Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Fitted a front strut brace to the car this morning, just been out for a run and it feels so much flatter and more direct in the corners.

Does a front brace really make that much of a noticeable difference or is it all in my head?

If it's real I'm going to fit a rear one too

Cheers

JGlanzaV

iTrader: (3)

No it wont make any difference, as part as an ovrall chassis stiffening upgrade then it will add some benefit but individually it wont make any difference.

There is a good video ill try and find it.

Unless you have a 3 point brace the goes between the bulkhead and the strut tops, then that will make a noticeable difference

neil-h

Most likely a placebo tbh, especially on a hawk. The standard chassis a pretty dam stiff as is.

Fonzey

iTrader: (5)

I fully believed that strut braces were nonesense on any modern performance car. I was shocked to hear from Simon @ Chevron though when he told me a front brace would be one of the best performance per £ mods I could do to my car.

He says rear are pretty redundant due to the parcel shelf/chassis construction back there.

I fitted a front brace on his advise, it felt nicer to drive in similar ways you described - but it came at a time with a load of other mods, so who knows!

Cpt Jack Sparrow

iTrader: (14)

Thanks,

still convinced its more positive in the corners

Sheepy Sean

iTrader: (1)

Which strut brace did you fit?

Cpt Jack Sparrow

iTrader: (14)

front

Sheepy Sean

iTrader: (1)

Sorry I meant which brand. I was curious if it was one of the heavy duty ones like Summit Racing which you felt a difference with or something similar to the standard JDM STI one

Cpt Jack Sparrow

iTrader: (14)

ahh sorry, no its not a heavy duty one, not sure of the brand but a good version of the JDM STi one.