Introducing the Richie Front Strut bar. This strut bar is made from high quality T-6061 Aluminum and the mounts are made from Stainless steel. This bar is a replica of the ARC bar and mounts the exact same way.

Here are pictures of the bar.












Here are a couple of pictures of it installed in a 2004 Coupe.




A couple of shots of the clearance over the stock engine cover.




And here is a picture of a cut-out of the bar to show the reinforcement on the inside.



This bar has been confirmed to fit on both coupes and sedans, 2003 to present. The bar clears ALL current plenum upgrades on the market as well. However, it will not fit if you are Stillen supercharged. This strut bar has cleared the Vortec supercharger (thanks Brando)! Fitment may also vary slightly depending on various carbon fiber hood applications. Under the factory hood, the bar slightly touches the hood insulator, but is not a problem. This strut bar might NOT work with some aftermarket coilovers - adjustment **** on struts extends upwards too much and hits the tower bracket. Works with Tein BASICS, Flex + EDFC, ....

Now for the pricing. Since this is a group buy, we will need a minimum of 20 people. If we are able to get 20 people, the price will be $225 SHIPPED to the lower 48 (APO/Canadian orders please add $25)!! The MSRP for the bar is $349 + shipping. We anticipate to sell these bars at a regular price of $275 shipped. Anyone that is interested should send this amount ($275) via Paypal to maydang18@yahoo.com and your name will be added to the GB list.
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This GB is scheduled to end Midnight, March 1, so get your orders placed!!
At this point, you will have 2 options:
Option 1= Send $275 as you have committed to purchasing the bar and it will ship out as soon as payment is received. If/once we are able to reach 20 buyers, we will refund you the difference.
Option 2= Send $75 deposit and wait until we have reached the 20 buyer minimum and then send the remaining balance of $150. Bars will be shipped once the remaining balance has been received.
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Bars will be shipped out once the group buy has reached its goal (unless you chose option 1) and each person will receive a PM with the tracking information. Please allow 1-3 days after payment for bars to ship out. Please feel free to post any questions or concerns.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer local pickups, as we do not have a store front. However, since you are local, people typically receive their bars within a couple of days

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Now that we have reached our minimum of 20 people, anyone else thats interested can go ahead and send the group buy price $225.

NISMOTO - Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26
jeff92se- Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26
tkman00- Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26
Mr. Uy- Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26
socal_g_sedan- Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26
papiloco21- Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26
abcdang- Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26
Ts916G35- Paid in FULL SHIPPED 2/26

Due to the large amounts of orders - All Orders Placed Today till End of Group Buy will be shipping out by the end of the week

If g35driver username was not in notes field of paypal payment, I'll list your initials instead.


Sheldon - Paid in FULL SHIPPED
poorman- Paid in FULL SHIPPED
markiev37- Paid in FULL SHIPPED
D.J.- Paid in FULL SHIPPED
amarao- Paid in FULL SHIPPED
K.X.- Paid in FULL SHIPPED
T.C.- Paid in FULL SHIPPED
hxcg35- Paid in FULL SHIPPED
aorbeta- Paid in FULL
kyu1021- Paid in FULL
Drtybrd61- Paid in FULL
S.R.- Paid in FULL
G.G.- Paid in FULL
Z_with_back_seat- Paid in FULL
ggong- Paid in FULL
M.M.-Paid in FULL
gdup35sedan- Paid in FULL
Gspott- Paid in FULL
M.H.- Paid in FULL
docjohn- Paid in FULL
moog- Paid in FULL
hollywood350- Paid in FULL
Slick 6MT- Paid in FULL
Ku-Ling- Paid in FULL
bmp071- Paid in FULL
2K6G35- Paid in FULL

Group Buy has ENDED!!!! shipments going out later today - THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!!!

For those of you who are going to receive the bar this week, installation is pretty straight forward, but if you need instructions, right-click and 'Save Link As'

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

 

anyone know if this will fit over a crawford plenum?

 

How thick is the Crawford plenum?? I know that the bar fits over the Skunk2 Plenum, so if its not as thick as the skunk2, it should fit fine, without the engine cover of course.

 

wow wish this would fit with a supercharger

 

noob question but will the ride feel any different?

 

This really fits the sedan?? I'd REALLY like to see pics of one installed on one! Please!?

 

Have you tried it on a sedan yet? with a spacer? Please do the sedan guys a favor and post a pic of this bar on a sedan. Too often we get our hopes up only to be dissapointed. Thanks.

 

hmm richie, since you advertised that this bar was comming out under my original name (boxa87) in the thread "help on arc strut bar" i thnk i should get one for freee!!!!!!!

i might think about this!

-sean

 

initial test fitment and impressions from another person said that you can really feel a difference...

yes this bar will fit sedans, as we also used a sedan in our initial test-fitment...i will try to get pictures on a sedan asap.

 

are these available for local pickup for us locals in socal?

how much is the non-groupbuy price?

 

"The MSRP for the bar is $349 + shipping. We anticipate to sell these bars at a regular price of $325 shipped."

There you go hero!

-sean

 

Do you know if it will clear the Seibon TS hood?

-sean

 

hahaha thanks

 

Not sure about the fitment with the Seibon TS hood. Do you know how much room there is from the engine cover to the hood? In the mean time, I'll try and find out how much room there is between the stock hood.

 

i would assume not much..you said it touches the hood insulator, right?