Andrew's Review of Stillen Front Strut Tower Brace


Name: Andrew Kelly
Email: akelly@jps.net
Product: Stillen Front Strut Tower Brace
Model:
Store: Stillen (www.stillen.com)
Price: $159
Car: 1998 240SX-SE
Worth_it: No
Difficulty_Rating: 1
Date: 25 Jan 1999

Problems

Doesn't fit.

Tips

Get a different brace.

Thoughts

Looks nice. CNC'd solid aluminum bar. Steel end plates.

Other

The brace hits components on top of the engine in three places before the bar can be attached. It first hits some sort of vacuum valve on top of the intake runners. If that is removed, the STB then hits one of the steel vacuum tubes and the spark plug wire where it goes into the valve cover. Even if the bar could be attached by moving these things, as soon as the torque under acceleration causes the engine to rotate it's going to hit the bar.