M Shaped Brace Under Car... Do Without It?
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
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
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
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?
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
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.
12-06-2005, 06:19 PM
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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...
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.
12-07-2005, 07:53 AM
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De – engineering at it’s best,lol
12-07-2005, 07:54 AM
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humm
De – engineering at it’s best,lol
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?
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?
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?^^
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.
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.
12-07-2005, 02:17 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.
J/K about the Flow Masters, but it is a nice picture.
12-07-2005, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by kcobean
Yeah, I'd count on that being a major structural component responsible for chassis stiffening. I wouldn't remove it.
+1..... I wouldn't take it off either.....your rear hatch may pop open on right turns(
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