Our in-house engineer, Shuichiro (a.k.a. “Shu”, for simplicity’s sake), has a bit of a tuning bug. He can’t seem to leave any of his cars alone. With the exception being that Toyota Prius he had for about a half year. Word on the street is he’s modifying a baby stroller for his daughter. Supposed to have TEIN coilovers with EDFC Active Pro and 5″ TE37’s? Oh, dear Jesus Gonzalez…
Seriously, I think he’s literally a kid in an automotive candy store. Him working here is a bad idea. Then again, he’s also our guinea pig for testing some of the latest parts. So, that’s technically good news for you, the consumer!
He recently purchased some Carbing Tower Bars for his Scion FR-S, which already has a gamut of parts (TEIN Mono Flex with custom front knuckle brackets, Fujitsubo Legalis R exhaust, and several other performance parts- no big power adders, though). I dig the Volk TE37 Time Attack’s he’s bolted onto each hub. Them wheels es muy sexy.
Prior to his Carbing purchase, we only special ordered these parts for a few customers. So we had no idea on fitment for the U.S. FR-S.
Anyway, here’s a pic of the Tower Bars installed.
You’re actually looking at two Carbing Tower Bar items in the picture.
Strut Tower Bar (in steel; painted white)
Part #: CA 611 055 0
MSRP- $170
Tower Brace (V-Bracing; in steel; painted white)
Part #: CA 693 055 0
MSRP- $160
No modifications necessary to install. Simple bolt-on. The Tower Brace (V-bracing) replaces the factory stamped pieces and bolts to the same factory mounting positions.
We currently stock both items here. So any authorized TEIN dealer can get them for you right away (since we’re the North American distributor for Carbing)!
And yeah, Shu’s Camber plates are mounted funny- he special ordered front knuckle brackets that have camber adjustment through the use of camber washers (same setup on some Super Racing coilover applications). That way, he can utilize the Mono Flex’s camber plates for caster adjustment. Clever guy.
Now leave your car alone, Shu. Your baby stroller, too.
