Yesterday I received, after purchasing of course, a Tanabe Sustec 4-Point Under Brace. This brace bolts to the same place, on the suspension, that a lower tie bar bolts and to the body where those weird triangular pieces of metal are near the front wheels.
This product is, apparently, a fairly new product for the B15 chassis. It has been verified to fit on all 1.8l B15s and 2.5l B15s. They are also going to check and see if it fits on all 2.0l B15s. My presumption is that it will.
The link I have for the brace is: http://www.tanabe-usa.com/underbrace/
I will be installing this brace and giving my feedback this weekend. From what I gather since I do not have an after market sway bar, rear sway bar, or rear tie bar that it will make the car understear a bit. We'll see. I'm anticipating this install to take an hour tops.
The instructions are, unfortunately for me, in Japanese. The picture that shows the bolt-on points is very easy to follow, however. I haven't decided yet, but I may be doing write-up for installation after I am finished.
Tanabe Sustec 4-Point Under Brace
Re: Tanabe Sustec 4-Point Under Brace (Kalok)
Ok.... The review...
The brace took two of us about 30 minutes to install, including jacking up the car and what-not. It would have went a little faster if I had had ratcheting box-end wrenches, but I didn't.
Took the car out on some mildly twisty roads. Felt a nice difference in the car. It seemed more sure-footed. Took some right-hand turns at excessive speed. It handled them better than I expected. Our next torture test was to take the car on an abandoned street and try some "emergency" lane changes at highway speeds. It handled these ALOT better than I expected.
In other words, the brace makes a nice difference, even with a pretty stock suspension. The only suspension "mod" I have other than the brace, currently, is a set of Tein S-Tech springs.
All-in-all, this mod was well worth the money for control of the car.
Installation is very straight-forward, but I will be doing a write-up for our less mechanically inclined friends.
The brace took two of us about 30 minutes to install, including jacking up the car and what-not. It would have went a little faster if I had had ratcheting box-end wrenches, but I didn't.
Took the car out on some mildly twisty roads. Felt a nice difference in the car. It seemed more sure-footed. Took some right-hand turns at excessive speed. It handled them better than I expected. Our next torture test was to take the car on an abandoned street and try some "emergency" lane changes at highway speeds. It handled these ALOT better than I expected.
In other words, the brace makes a nice difference, even with a pretty stock suspension. The only suspension "mod" I have other than the brace, currently, is a set of Tein S-Tech springs.
All-in-all, this mod was well worth the money for control of the car.
Installation is very straight-forward, but I will be doing a write-up for our less mechanically inclined friends.
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Re: Tanabe Sustec 4-Point Under Brace (Kalok)
Nice, sounds like it was worth it. I'm sure with full suspension you'd definitely be able to notice a huge difference.
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Re: Tanabe Sustec 4-Point Under Brace (NSR_S13)
who did you order the brace from
Re: Tanabe Sustec 4-Point Under Brace (Thundercat)
Eddie at Performance.Thundercat wrote:who did you order the brace from
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