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Well I finally took the time to get the strut bars put in. First of all I bought both of mine as STI replicas from XOXO Motorsports on ebay. Their quality was fine (as its just a bar w/ anondized "sti pink" ends) - so its not goin to be too complex (like a titanium or carbon fiber bar and such). Front strut bar: remove a/c bracket, remove horn bracket, move horn to (p/s?) lines below it and use that bolt. Remove strut tower screws, apply strut bar, put screws back down. Easy 10 minute job and looks great, works even better. Rear Strut bar: dont let the easy removal of the back seat fool you, this will be one heck of a job. The seats pop out (bottom piece, then top) with a total of 5 12mm bolts. Easy, set them to the side. now the fun part. Remove seat belt 14mm bolt from both sides. This will give you some room, but not enough to matter(although it IS necessary(sp?) ). You have about ZERO play room to fit the ends of the rear strut bar on top of the strut tower. You have to just sit there and work it back and forth to get the end of the endpiece through the backseat hole (going into the trunk) and then back it down onto the tower screws. Otherwise its a nightmare as I couldnt find a single way to do it other then that. If you cant get it perfectly on, then just use the bolts to help straight it out and push it down - a REAL PAin. Once you have both ends of the tower bar on and screwed down somewhat go in the trunk and put in the bar. My bar was a 17mm long bolt with 2 washers and lock nut (17mm). Just take your time nad work the bar in there, it will fit. After you tighten the bar on, go and finish tightening the bolts on the strut tower bar down. Replace seat belt bolt on each side. Put top piece of seat on (make sure to allow belts to go over it and to allow the hooks to latch - otherwise a bulge will occur). Use 3 12mm bolts to secure top of back seat and then set bottom piece in. 2 12mm bolts to secure bottom seat. Now you have front and rear strut bars. Im really sorry as I can already see this is a crappy explanation. Im VERY tired and I tried to get these on for about 2 hours as XOXO MS sent me the ends backwards - so I was kinda mad, but I finally got everything situated and it was good. A VERY good mod to do. Made the car's handling respond perfectly. The car feels like one big piece now and that when you turn it ALL turns and doesnt feel like there is any drag. DEFINITELY a mod to do if you like curves (ME). It was well worth the money and time and a very cool set of pieces to add to your list. I will re-read when I have some sense and sleep and redo this explanation. Enjoy!
Robert~
Robert~