I got the Greddy bars but was not diggin the blue on the ends. I had the ends powedercoated with the closest matching yellow powdercoat available. What do you think?

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After

 

Awesome

 

looks good now lets see them on your car !

 

Yeah, I'll be interested in seeing if the front one will go under the cover without any modification. Hurry up.....more pics :D .

 

im hopin to install them tonight or tomorrow night.

The cover has to have a little trim on the side closest to the firewall. Very small portion needs taken out though. ill post before and after pics of the cover as well

 

Someone said they managed to fit it without trimming anything off, which is my preferred option. Be nice to know if that was true.

Standing by...... :p

 

ill try it before i cut it and let you know

 

looks like a match. keep us updated.

 

will do

 

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great job..lol it never dawnied on me to do that..i too am not really digging teh blue ...but it would look much worse...blue on yellow ...hehe can't wait to see pics of it installed :D

 

Nice! However, I think the yellow will just get lost on yellow and all you'll see is the chrome. Not a bad look at all if that's what you're after.

 

never thought of it that way. Good point. Yeah, I would probably stick with the original color.

 

I had thought about that, and thats kinda how i wanted it, it would blend a lot like the factory one. I also thought that if i used blue, i would have to use that as the cars accent color, and im just not a fan of the blue.

 

yeah i think so too, it would look akward with just that anodized blue there, its good to keep things even, flow well and to be consistent

 

Well, i think the bars are going to go on tomorrow. Possibly tonight, but i dont know. Ill post installed pics asap

 

I got the bars on, ill post pics soon.

I had a couple of people asking me what they weighed so i wieghed them on my bathroom scale, not the most accurate, but it gives you the idea.
The front factory bar weighed 2 pds and the Greddy front weight just a hair under three.
The rear bar weighed just under 2.5 pds.

Most of the weight is in the ends that greddy uses but the difference in handling is incredible and well worth the extra 3.5 pds you pick up.

 

very nice job, did it cross your mind to paint them black?

 

wow 3.5 pounds big ******* deal go on a diet if you're going to nitpick on that stuff or go peel out your fire wall and strip your spare jack kit, AC, radio, passenger and rear seats, etc etc blah blah

 

weight is one thing that never concerned me but i had a few people ask me to weigh them. No, i never thought of painting them black.

 

Did you get the front one on without trimming the engine cover?

 

Ill have to trim off a very small piece from each side of the engine cover. I have not done that yet, but ill take pics after i trim it.

 

i posted pics in the photo section. https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/my-powdercoated-strut-bars-installed-56k-beware-67464/