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quote:Originally posted by Graveone

Question... Is there a big difference between the Freedom Design and the APC strut bars? The vendors seem to use the same picture for both. The Revel Enterprises website even says they are selling the Freedom Design strut bar, but when you go to order on a drop down menu, it shows the APC product number. What gives? Maybe I'm being nitpicky, but I have read some negaive things about APC products.[:I]

Freedom Design may be supplying APC with their new tower strut bars now since the design *appears* to be so similar. *BUT* I haven't seen the new APC tower strut bars up close, so it would be hard to say if it is the same bar and/or is actually using the same materials (polished stainless steel tubing and brackets). The pricing seems to be similar too ($79-$89).

The original APC tower strut bar for the PT was 2 tower brackets bolted to the struts and a thin mild steel threaded rod to tie it all together. Clearance problems with brackets dented the hood and tore the hood blanket plus it flexed too much to be considered effective. Most of the early PT owners junked the APC for R&S or Freedom Design tower strut bars. Lack of or loss of sales and negative customer feedback/experiences probably prompted APC to abandon the original design. But one wonders why APC took so long to come up with a replacement or realize the 1st design was junk in the first place. To get rid of whatever stock they had?