I believe you can still get this RXB's new.. and not knock-off's. Not sure what vendor sells them though.
Doluck RXB on ebay
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The eBay knock-offs are really heavy duty, and a simple extra hole drilled and tapped provides the 2nd bolt point. As long as it stays in place and it's loaded heavily against the frame rails by tightening the center screw assembly, I think they would work just as well. It seemed to on my car at least.
Well I threw down $125 for the thing, and no go. :-( Was going to maybe reproduce these but uh....
DegreE;964647 said:
No this one's real.
I agre on this. I had significant body flex with the top out. Installing this bar eliminated almost all flex. It was worth the coin for me.
The sides on the ebay knock-off ones are not as long (because they try to make them more universal).
Rennat;964486 said:
Sorry, It's a cross brace. It really makes a difference in Targa cars.
And Boris Isn't a noob.
Since the Supra is a Unibody car. Anthing really makes a difference.
Bishop did a write up on it on his site.
http://www.ma70.com/bishop92t/doluck.html
Rule of thumb Big Companies like Doluck and Denso. Put a lot of R&D on their products so I wouldn't question it.
Ninja Edit:KeithH beat me to it.
SP Engineering sells them.
Another Rule of thumb KeithH is the man.
Saved me from ruining my cylinder head by almost using the wrong cam cover screws.
Saved me from ruining my cylinder head by almost using the wrong cam cover screws.
The crazy part is when I went to install this bar there was a perforated hole in the carpet exactly where the hole in the bar was... When I removed the perforated hole in the carpet there was a threaded nut welded into the body - also in the exact place it was needed.
It was almost like Toyota designed the MkIII to have this bar.
Rennat;964513 said:
Confused you for someone else off of the other forum. :3d_frown:
Thought you were that DumbFuck come here to be even more of a noob.
But yea.
Sorry! No Hard Feelings, Man.
KeithH;964899 said:
What year is your car? Mine is a 90. I've never checked, but I don't think i have that Perforated hole.
I'm going out to the car today, i'll check it out.
Ninja Edit: No Perforation here.
No perforated hole in the carpet? Interesting.
Mine is an 89 - as is Chris J's - and both had a perf'd hole in the carpet. Larry A had an 88? and he also had the per'fd hole. It isn't clearly obvious that there is a perf'd hole until you look closely.
Mine is an 89 - as is Chris J's - and both had a perf'd hole in the carpet. Larry A had an 88? and he also had the per'fd hole. It isn't clearly obvious that there is a perf'd hole until you look closely.
KeithH;964949 said:
Yep, that's how mine was. It's like toyota knew it would be an aftermarket part to combat the targa flex they should have tried to eliminate in the first place.
Wayne