ok so here it is, i had the spoon rear lower tie brace on my car, its basicly just like oem just shiney..... the cusco is much thicker and rounded in shape. it was very good quality.... install only took about 5 mins simple.... my impressions are as follows... i have never driven the car with just the rear brace on.... my handling parts are as follows, spoon stb spoon xbrace, kg/mm dr21 race springs, and now the cusco rear lower brace, like i said i had the spoon.... now my problems before was every time i would really push the car hard i always felt like the rear end just wasn't planted like you the front... i felt like if i push the rear was just going to come around.... a little squirlly if you will... that was with the stock, then i put the spoon and i really didn't notice much of a difference only when driving aggressive, but once again when i really pushed hard it was a bit squirlly..... today i got my cusco rear lower tie today in the mail and the first thoughts when i saw it were i was very impressed by the craftsmenship and the bar was much bigger and heaver than the spoon and stock..... i installed it and went out to my fav twisties.... wow the car was planted right away from the get go the car was much more responsive.... the rear end lost the twichyness, it felt much more one with the rest of the car..... so i hit the usual turns that make the car feel squrilly and push a little no problem car just ate it up, next turn pushed a little more same, next turn pushed all the way the car was very tight no squirllyness the rear end was planted...... all i have to say is i am so impressed by the cusco brace when applied with the other braces..... i highly recomend it i have some pics to follow..... next is teh cusco chassi brace, rear stb, and sway bars

 

Better catch that sentence, it's a runner! I can hardly read the damn thing.

 

lol, i don't even want to read that thing.

paragraphs are your friend or in this case, the keyboard button "enter" would help.

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cliff notes for everyone :

Cusco rear lower tie bar arrived, the craftsmanship is top-notch; much beefier than the Spoon bar, and very easy to install. The sensation of the back end being loose around turns is gone, even when pushed hard. Two thumbs up.

 

Sounds nice. How much $$$ do these little bars cost?

 

right around $100-120

but i think there is a gb on them now....

 

thats not too bad a price

Could never understand the spoons. Everyone says they do nothing. You cant see them. So why do people want them?

 

i had the spoon it was ok no big deal..... you could see it from far behind.....

 

How can there me that much difference between two lumps of sfiff metal?

 

"the cusco is much thicker and rounded in shape"

Spoon is basically same as OEM, but shiny. Sounds to me like Cusco took more time with engineering, thus a stiffer, more functional brace