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9.0
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Description:
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This is a "C"-shaped brace for the underside of the Legacy GT, that ties the control arms to the rest of the subframe.
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Keywords:
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Stiffening brace for front end
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Legacy Model(s):
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Legacy sedans and wagons
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gtguy
Resident crank
Registered: January 2004
Location: Highland Park, IL.
Posts: 2190
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $160.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Mid-corner stability, reduced front end wander, overall stability
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Cons:
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Slight increase in bump harshness
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First, the down side of the bar. It adds a bit of bump harshness. Percentage-wise, perhaps ten percent, which is barely perceptible, but it's there. You notice it as a bit of additional kick. This makes sense, because things that were loose, are now part of the subframe. I can't really tell if it adds noise, because the snow tires are already noisy. I would presume that it does, because the wheels/tires how have a much more direct, solid connection to the car. But it isn't much, judging by the fact that I had to really think "Is this noisier?"
Another down side is that it adds a bit of understeer. Not as much as the Type II brace did on the WRX, but it does add a bit. The alacrity of turn-in, courtesy of the 20mm rear bar, is reduced some. Again, percentage-wise, maybe 10%.
Offsetting this is the stability and solidity that the front end gains. I found myself correcting the car a bit, having steered too much, in other words. You compensate for how a car drives, understeering or oversteering, without even realizing it. So with the Cusco brace, you apply less steering for a given result. How this manifests itself is taking a right-hand bend with which I was very familiar, I found myself having to correct the car onto the right line. I turned around and re-did the bend, responding to how the car is instead of how it was, and you can feel the improved steering response. There is less slop, not that there was that much to begin with.
The front end also tracks better, something that many will believe offsets the additive understeer effects. I believe this to be the case.
Ultimately, I think this is a very nice mod. There are drawbacks, only one that is significant, IMHO.
Kevin
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WoonieLGT
New Member
Registered: May 2006
Location: on the road
Posts: 9
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $159.99
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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lightweight, cool blue finish
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Cons:
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none
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I know that it stiffens the frame, but I'm not sure how much. Did this at the same time as rear lower-arm bar and Cobb F&R sways w/ PolTec Aluminum endlinks.
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