i know for a fact the preloading a sway bar can greatly affect handling, but i dont think preloading a strut bar will really do anything. heck, i couldnt really tell a differance with my neuspeed strut bar in, aside from the fact that it looks cool

 

Its not the shop owned by Tony Kim, is it? Racing ...something..?He had a shop in Seattle but the FBI was investigating him on something.......so he went to Portland and opened a shop there.

 

haha, me neither - I'm just quoting what the pros say.

btw - how do you preload a swaybar??

 

have the car on a lift with the driver in the seat. then unbolt the sway bar endlinks. shim (use washers) to mount the endlinks so there is no load in the bars when theyre bolted in. i read bout this in a really old issue of scc

 

Well lets see..The shop I am talking about is called Race Dezign. Which is really a nice shop owned by a guy named fred. But there is one in town called Speed Concepts owned by a guy named tony. Not sure of the last name but he is a dick head and the only reason he is in buisness because he has a tight inventory. People say his shop been known for jacking cars.

But there is also a place called Ground Zero owned by im not sure. they colabarted with a shop called xcessive motosports. They just got cought for intalling a b16 motor in a h/b for some guy and stealing the car back and stripping it..

 

Yeah thats the one, Speed Concepts, thats the same thing he did in Seattle. he did have some tight shiat in the shop. Thats a damn shame

He had a tight car though, probly most of it stolen, but it was a 95 red Supra, which I think he sold.

 

I have been dealing with Tony since '95 and he had always been nice to me. The Shop that he opened in Seattle is called Racing Concepts. That red Supra? He had that since '96 or so. And I believe that he moved to OR because he broke some WA tax law or something.

 

DOWNLOWACC: yeah... He just had moodswings you could say. Like one day hes like really nice and good service and the next he is a dick.



I think tony's problem is, dont come too look, come to buy. Thats the vibes I have got off him. THe many reason I stopped going is because They dont show me any respect what so ever. Like im 15 years old, I go in and ask for a mugen grill he comes back with a knock off grill and knock off price. If a 22 year old with a H22 and asked for a mugen grill, im sure he would give him the mugen grill and a mugen price. They dont show me respect, So I have no need to buy from them. The only thing that keeps me going back sometimes is for the prices. But other wise I think he needs to start being a little nicer to people who cant afford a ENGINE swap...

 

Last I heard he was selling it, cause he had for sale signs on it. I heard he failed to tax his imported parts, he didnt pay the import tax or something like that. Some of my bros friends used to work for him when he had his shop in Lynwood.

 

i jacked my car up when i went to install the bar on my 2000 coupe. there was NO way that thing was going to fit while on the ground.