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GC Lower Brace...
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:35 pm
by BAC5.2
Picked it up on e-bay for around $46 shipped I think....
Quality seems OK. It's the GC bar and I imagine it'll clear the exhaust and everything just fine.
Will it do anything? I dunno, i'll find out
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:06 pm
by Splinter
I wonder if there'd be any point in putting one into a rollcaged car
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:23 pm
by DLC
On a normal car, with a good suspension and a strut tower bar, there's still a noticable difference. In a caged car, I'm with Splinter. One of the problems with the brace is that it hangs down below pretty much everything else, but that shouldn't be a problem with a dyno queen like Phil's
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:16 pm
by 206er
burned! lol
once I get a welder I am going to make one that fits NA cars and will have 6 point mounting system. it will double as a skidplate mount. drew up the plans a while back.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:27 pm
by BAC5.2
Pssht, she's no dyno queen. I just like to have fun with it.
Car has no roll-cage yet, and it'll be summer before I even start making plans towards that idea.
Though enough ground clearance to get over the rollers WOULD be nice...
Don't hate
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:12 pm
by DLC
No hate, just a friendly poke.
The brace that I hand-carried from Japan is probably still on the 93, now owned by biggreen96, and he drives in a lot more snow than I ever did. Imprezer recommended that I not put one on my BE because it hangs even lower, so I passed. The BE is pretty damned stiff already.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:21 pm
by BAC5.2
I figure the bracing couldn't hurt. The roll cage doesn't go under the car, afterall.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:25 pm
by Splinter
Ground clearance could theoretically hurt, if you ever plan to take your car off the asphalt
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:33 pm
by 93forestpearl
I bought that same exact one, but haven't had a chance to put it in yet. I hate messing with the control arm bolts. Mine are a bitch to turn.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:57 pm
by BAC5.2
Oh yea? I'm surprised by the quality, really.
I was expecting pure garbage, and it's actually kinda cool.
And it's red
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:23 am
by All_talk
BAC5.2 wrote:Oh yea? I'm surprised by the quality, really.
I was expecting pure garbage, and it's actually kinda cool.
And it's red
Paint it black… those who really are the shit don’t have to advertise!
Gary
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:01 am
by evolutionmovement
Especially with the lurking thieves out there. I may paint my alloy control arms, even.