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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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I am looking at getting one of these due to mine being mangled. Any thoughts on this one? Looking for a good one, cheaper is cool too. But hey, you gotta pay to play.

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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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i have an inovative mount traction bar, looks pretty good....wish my car was running lol
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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like you need traction with a stock 1.5

[edit] cause i taste good with ketchup[/edit]
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vitamin_b16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">like you need traction with a stock 1.6</TD></TR></TABLE>

1.5 fool. Mine's all mangled becuase I hit that lil stump. Misht as well do it with this.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1156671

traction bar thread. good stuff.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by coolusername &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1156671

traction bar thread. good stuff. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Badass. I need to work on the ol searching skills. Thanks!
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 09:31 PM
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Where you guys getting you jimfab ones? His site is down.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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JimFab.com will be closed for an undeterminded amount of time.
Jim is working on a new project that will have him away from the shop.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 07:18 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dgonzals &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">JimFab.com will be closed for an undeterminded amount of time.
Jim is working on a new project that will have him away from the shop.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sweet! I can read too! Nice job!

Anyone else know where I can get one?
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 09:37 AM
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you should just get a full race traction bar.. they are available new still.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sanimalp &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should just get a full race traction bar.. they are available new still. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, but those are spendy biatches.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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ETD racing
http://www.etdracing.com/traction.html
i have one and i like it so far.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:37 AM
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That's a good start. Thanks. I really wanna avoid ordering out of Canada, so that's perfect.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sanimalp &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should just get a full race traction bar.. they are available new still. </TD></TR></TABLE> But not a truly viable option for the SOHC owners; if you are willing to sacrifice half of your torque mounts go straight ahead
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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good point, but that is nothing that 3 stiffer mounts wont fix.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 12:37 PM
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Well, looks like someone has a used JimFab one. We'll see how it goes.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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i rather get etd racing traction they both fr canada too and etd traction bar are way better then avid cheaper too try etdracing.com
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dr_latino999 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> But not a truly viable option for the SOHC owners; if you are willing to sacrifice half of your torque mounts go straight ahead </TD></TR></TABLE>

Nothing to say you can't weld one on. I did it to a JimFab bar.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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really....why do you need a traction bar for a bone stock 1.5L???

it's not like its gonna shave time off your et
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vitamin_b16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">really....why do you need a traction bar for a bone stock 1.5L???</TD></TR></TABLE>

Remember when I drove a lil tipsy and hit that stump with my front crossmember? Yeah, this is to replace that. ***.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ermil &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Remember when I drove a lil tipsy and hit that stump with my front crossmember? Yeah, this is to replace that. ***.</TD></TR></TABLE>

didnt know you hit a stump....JY FTW
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vitamin_b16 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

didnt know you hit a stump....JY FTW</TD></TR></TABLE>

Meh, Ermil FTW.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 04:31 PM
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Meh, Ermil FTW.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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Full race is well bulit pretty spendy but worth the money.
Doing good for me for pass year now.
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 09:46 AM
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not to jack but how much lower are these than the stock xmember?
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