chassis re-enforcement v.101

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

I will agree to that entire statement, and when I had
my frame crack repair, the guy repairing it
recommended the 4 point sub frame to prevent further
twisting, and I can safely tell you, I dont regret one
bit buying it, I like it so much that I have another
one sitting in my garage for my daily driver, just
need to find the time to put it on.


--- "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> My roc has both an upper and lower stress bar and I
> can say I felt a
> definite improvement in stiffness (ahem, of the car)
> after installing
> them.
> 
> But let's not forget the downsides..
> 
> - if someone hits one of your strut towers, the bar
> is going to help to
>   damage the other one as well
> - added weight (and at the already heavy front of
> the car)
> - (for the lower bar) something else for sticks and
> roadkill to get
>   caught on while driving
> - added expense (like most mods, they're not free!)
> - more "value" to be ignored by the insurance
> adjuster when your car gets
>   totalled
> - both bars make some jobs more difficult (tranny
> swap comes to mind)
> - they're additional "crap in the way" in your
> engine compartment
> 
> In my case, though.. the benefits were enough to
> outweigh these negatives.
> I think this is probably the case for most people as
> well..
> 
> -Toby
> 
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Shawn c Meze wrote:
> 
> > How they work is this; Only one strut tower will
> flex at any one time.
> > Never both. So think of it as one strut tower
> leaning upon the other for
> > added support via the strut brace. Make sense? A
> welded unit would do
> > much more in terms of bracing but that limits
> certain necessary
> > maintenance tasks.
> 
> 
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