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post Feb 15, 2009 - 8:26 PM
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What do you guys think about these? I was thinking about getting one for a 7th gen and seeing if I could get it to fit...

What are your opinions on them?
 
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post Feb 22, 2009 - 2:08 PM
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If your handy with a welder (and you have one of your own biggrin.gif ), the "cheapest" option would be to weld a nice thick steel tube between the rear suspension towers, make some stiffening plates, weld them to the crown of the suspension tower..then weld the cross bracing to those..."Rally car style". I guess a 3 point brace might be better if you can find one...or of course make one. I`m not sure how much of an advantage having a rear strut brace makes on a front wheel drive car...those who have got one are in the best place to advise you if its a worthy investment or not.

As for the standard GT4 brace...they are pretty thin and weak.....they might do a little, but I doubt they will do much once you start pushing your car hard......I noticed a difference when I out a cusco rear brace of my GT4 over the standard POS strut bar.

For total body stiffness though, you should put in a full roll cage...a nice welded in roll cage will stiffen up the whole car....but..it`ll weight a tonne and mind your head on those roof bars.


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