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Front and rear strut tower brace... are they really worth it?

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Old 05-31-03, 01:27 PM
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Front and rear strut tower brace... are they really worth it?

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not sure. my friend had a strut tower brace made (front i think) and he said it really stiffened up the frame, with less body roll in turns. i think he paid around $60, which isn't bad if you've got the cash. i wouldn't spend a couple hundred on it though.
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I have a front bar by CP Racing and it really helped stiffen the front end. The car feels tighter and more solid. As far as the rear goes..... I personally I can't see how it would help.

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Front...yes, back...no
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Okay, i was thinking it might help me in the rear because i sawed out part of the "inner fender" so i could get to a dent to pound out... is this effecting my body support at all?
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Well, with a unibody design, such as (almost) all modern cars have, it is always a bad idea to saw into body parts. Point is: the car is so designed to get maximum strength with minimum material (=costs). So apart from some cosmetic panels, most of the car will be important, and therefor shouldn't be removed. I know that this is especially true on a few smaller cars, some even have the windshield as a part of the structure. This means that you will have to support the car or it will bend when you take the windshield out! This doesn't go that far with a Seven, but I just wanted to show you what I mean. Be carefull when altering the unibody design.
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Hope it doesn't hurt my car then...my friend did it he's like "if you take this out we can get in there" "no, i don't want to do that" "come on we can get that dent right out if we do" and started cutting away at it i'm like "whatever"
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