can use.
PERFECT! Thanks! good looking out on this one, I'm pretty excited to complete "the box". Now if I just had carplay this car would be perfect, lol. In due time...
Wow, the brace already arrived. They got this thing to me from Russia faster than some vendors on the east coast. I'll snap a few pics and give feedback once I get it installed, probably next weekend.
Brace installed. Relatively easy, they give you 4 bolts and washer/spacers to allow it to function with the oem braces that bolt into the same mounts. You reuse the front and 4 of the rear OEM bolts using the spacers given on the rear. There are no instructions but if you look at a pic of it installed it's pretty straight forward.
My custom exhaust touches it ever so slightly in 2 spots, obviously there's no way they could plan for custom exhaust clearance. If you have something off the shelf it should be just fine. The welds looked good, the finish was pretty good, no complaints. It doesn't seem to be a problem, does anyone see any reason this wouldn't be ok? I'm sure the exhaust hangers allow it to move as needed.
I haven't gotten a chance to take it into the mountains/canyons yet, but just driving home from the place I installed it it made the car feel a little more stable/planted. It's really hard to quantify the impact of this brace because I have so many suspension mods and other braces. The car handled great before the install, but to "close the box" on the suspension geometry (Front upper, front lower, rear upper, rear lower) it made sense to install this. It's a really nice design compared to the flimsy 3-piece flat-stock brace, I think it's just a reboot of the TOMS racing brace design from way back when.
I went for a spirited drive through the mountains over the weekend. The car feels absolutely fantastic, it's smooth and predictable through the twisties, almost no body roll at all. Again, it's hard to quantify what this particular bar did because I have literally every suspension mod you can get at this point, lol.
Another update to this topic.
I've decided not to connect the RSTB for now, and I left the mounting hardware in place so it will only take a few minutes to install in the future if I want to.
I had to deal with the exhaust hitting the brace for a few weeks, then I ordered some poly exhaust hangers and replaced the 20yr old sagging rubber hangers. Voila, problem solved.
just curious, can you link to the exhaust hangers you bought?
PTNHZ RACING Universal 4PCS Polyurethane Exhaust/Muffler Rubber Short Hanger Insulator Bracket Bushing Mount 10mm Red https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T4FP71M
10mm fit? Was it easy to get the old ones off and the new ones on? Did you notice any more vibration/sound in the cabin with the poly?
10mm fit? Was it easy to get the old ones off and the new ones on? Did you notice any more vibration/sound in the cabin with the poly?
10mm is the size for all Lexus. Just use the leftover grease from the poly bushing to install. You can grab some if you need @Pepboys (https://www.pepboys.com/energy-suspe...roduct/9968411)
The old one is easy to take out, spray WD40 on it before you push it out. It shouldn't take more than 30mins from start to finish.
I still hear it once in a while, however it's 90% less than before.
I'm not sure if it'll solve your problem since your exhaust is pretty much touch the brace, but for $10, and since it's red, you probably get extra 5HP
10mm is the size for all Lexus. Just use the leftover grease from the poly bushing to install. You can grab some if you need @Pepboys (https://www.pepboys.com/energy-suspe...roduct/9968411)
The old one is easy to take out, spray WD40 on it before you push it out. It shouldn't take more than 30mins from start to finish.
I still hear it once in a while, however it's 90% less than before.
I'm not sure if it'll solve your problem since your exhaust is pretty much touch the brace, but for $10, and since it's red, you probably get extra 5HP
lol, perfect! Looks like they make a dark blue one, I ordered that.
I had them move things around when I re-did my Y-pipe last week. Nothing touching now, just noticed that the rubber hangers are looking worn/dry rotting.
I had the Russian braces delivered here to the uk , they was packaged very well and the two strut braces fitted easy , all the holes lined up perfectly.
Used the same idea as already mentioned on here , by hitting the boot trim with a rubber mallet to leave marks where the fabric needs cutting for the brackets .
Just the underneath brace to fit now .
