Open question about 4000 Strut bars Jamex?

[Steve Marinello]

I'll dig the bar out tomorrow after work and shoot some pics.  Huw's 
arguments are pretty convincing, though.  I think the Jamex bar would 
have been on years ago if it had seemed a completely simple thing to do, 
although I seemed to remember thinking I could improve on it.  There was 
a discussion on list on that...remember anything, Huw?

Huw Powell wrote:
>
>> Could I get a few digital pictures and rough dimensions?  (Tubing 
>> diameter,
>> overall length, width, etc.).  That way I can do an estimate.
>
> Mark,
>
> I've been waiting to throw a wet blanket on this with trepidation. 
> Although the Jamex bar is "cool" looking, it probably does not make 
> sense to make them for the "enthusiast" crowd.  These are people 
> (owners of old UrQs, 4kq(t)s, and cgts) who would very likely jump on 
> a reason to move their battery to the trunk.  Then a simple straight 
> pipe or bar will work, and all that is needed are end brackets.
>
> And the 8A (I think that's the chassis style) OEM bar then works fine.
>
> I have a Jamex on my coupe, we put a Sparco on Brendan's 4kq, and I 
> have the 8A OEM thing on my 90Q (wait, I didn't have to move the 
> battery... just the cruise pump), and the OEM one was far and away 
> easiest to install.  And the parts were under $70.
>
> Now, if they aren't readily available any more, I'd say that would be 
> the set up to duplicate.
>
> I only have a few, crappy pictures that show the Sparco & Jamex, 
> although I could go out in the snow and take fresh ones of the Jamex.
>
>>> Somewhere in the garage sits a new, and still unmounted, Jamex bar from
>>> that
>>> group buy of MANY years ago.  I was finally planning to get all that 
>>> stuff
>>> done now...the urq has waited too long.
>>>
>>> However, if no other source is available, I suppose I could make mine
>>> available to copy.  It would just put me off some more time...
>