anyone have any experience with one of these?

 

Man, you got too much money laying around.


-Ted

 

Ive never even seen those before.. Any links to where you found it, and a price?

 

no, I don't. Just found it while browsing for things to spend money on. Besides, all the FD guys are there in the 3rd gen forum taking about 1/4 panel braces so I think half a roll cage isn't so bad

 

www.raretrick.com 196$

They also have the Cusco rear 3-point and front bars, so I figured I'd get those long before a Door pillar brace, just thought I see what everyones opinion on it is.

 

Judging from that picture alone, it doesnt look thick enough to do a damn thing.. but I could be wrong.

 

thickness does not determine the tensile strength or load tolerance of a brace.

a 30mm bar of solid steel can be weaker than a 17mm bar of hollow chromemoly alloy.

proper engineering negates the need to have big bulky bars in favor of using lighter stronger materials that connect at key structural points.

I don't know where that brace connects to on the FC, but it looks functional. May not be good bang for your buck on a street car, but if you do occasional auto-x or road racing, you should be able to see some improvements

 

My first instinct when I saw it was my architectual background just screaming "IT MAKES A TRIANGLE THOSE ARE RIGID AND GOOD!"

but, then the logical side says "this is the import aftermarket, the only place you can find more BS is George W. Bush's ranch." but, then it's from Cusco and they aren't exactly know for useless products... I dunno, it'll go on my things to get if I don't put in a roll cage list