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Strut Brace 101 (archive)
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Posted by TBell on May 08, 2000 at 14:34:39:

In Reply to: TBell? posted by G Smith on May 08, 2000 at 13:25:44:

G. A strut tower brace ties the shock towers together and makes the car stiffer...For performance driving this improves turn in responce. And it makes one side tied together tighter to the other....As far as improving rattles I can think of some instances that it could actually make more rattles....I mean think about it, if you make something stiffer ie the shock towers, something else has to give, and if it's stiffer there would be more jaring effect on ther parts.....So if it's rattles you're concerned about, I personally think a brace will not help significantly..If you want to stiffen up the car and improve the turn in performance then go for it..At least that's my 2 cents worth.....Take care, Tom

: Would you include the tower strut brace in your post? I thought that that particular modification would be more for keeping the car rattle-free for as long as possible, rather than improving handling. I'm a pretty conservative driver and at this point am probably not interested in performance/handling enhancements.



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