Anyone know of a vendor that has them in stock? I'm looking for front and rear strut bars and the cooling plate.

 

Here are the strut bars:

http://www.japanparts.com/db/partsli...dle=3&small=15

I don't see the cooling plate for the IX, just for the VIII.

 

^ Yea I'm looking for US dealers .... dont want to wait the couple of weeks to have it shipped from japan.

 

does gruppe s get most parts from japan?

 

Yea but as far as I know they dont have any instock

 

I would suggest trying Adam at Z1 Performance or GruppeS.

 

I think everyone will just drop ship it from Japan, it will be hard to find in stock. I have seen the rear bar and it is real nice quality and very stiff. Kirk from Works has it on his car, maybe he call tell you where he got it. I don't like that the front bar eliminates the triangulation bracket at the firewall however. I ended up getting the stock mitsu lightweight set becuase I wanted a hingeless design.

 

Thats the problem Im having too ... not many comp make them hingelss

I actually stumbled upon the DC ti ones ... they are hingless and and ti for only $220! I might go with those insted.

 

whats the difference between the oem front strut bar and the ralliart? you said it was lighter but Ive taken that sucker off and theres not much to it already.

 

lighter and its not 3 point mount .. .thats all I know of

 

As of right now, I would bet almost everyone will have to get it from overseas even Gruppe-S and obviously japanparts.com. I think japanparts has a speedier delivery but it costs and arm and leg. From another thread (https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=190262) I know most US Mitsu dealers will soon have Genuine Ralliart parts, accessories, and apparel but soon is a relative term. For you it may be way too long to wait. I would bet the US launch won't be for another 5-6 months! Maybe try good old e-bay and hope you get lucky but other than that I am not sure what else to tell you.

 

BTW- just checked out the pictures of your car............. me likey!!!!!! Very nice. Clean yet still different and bad ***!

-Derek

 

Who are you talking to ?

 

I was under the impression the upgraded OEM aluminum front and rear braces were fabricated by Ralliart. Is that not the case?

Here's a link to the Ralliart North America site to check out the front brace shown there …
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Here's your brace … looks the same except for the Ralliart decal. It has the same trademark Ralliart anodized red on there, too. I also have the aluminum front and rear braces on my Evo. Anyone know any more about this?

 

Sorry for the confusion. I was talking to you, M3this, with the white Evo IX.

-Derek