Wonder Bar & shock tower support brace..?
07-09-2014, 07:38 AM
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Car: '87 Trans Am
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Wonder Bar & shock tower support brace..?
Can you run both a Wonder Bar & shock tower support brace..?
I assume you can bolt both right on, but I am asking what are the Pro's/Con's?
Will steering be too rigid? What will be the affects, has anyone tried it or currently running it?
I assume you can bolt both right on, but I am asking what are the Pro's/Con's?
Will steering be too rigid? What will be the affects, has anyone tried it or currently running it?
07-09-2014, 06:11 PM
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Car: 87 Trans Am, 99 WS6, 16 Mustang GT
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Re: Wonder Bar & shock tower support brace..?
I have both. I can't imagine there would be any negative effects from stiffening the front end of the car, these things need all the help they can get.
You won't feel any difference with the wonderbar if your car is in good shape and has low miles to begin with, it'll just prevent the issue that some cars have with cracking the frame where the steering box mounts to.
The strut tower brace seemed to stiffen the front end of my car quite a bit though, eliminating some popping in the suspension, and squeaks and rattles. I have a UMI piece in my car, bolts right to the existing studs on the strut towers. The only modification needed was very minor clearancing of the hood.
You won't feel any difference with the wonderbar if your car is in good shape and has low miles to begin with, it'll just prevent the issue that some cars have with cracking the frame where the steering box mounts to.
The strut tower brace seemed to stiffen the front end of my car quite a bit though, eliminating some popping in the suspension, and squeaks and rattles. I have a UMI piece in my car, bolts right to the existing studs on the strut towers. The only modification needed was very minor clearancing of the hood.
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Re: Wonder Bar & shock tower support brace..?
the shock tower brace stopped that weird shimmy when id uturn.
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