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Old 10-11-2006, 05:25 PM
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Question GT Spec Bars

Does anyone have these on their car yet. What kind of difference did you notice. I guess are they worth the $?
Old 10-11-2006, 05:33 PM
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I have them. Haven't tracked it with them on yet though. no difference in street driving.
Old 10-11-2006, 07:56 PM
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I have run with mine on and off, as I've got the original prototypes on my car -the front lower arm bar is immediately noticeable on street and moreso on track with coilovers and r compounds track for turn in - its much cripser with the bar in than with it out. The rear lower arm bar also made a noticeable difference on my car in terms of being able to accelerate from the apex of a turn - the rear bites down much better with it installed

I've not spent much time yet with the mid brace, and its currently not on my car. I'll likely reinstall it with the new round of stuff we're doing soon.

I cannot use the rear lateral brace with my exhaust, so cannot comment first hand there
Old 10-15-2006, 08:38 PM
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Would there be much of a differience in the car if that M brace all together wasn't there?
Old 10-15-2006, 09:41 PM
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I'm installing my set next week, so I will try to get some impressions soon
Old 10-16-2006, 02:04 AM
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Zero difference during regular street driving, but if you were to track the car, then perhaps that's a different story.
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I'll be installing the three lower braces this week so any feedback will be appreciated. I did not get the mid-chassis brace. Does anyone have all four braces installed? I'm just curious to see if the addition of the mid-chassis brace is worth the $s.
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Originally Posted by plumpzz
Would there be much of a differience in the car if that M brace all together wasn't there?
I'm currently running without the big center brace ( had it in previously but we forgot to reinstall it last time we did some work) and the car definitely does not feel quite as connected as it was when the brace was installed, but I've since gotten used to it, but I will be reinstalling it when I do my next oil change
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Originally Posted by Z1 Performance
I have run with mine on and off, as I've got the original prototypes on my car -the front lower arm bar is immediately noticeable on street and moreso on track with coilovers and r compounds track for turn in - its much cripser with the bar in than with it out. The rear lower arm bar also made a noticeable difference on my car in terms of being able to accelerate from the apex of a turn - the rear bites down much better with it installed

I've not spent much time yet with the mid brace, and its currently not on my car. I'll likely reinstall it with the new round of stuff we're doing soon.

I cannot use the rear lateral brace with my exhaust, so cannot comment first hand there
my setup being tokico dspec shocks/springs, 5zigen fn01r-c 17" with falken RT615 (255/40-17 and 275/40-17), improved feedback and crispier transistions is exactly my feeling too. (with all the braces except the ladder).

the rear lower brace is extremely low though... I lost the gtspec sticker along with a good amount of paint, lol

I did not notice as much of a difference with the front as I did with the rear braces though.

Last edited by Nano; 10-16-2006 at 09:39 AM.
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