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Old 04-26-2009, 10:22 PM   #1
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Sub Frame Connectors are in... WOW

I purchased the Alston SFC and a Wonder Bar from Lon at Top-Down Solutions www.top-downsolutions.com 626 369 0040 and they are awesome.
I had Certified Performance at 2900 Woodson 314 423 1663 Weld them in and throw on the Wonder Bar while they had it on the lift.
It made a huge difference I could not believe how much it tightend up the car, it was amazing.
























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Old 04-26-2009, 10:28 PM   #2
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Re: Sub Frame Connectors are in... WOW

holy shite, thats a nice car...
underside looks amazing.
should have gone with black powdercoat, but thats just my opinion.
looks great
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Old 04-26-2009, 10:47 PM   #3
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Thanks, Color did not matter to me, this is a daily driver, so if anyone sees the underside of my car again it is either because I did something under there or I am in some serious trouble.
When I ordered them Lon said what color, I said I don't care send me what ever you have more of, he said red and I said fine, my car is red.
When the guys were welding them in I told them if they did not have red paint to paint the weld just use black, again, daily driver.

Now if I had put them on this car they would have been black, and I would have been more picky about the install and paint job.





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Old 04-27-2009, 03:01 AM   #4
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Great pics man! Very nice looking car too. If you could give a % wise as to how much the car tightened up, I would appreciate it. My buddy has a vert and he's still on the fence about sfc's. Thanks.

Oh yeah, I envy your clean underside
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Old 04-27-2009, 07:05 AM   #5
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Hey! Those look familiar hehe! Yeah the ride is much better, better cornering and much less twist on take off. % wise type numbers .... I dunno, 75% less body twist and 50% better cornering? Maybe 75% as well? Hard to say/guess. There is much less body tilt/roll on corners.

I took it for a spin (if people in the Toronto area know this area - you know how winding this road is) through Forks of the Credit which literally has an uphill hairpin turn. I usually loose traction on the second turn going uphill (just one tire slipping a little) and this time it didn't. But that was only one go at it.
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:16 PM   #6
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I don't know % but I would say this might be the best mod I've done.
Sometimes you do things, and after it is like, well I think I can tell a diff, this one was obvious just sitting in the car, first turn was like wow, the front and the back are working together now instead of going in different directions.
Put it this way, if I were to ever get another vert, and it did not have these, these would be the first thing I would add.
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Old 04-27-2009, 04:35 PM   #7
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Re: Sub Frame Connectors are in... WOW

I have the same mod also on my 91 vert. I am also planning to add Sphon connectors to the sill area or make up something of my own. After driving a car with tough connectors down the side and attaching to the center, I want to do that little bit more to increase the stiffness.
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