Anyone wiho purchased the GTSpec mid-chassis brace ?

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11-25-2005 | 11:48 AM

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you will need to drill two holes to get it to fit...
but, if you drill them in the wrong spot it will never work...

lololol ROFL ROLF FRAAAAAALLLL!!!!

if you drill it in the wrong spot it won't fit? ???? NO WAY!!! like, you couldn't just drill a hole in the headlight and it would fit???

heheh sorry, i'm a little off camber right now.. just found this a hilarious CAPTAIN OBVIOUS statement..

it does sound funny, but if you drill the hole 3/4" to far forward you cannot recover from this mistake easily.
you would have to weld in a patch and redrill farther back.

some people would think they can just 'open the hole up' and it would work....

11-27-2005 | 07:33 AM

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i'm going to be adding this on to my box and hopefully i don't screw it up.

11-27-2005 | 04:23 PM

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i'm going to be adding this on to my box and hopefully i don't screw it up.

Magicman, it will be very EASY to install this brace! nothing compared to the front sway bars!

2 bolts and that is it. hardest part will be jacking the car up and put it on jack stands.

11-27-2005 | 07:29 PM

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sorry, was responding to dghotlava. maybe i should start using qoutes....

11-27-2005 | 07:40 PM

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sorry my bad

11-28-2005 | 03:10 AM

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i'm going to be adding this on to my box and hopefully i don't screw it up.

when you get it, and want some advise...get in touch with me

12-15-2005 | 06:15 AM

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anybody yet who has installed it perhaps prior to any other suspension mods so we can hear opinions on whether it is worthy of purchase...

12-15-2005 | 04:00 PM

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the only suspension mods worty of purchase are ....

rear sway bar

and

lowering springs

in that order.
everything else is just show points or self indulgance.

01-28-2006 | 07:18 PM

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anybody have this one?
http://www.ptuning.com/html/Item-Des...l&ModelDesc=xA

01-29-2006 | 03:07 PM

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anybody have this one?
http://www.ptuning.com/html/Item-Des...l&ModelDesc=xA

i don't have that exact one, but i do have that type of brace.

01-29-2006 | 04:23 PM

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did u notice any difference when u put it in?

01-30-2006 | 02:57 AM

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guys! read the subject line...

you are going off-tangent..the post is regarding the **mid**chassis brace, not the Tanabe front chassis brace!

01-30-2006 | 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by hawaiiguy

guys! read the subject line...

you are going off-tangent..the post is regarding the **mid**chassis brace, not the Tanabe front chassis brace!

here's the answer, it's been here since november....

here's an answer from partshippers....

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Originally Posted by Lip

i've done nothing but be truthful with you guys...nothing but. you would have to put the box through the ringer to benefit from this mod. until we tie more into this brace(notice the threaded holes) its more cosmetic and added show points at this time. Thats my honest opinion. Hell...people buy DC billet battery tie downs...at least this will or can be of some use!!!

more to come

hope these answer your questions. this post has been dead for over a month....

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did u notice any difference when u put it in?

front was stiffer and turn in was better....

01-31-2006 | 06:24 AM

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thanks magicmanjk808---now 'that's' the answer i had been looking for!!!

mahalos!

12-22-2006 | 05:06 AM

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So...any word if GTspec is going to tie in another product to the mid chassis brace?

12-22-2006 | 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dgHotLava

the only suspension mods worty of purchase are ....

rear sway bar

and

lowering springs

in that order.
everything else is just show points or self indulgance.

what?

wow.

coilovers kill everything
then rear sway
front sway bar bushing
c pillar brace

are my must haves.

still waiting to install my trd rear brace.
the rear "strut" tower brace does nothing the front strut tower brace did little to nothing.

12-28-2006 | 06:59 PM

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I dont have the gtspec bar i opted for the greddy one instead, pretty much the samething in my opinion. Very easy to install, looks nice & also matches the front bar i got from greddy.

12-30-2006 | 06:19 AM

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So I emailed GTSpec and asked if they were planning a product to tie into their mid-chassis brace...and they replied no.

12-30-2006 | 06:51 AM

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guess that's why partshippers.com removed the mid chassis brace from their product list...

01-03-2007 | 01:53 AM

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i tried installing the greddy rear arm bar, it looks like the gtspec mid chassis brace, but the damn bolt broke in half.

i would like to note also that when i looked under there it lookedl ike the dealership unbolted the stock brace on one side and pulled it to the side.

also would like to note that there are 3 pairs of holes for 12mm head size bolts lined up about 8 inches apart from each other. i'm gonna try installing it further back in the next pair of holes. i dont see how it does anything though with these puny little bolts doesnt look like it reinforces anything.