I guess ill see how much of an improvement they are. Just bought the front and rear braces

 

You guys know how much to torque these down at?

 

Did you ever find out? I need to know also.

 

Yes torque down to 116 Ft-Lbs

 

By the way where did you install these at? I don't think my jack and regular jack stands will suffice for the installation.

 

Hey guys, a little update. Installed the front and rear under-body braces and the rear strut mount brace...... Huge difference. Car feels super stiff and body roll is almost completely gone.

I had a little bit of an issue with the front under-body and rear strut mount braces getting a socket skinny enough to fit inside of the opening. But thats not a big deal. I had some thin wall sockets so it worked out fine. Just make sure you have some thin walled sockets cause the fit is tight.

The bars took a little coarsing to get into place but not much and they fit and feel great.

I think TB should make a front strut mount brace. Then the car would be super, super stiff.

Didnt get a chance to take pics or really test out the ground clearence cause I noticed when I had the car on a lift today, I need an axle and a wheel bearing. So it might be a few weeks til I can really test these out 100%, but so far no complaints.

 

I was installing the rear upper bar, and had a little problem.



No big... I just drilled the holes bigger.


Drove it around for a day but didn't feel much difference. Then installed the rear lower bar.


Been driving my normal route and the rear feels a bit more stable on hard turns. The back end doesn't flop around, through the long sweep turns with bumps on the road. I'll install the front lower bar when I get a chance.

 

When I put my TRD sway bar it made one hell of a difference. Should of done feedback with just the sway bar and then the addition of the strut bars. Try pushing your car on tight corners or in a big parking lot.

 

I already had the TRD sway bar on for a few years now. I had the DG sway bar before the TRD. I'm also running 255 wide tires on DG rpf1s so my set up might not be the same as others.

 

Oh alright. Overall how do you like them?

 

Got to take the bars out for a spin and I like them. Rear end feels like it stiffened up a lot. I do not have a swaybar so I think my perception of how it affects the rear is different from myr6goesfast's perception. The front feels tighter as well. I feel a little better turn in with the bar installed. Worth the money IMHO.

 

Finally got the front one on last week and definately ties everything together great. Feels nice and FIRME. Not sure if the guy above me got all three but to conclude.

The:
Upper rear, no difference.
Lower rear, less rear flop feel on rebound through a turn.
Front lower, more confidence on higher speed turn ins.

I have 116,000 miles on my car so I'm used to the way my car drove/drives and I did feel a difference. Not sure if they're worth it for everyone but I had extra cash so, yeah.

** The lower front bar does sit a little low but not lower than the stock s-pipe. I believe it's designed this way so the stock mid-pipe clears it. The secondary cat is right there.

 

-Oh why didn't I find your earlier when you were on Sale....now i must wait....

 

Same, hoping they go on sale again.

 

Gargh! How did I just now hear about these? I've got to get them complete my set-up now.

TB Performance, this looks like an awesome product, when are they going on sale again? We need like a Scionlife groupon or something if we buy the whole set lol.

Also, with a quality product like this, marketing is your biggest hurtle, might I suggest that you see if Dezod.com, Fastscions.com, and/or Ptuning.com might pick up your products? I would have never known about them if I hadn't stumbled across this thread at 3am!

 

Maybe a group buy? I really want to get these to tie the hole car together. The latest mod to the car is Ksports Coilover. She might not be the fastest Tc in town but she pulls on most out of a corner.

 

i want these!

 

I'm definitely going to pick up the lower rear ones hopefully soon. Interesting enough I came across this earlier this morning. Apparently Tanabe is working on one themselves. They are only 8 years late....I have a feeling they are going to charge a pretty penny for theirs. TB, keep at it. Products are looking good.

 

i hope Tanabe's bar is better quality that their own tC strut bar. That POS strut bar had the same build and design of eBay generic bars.

 

I wish there were more companies making these for our car like the make for evo's and sti