the cusco bar is finally installed. it arrived thursday at noon. it seemed like a simple install. i removed all the screws and metal plates and placed the bar. the bar clears the intake manifold and the intake pipe fine... however after installing it and driving it around the car made a weird noise. it seemed like when i accelerated there was this metal rubbing noise. after driving it around, i checked the bar and it was indeed resting on some metal part piece that i didn't notice in the beginning. so i removed the bar and there was a scratch on it, since it was rubbing against the metal part. Good thing its not noticable since it's on the back of the bar.
the plan was to remove the black metal cover so the bar can clear. I tried removing the screws that were on the bar but the electronic screw driver messed up the thread on the screw which it made it more difficult to remove the screw. jarv made an attempy to remove the screw but wasn't successful. so i went to ARD, a local car shop to ask if they can help. they tried and failed. i gave a call to elite image, a shop where i used to hang out back in the early college days to help. bobby the owner told me to bring it by. so on saturday i swung by and he was able to remove the metal cover. having the bar on the car is quite is great. now i can hug the corners like a mad man. but gotta watch for the tires though... i dont wanna wear them out. tires are expensive on the supra. i can recall driving my corolla back in the days, and totally wore out the tread corner like crazy with the strut bar. all in all it's a decent upgrade. next on the list TRD exhaust! stay tuned for pics of the cusco strut tower bar.
13 years ago