Where to buy a TRD strut Bar

[Suprastic]

Does anyine know where I can buy a TRD front upper strut bar. I think Ron has one on his car. I can only seem to find them for MKIV's though Champion Toyota. Do they make them for MKIII's?

 

[Idealsupra]

nope you will NEVER find a genuine trd strut bar for the mk3....

 

[Suprastic]

What does Ron have on his car? I could swear it's a TRD.

 

[turbo]

I checked into getting a TRD strut bar also but you have to modify it to make it work. I think it has to do with the hood clearance or coil pack clearance. I am super interested if you find out how because the TRD strut bars are very nice.

Geoff

 

[robbo185]

arent there only 3 of them or something in the world?? wasnt there a thread like this a few weeks ago. I couldnt remember if it was TRD or another brand

 

[MA70Supra88]

What does Ron have on his car? I could swear it's a TRD.

Ron's is a MKIV TRD strut bar modified to fit the MKIII.

 

[hot dayam mk3]

here's mine and i bought it off a member on the supraforums brandnew for $80picked up...

all you need to do is put spacers on the rear of the hood to clear this strut bar since its from a mkIV... or you can bank the shet out of the inside of the hood or modify it somehow.... but it doesnt hurt to lift the hood up just a bit especially it helps vent out heat from the engine bay.

 

[Stretch]

You can buy it from Toyota, like all TRD equipment still in production. They also still make an lsd for our cars.
eric

 

[s383mmber1]

yeah if anyones selling a strut bar, ill take one, TRD or not.....

 

[Kristian_Wraae]

Can anyone tell me what exactly has to been done in terms of modifications in order to make the TRD mkIV front strut bar fit a mkIII?

I've been searching this for some time now but it seems that there are different views on this.

 

[935motorsports]

To make the MK4 bar fit, you turn it around and elongate the bolt holes just a tad.

"trd" will be upside down

The bar might touch the hood though, so check for clearance before driving off.

To make it fit right, you'd have to cut and re-weld the middle or one of the ends.


The MK3 TRD bar from Japan fits right on.

 

[Kristian_Wraae]

Ok, Thanks. The mkIV strut looks the business :evil2:

 

[noah89t]

get it from watson, for close to 200.00. (watson is at champion toyota in houston, for those of you who don't know)
ask suprahero, he just bought one and made it fit by cutting and rewelding

 

[rodel]

"Lenny" has sold a few of the genuine MK3 specific TRD strut tower bar, so you wanna shoot him a pm.

Supra70 has a MKIV strut bar for sale.
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56268

*edit* sorry..just noticed that you may not be in SoCal. He is looking for a local buyer.

 

[suprahero]

You can make it fit with a little imagination, sawzall, and welder.

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[tookwik4u89]

Can't even tell where you cut it Jay.

 

[suprahero]

I didn't cut the bar. I just cut the welds holding the bar to the bracket, and then welded it back. It's so simple, a cave man can do it..................:biglaugh:


O.K. that was cheezy, but you get the point.

 

[KicknAsphlt]

all you need to do is put spacers on the rear of the hood

Do you know how ghetto that looks....? :3d_frown:

 

[Doward]

What does this do exactly? I can't see it stiffening anything (outside the placebo anyway) without triangulating into the cowl/firewall.

 

[Kristian_Wraae]

What does this do exactly?

It looks cool