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Originally Posted by cslntuee
HI,
Will the strut tower brace make both the driver and passenger feel uncomfortable during the driving
compared to the stock one, due to it stiffens up the front of the car?
Thanks.
Edit: I should write "both the driver and passenger " ><
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Originally Posted by Vracer111
I'm sure the driver has more impact on passengers feeling uncomfortable during the drive...
Highly doubt most passengers will notice any difference in ride with the bar. Stiffer when it comes to chassis is better, it's not the suspension that is being stiffened, it's the mounting point for the suspension...and that's always a good thing, especially on a sports car. Driver will notice it, passenger not so much due to not being behind the wheel where you can perceive the difference between control input and the cars response to that input.
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VRacer makes several great points, with the most important being that we are increasing the stiffness of the chassis, and not the suspension itself (even though technically by reducing deflection at the suspension pick up points you will be removing an equivalent "lesser" spring rate, which equivalently speaking at least, should ever so slightly make the suspension stiffer. The effects would be so small that it would be unnoticeable to even an expert, I just figured it should be said).
However, as I've mentioned before when we were testing the prototype of the unit, I as a passenger, was able to notice a difference in nvh (noise, harshness, vibration) for the better. Our car is stock except for coilovers (and the proto brace), and going low speed through pot holes was a noticable difference with much less "jarring." No negative effects or any added harshness though.
So if anything, the passengers will not notice at all, OR if your passengers are expert automotive enthusiasts and you just so happened to have taken them for a ride a minute ago without the strut bar, and then a ride with the strut bar, then they might notice things have gotten better. Otherwise, this piece of the puzzle is just for the drivers.
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Originally Posted by dawnst3ar
That'll cost what, an extra $3.50?
Can you do mine in mother of pearl, please? Don't want it to be too garish, now do we?
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Ohhhhh, sorry man, I already did yours decoupaged with crushed egg shells of the extinct Dodo bird, and then veneered the brackets with wood recovered from the Titanic, you know, to keep costs down :P
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Originally Posted by xn7485
Any chance of a rear strutbar? Seen one that just requires a cut into the foam, instead of up into trunk area. hope to see that in the works as well.
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Admittedly I have been looking into it (you caught me), but the probably with what you're suggesting (and what I want to do too) is that you can't make one that hides under the cover (just requiring a few foam cuts) AND is still able to clear the spare tire. And since most people will find that removing their spare to put in a rear strut bar is completely unacceptable, I haven't looked too much further into it. I think that going over the carpet might be the only way...
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