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Often overlooked, especially on vehicles that are reaching higher levels of modification, is the importance of reinforcing the chassis. All vehicles experience flexing of the unibody under various handling loads. Twisting of the chassis is also very common on higher horsepower vehicles.
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^ from their website
Looks: they came painted red to match with other prelude tanabe products (sway bars) the paint was a little sloppy but honestly that doesn't matter.
Installation: must jack up the car. you need to take off the wheels to make installation easier. once you are under the car, you can easily figure out where they go because they only match up to a certain place under the car. unbolt the two screws holding the control arms. place underbrace and bolt it back up. now we had to wiggle the hub around to make it fit just right. this might mess up your alignment (well it did to me). after that, put wheels back on and take it for a test drive
Pros: well the car certainly does feel better with turn-in. the chassis feels stiffer. I would say these lower underbraces do more in feeling over the strut bars front/rear. The cost (~70 each) is a much better price than what some strut bars go for. it does protect the underside since it is the lowest point of the car, which brings me to ...................
Cons: the braces hang really low. if you are dropped, they will scrape where you used to not scrape. this means the sloppy red paint is worthless since they will be silver in a matter of hours (was for me)
some pics on my 4th gen
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