M Shaped Brace Under Car... Do Without It?

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12-06-2005, 03:29 PM

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M Shaped Brace Under Car... Do Without It?

What does the M brace located under the car right in front of the rear wheels do? Is it for chasis stiffening? Is it a subframe connector? Anyone remove it? Would this screw something up?

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12-06-2005, 04:54 PM

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the sway bar?

if so ,HELL yes it will screw something up. try taking a few hard corners with no sway bar.

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12-06-2005, 05:09 PM

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GOD NO.... not the damn sway bar.

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12-06-2005, 05:14 PM

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i didnt think you were talking about that! just making sure.

im not sure what your talking about then. got a pic?

there is a butterfly shapped under cover behind the wheels but i doubt your talking about that aswell

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12-06-2005, 05:18 PM

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Chassis brace. It should have been designed better/lighter. Why do you want to remove it?

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12-06-2005, 06:14 PM

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The black M shaped thing is the chassis brace. Unless u like ur car twisting when ur accelerating or turning go ahead and remove it

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12-06-2005, 06:15 PM

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Yeah, I'd count on that being a major structural component responsible for chassis stiffening. I wouldn't remove it.

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12-06-2005, 06:19 PM

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i wouldnt take it off

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12-06-2005, 06:25 PM

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I took mine off... now my rear hatch pops open whenver I make a hard right turn. Anyone else have this problem??? I'll do a search...

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12-06-2005, 07:00 PM

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I had a G35 sedan. I dont know if its the same thing, but the one in the sedan had a brace that was meant to catch the driveshaft in case of collision. Or so I've been told by the G guys.

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12-07-2005, 07:53 AM

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De – engineering at it’s best,lol

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12-07-2005, 07:54 AM

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humm

De – engineering at it’s best,lol

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12-07-2005, 08:47 AM

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I took mine off... now my rear hatch pops open whenver I make a hard right turn. Anyone else have this problem??? I'll do a search...

Are you serious, or was this humorous?

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12-07-2005, 09:28 AM

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That brace saved my under carriage when I went over a curb. Got hella scratch, but vital components were safe. Don't take it off. Better question, why would you wanna take it off?

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12-07-2005, 10:51 AM

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For the record, he's talking about this (the red section):

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12-07-2005, 01:42 PM

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^^Nice pic. Are those Flow Masters?^^

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12-07-2005, 01:44 PM

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I dunno. Somebody posted that pic about a year ago and I just saved it to my PC as a nice reference.

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12-07-2005, 01:47 PM

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Dude.. that brace prevents a warp core breach. A breach occurs when containment of the controlled reaction between matter and anti-matter is lost (anti-matter can get in contact with matter). This produces enough energy to destroy the car. Keep it on there.