I have the nismo mounts and they are a great improvement over my old busted polly filled mounts (filled the ridges in). With the nismo mounts my on/off throttle is a lot smoother and less jerky. (sr20). I haven't put on my strut bar yet to see how close/tight it will fit. It's been so long i forgot about my strut bar laying around till i read this post...hahahaha :laugh: