This is for all those folks who can't justify 1,000's of dollars for mods that might get you 10 or 15 hp, but would love to find out about something cheap that provides positive results.


Several companies sell ratcheting bars with pads on the ends for separating and/or securing cargo in pickup beds. They're pretty much horizontal jacks you can load in tension between the walls or wheel wells of a pickup truck. They sell for $40 or $50.
These bars can be used between the shock towers of the BRZ/FRS to provide added stiffness without paying big bucks for bolt-in braces.
I picked one up at Northern Tool and Equipment mostly to give me something to attach loose cargo to and prevent it from sliding around. I was pleasantly surprised to find it actually added a noticeable amount of stiffness to the rear of my car and decreased rattling going over large bumps.

I'm sure many will say this couldn't possibly provide any noticeable benefit, but you'd only be out 40 bucks or so for something that will help secure loose items in the trunk even if you don't feel the improvement I do.

Originally Posted by Leonardo (Post 2607102) I read the whole thing. My $0.02 Don't.

Originally Posted by rookie (Post 2607160) http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/...41/494/bcf.jpg My contribution.

Originally Posted by mav1178 (Post 2607200) I'd rather spend $40 on a stripper. That's a cheap mod.

Originally Posted by go_a_way1 (Post 2607203) I hear for $100 they will sell you an STI

Originally Posted by mav1178 (Post 2607204) no, it's "for $100 they'll throw in a STi for free!"

Originally Posted by go_a_way1 (Post 2607190) https://eleventine.files.wordpress.c...man_thread.jpg

Originally Posted by MisterSheep (Post 2607221) deadpool thread? Deadpool thread.

Originally Posted by mav1178 (Post 2607204) no, it's "for $100 they'll throw in a STd for free!"

Originally Posted by go_a_way1 (Post 2607223) http://memesvault.com/wp-content/upl...on-Sense-7.jpg

Originally Posted by fumanchu1 (Post 2607232) fixed

Originally Posted by finch1750 (Post 2607257) nope. sex ed changed. they are now Sexually Transmitted Infections

Originally Posted by mav1178 (Post 2607266) I always find it funny when someone says "I want a STi" I usually ask if they want something treatable or permanent... -alex

Originally Posted by finch1750 (Post 2607257) nope. sex ed changed. they are now Sexually Transmitted Infections

Originally Posted by fumanchu1 (Post 2607294) but what if they're not infections? not all std's are infectious/infections as far as I know I may be wrong though,

Originally Posted by fumanchu1 (Post 2607294) but what if they're not infections? not all std's are infectious/infections as far as I know I may be wrong though,

Originally Posted by finch1750 (Post 2607310) Not sure I I dont science much. But the terms are essentially interchangrable it seems

Originally Posted by HimBRZ (Post 2609494) Wait a minute; what I MEANT to originally post was that I just spent the last year and a half removing and disassembling the front subframe of my car and rebuilding it in titanium, molybdenum, and carbon fiber after 6,748 manhours of labor and $28,942.00 of materials and I took the car to MIT where they measured the torsional stiffness and found it had increased 0.8934%. Please PM me if you would like my 8gig step-by-step pictorial documentation of this awesome mod.