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Originally Posted by Wonderbar
Nalc, my post wasn't aimed towards you personally. Just the overall negative response immediately.
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I understand, I'm just wondering if there's any proof or evidence of improvement, because practically every mod has a "zomg the mod made the car a bazillion times better" review on a forum. I work in aviation, and "Let's throw weight at it without doing any testing or analysis, based on what looks like it's weak" is some amateur crap. I'm not saying that I expect a little shop to be able to do a finite element analysis, or put strain gauges all over the car, but I would expect them to develop a brace based on looking at parts of the chassis that look weak and previous experience with other cars, then do at least some sort of before-and-after road or track test to confirm that the car actually benefits from the brace. There's probably a number of weak points in the chassis that are designed to be weak because they don't see a lot of load or stress on them, and that wouldn't benefit from bracing. I'm sure there's a number of weak points in the chassis that were either a design oversight, a cost-cutting measure, or a ride comfort compromise that will see big performance gains from braces. How you tell the two apart is the key. Otherwise you're just paying $$$ for a pretty piece of metal that may not be doing anything worthwhile.