I would use the strut reinforcement plates before a strut bar. That being said, I have a sparco strut bar and it works fine with reinforcement plates and the standard length studs on the strut hat. The attachment plates are fairly thin on the sparco bar. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM |