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Old Jun 8, 2002 | 09:50 PM
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To all the people who said that the rear brace wouldnt help...

you were wrong...atcually..you were very very wrong. I went to drift session today and the rear bar helped big time. The rear flexing of the car wasnt really even there. And I was able to do smoother and faster drifts. Its seriously a night and day difference. And only costed me 13 bucks. Well worth the money. Just thought I'd mention that to everyone.
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Old Jun 9, 2002 | 04:20 AM
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Got a pic? What the hell did you do??
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Old Jun 9, 2002 | 09:05 AM
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Got a pic? What the hell did you do??


yeah. any pics?
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Old Jun 9, 2002 | 02:52 PM
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My scanner is down for some reason. And I dont got a digital camera. Imma have to borrow my freinds one and then I can post them up. Give me a day or so. Oh and I did what the guy on the Tech Articles section did.
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Old Jun 9, 2002 | 03:06 PM
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Slightly off topic...
I always love the four wheel drift pics
got any suitable for wall paper ?
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Old Jun 9, 2002 | 04:03 PM
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I dono if you consider these good. But here you go...




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Old Jun 9, 2002 | 06:05 PM
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Is that a '97 Honda Accord Super-Duper make the car go silly fast rear wing in the first pic?

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Old Jun 10, 2002 | 01:15 AM
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Re: To all the people who said that the rear brace wouldnt help...

Originally posted by REVLIMIT
you were wrong...atcually..you were very very wrong. I went to drift session today and the rear bar helped big time. The rear flexing of the car wasnt really even there. And I was able to do smoother and faster drifts. Its seriously a night and day difference. And only costed me 13 bucks. Well worth the money. Just thought I'd mention that to everyone.
No offence but it looks in your pictures that you left rear has damage. If the car was smacked into something at one time and weakened or bent the panhard bar Brace (not to be mistaken by the panhard bar) then this will help you. If the car is damage from a previous wreck, the rear body section could be causing the entire car to flex more than usual. If this "helped" then I would really suggest subframe connectors.

It looks like you have access to a road course. Maybe you could post lap times with and without your homemade brace. Without drift driving ofcourse, you will run substantially faster times without hanging the rearend out. However, I know drift driving is fun and looks cool.

P.s. Your old man must own a tire shop because I bet you eat up tires fast.

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Old Jun 10, 2002 | 03:35 AM
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when u put in the rear brace, do you have to remove your back seats permanetly?
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Old Jun 10, 2002 | 04:50 AM
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Yea my family owns a repair shop atcually haha...I gots subframes, the smash is gone, and I dono abou that brace...maybe I"ll check it. But I did notice that the back flexed less after putting it in. I'll try doing laps next time a SCCA comes around.
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