jtmcinder
DSM Wiseman
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- Nov 4, 2003
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Iowa City,
Iowa
AWD 2Gs have a rear sub-frame (or crossmember, if you like). It doesn't need a frickin' lower rear STB.
Look, people, this is a performance forum, not a what-useless-mod-should-I-do-next forum. Step One, therefore, is to know what a device is supposed to do. STBs are designed to keep the suspension pick-up points in place, not allowing them to flex under cornering loads. To be 100% clear: they keep the upper pick-ups from bending outwards and they keep the lowers from bending inwards. If the pick-up points are not connected (e.g., the uppers in the front and rear), then a brace might help. But if the pick-up points are already both mounted to the same, great, wonking piece of metal (e.g., the lowers in the rear of an AWD), then adding a brace is just adding weight.
So, on an AWD 2G, the only braces you need are uppers in the front and rear, plus a lower in the front.
Ooo, what a coincidence! Shops/vendors with their heads on straight, such as RRE, only make front and rear uppers, plus a lower front.
- Jtoby
Look, people, this is a performance forum, not a what-useless-mod-should-I-do-next forum. Step One, therefore, is to know what a device is supposed to do. STBs are designed to keep the suspension pick-up points in place, not allowing them to flex under cornering loads. To be 100% clear: they keep the upper pick-ups from bending outwards and they keep the lowers from bending inwards. If the pick-up points are not connected (e.g., the uppers in the front and rear), then a brace might help. But if the pick-up points are already both mounted to the same, great, wonking piece of metal (e.g., the lowers in the rear of an AWD), then adding a brace is just adding weight.
So, on an AWD 2G, the only braces you need are uppers in the front and rear, plus a lower in the front.
Ooo, what a coincidence! Shops/vendors with their heads on straight, such as RRE, only make front and rear uppers, plus a lower front.
- Jtoby
