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Old 11-15-2016, 07:28 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by venturaII View Post
So, Toyota is suggesting improved performance by removing a rigid chassis reinforcement strut and replacing it with a shock absorber which permits some of the flex. Wouldn't this suggest the chassis was designed to allow the flex in the first place? Why supply the car with the OEM braces, if this is the case? How is a flexy chassis going to make the suspension work better? None of this makes any sense.


The only thing I see this part doing is removing some NVH, which might give the impression of a more solid chassis, but wouldn't simply removing the OEM bars do the same thing?
There are different types of rigidity for the chassis/suspension and for the different driving. This is more towards touring and lil bit of spirit driving. Owner who do not want those vibration coming from road conditions like race car.

Don't forget, this v-bar have limit of flex it allow the chassis to do, so without v-bar vs this v-bar is totally different. This also this reduce wear of the chassis.

Hope that make sense.
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