You be the judge! Isn't the sticker on wrong side?

 

Ive never heard of a oem rear strut bar for an itr or any honda/acura passenger car at that. But as long as it's clean i'd rock it

 

Looks like the real one to me.

 

Hard to tell really in thost pics but looks legit to me. The sticker you put on yourself when you buy it, so someone could put it on the "wrong" side if they wanted to.

 

find out if it's hollow,if it is then it's real

but from the pics it looks real and yes the sticker you put on yourself

 

It's hard to tell from the pics with so many imitations out on the market.

 

Pay close attention to the "R" in the sticker. It should have the same effect as the "R" on the side of your car. Glittery/sparkly, not solid red.

 

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his got the point

 

OEM Rear Strut was option, I purchased one for mine from Honda and it does look like that. They are not JDM Bling thou, they were available in European DM and I would assume USDM too.

The sticker looks to me like its correct, I can get a foto of mine if ure really want it :-)

 

i got an imitation bar from ebay 8 bucks...

if it works



oops.. just realized you said rear bar....

 

lol

 

Looks real, but its hard to tell

 

that bar doesnt do anything but take up space anyways

 

Pictures aren't good enough.

 

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ditto. when i got mine i put the sticker on myself as well.

 

strut bars matter, i took my car for a drive with and without them and cornered aggressively. I felt more bodey roll without them. Is it huge, I would say no, noticable I would say yes. I have a spoon front and rear and I noticed a jump in performance when I got em. The Spoon also sits ontop of the shock tower in the front which seems to be better too. They r also a lot beefy than the stock FSB.

just my 2 cents

 

This strut bar is on ebay. Go for it JDM bling blang stunnas

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by type_r_jon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">strut bars matter, i took my car for a drive with and without them and cornered aggressively. I felt more bodey roll without them. Is it huge, I would say no, noticable I would say yes. I have a spoon front and rear and I noticed a jump in performance when I got em. The Spoon also sits ontop of the shock tower in the front which seems to be better too. They r also a lot beefy than the stock FSB.

just my 2 cents</TD></TR></TABLE>

i think the dude was talking about whether or not it's a real type r strut bar to make a difference.

 

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A used bar ended at $123.00.
I rather pay little more for a new one!

 

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A used bar ended at $123.00.
I rather pay little more for a new one!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Agreed. Put the money elsewhere.

 

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I agree^^^^^

Even the EBAY specials are hollow, so you can't use that as a point of verification.

The sticker should be sparkly, but those are easy to buy at the dealer for about 8 bucks each. $10 fake ITR rear strut bar and $8 sticker= $100+ rear strut bar is what I bet it could be. I remember back in the day I paid over $100 for a nasty fake "JDM ITR" rear strut bar that had a nice sticker.

The best way to compare is the finish of the metal. The oem strut bar ins't all blingin polished. I noticed that the fakes are really light in comparison to the true OEM bar.

Just for thought, anyone compare the nuts/bolts/washers on that one to their OEM one vs. a fake?

I personally think that one in the pic could be real. Ask the guy to get the weight for you.

 

The OE bar looks like this inside too:




-Victor