joprenbo

I'm going to order some suspension braces sometime this week. I was just wondering which one would work better or if there was any differences between the two besides price. Or if there is any other company that you think would be better than Spoon or Cusco.

If I go with Spoon I'd get the rear tie bar, X-brace and front tower bar.

Cusco I would get lower member front and rear and floor brace and front tower.

Thanks for any help.

GyozA

I don't think any brace on this car would really show a drastic improvement to handling. If anything save the money you have for the braces and get a set of coilovers or springs.

SC_Highlander

What problem are you trying to solve?

joprenbo

I just want the car to feel better in the turns whenever I am running it pretty hard. I don't have it lowered but am planning on that as well. So I was thinking that if I stiffen the suspension up that it would handle better

SC_Highlander

Here's what I always recommend to anyone with the itch to make changes just to 'make it better'. Unless you have a specific attribute you are trying to address, save your money.

Take a quarter of the amount you were going to spend on those braces and sign up for a single track day with an instructor. You will be amazed with the how much you learn, and with how high the limits are on the stock suspension.

joprenbo

Do you have any links or sites that I could look at for trackdays? That would be a lot of fun. I did two trackdays at VIR when I had my motorcycle, but ended up breaking one of my legs so I sold them both. But very interested. Thanks

SC_Highlander

Turn1 @ Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC
http://www.turnonetrackevents.com/

Seat-Time @ Roebling Road in Savannah, GA
http://www.seat-time.com

YELLOW JACKET

I have a 01. i put 1 brace at time to see if i would notice any changes. ichange the rear chassis brace for a cusco,definate improvement over stock. stock rear is flimsy.install front tower brace,noticeable difference there.install front lower cusco,didn't notice much there. like bryan said,do atrack day first then decide.

S2000Shifter

i did the 3 piece chassis stiffer from cusco and the front lower tie bar from cusco but i did S2X's front tower strut x brace.

noticed a big difference in steering response from the front lower brace and 3 piece chassis stiffener... cant say which one improved the handling the most as i installed them both at the same time.

the strut tower brace was mainly for looks

rudeS2k

i believe anything other than stock will better help handling.

im my case , i went with Cusco 3 pc floor bar, front member bar, JIC magic rear tie bar, and J's racing front tower bar. But im lowered w Tein S-techs.