vote strut tower brace or no???

[OIF1VET]

I have one, never gained anything from it. To me it is an appearance mod and not a suspension mod.

Agreed.. Made no diff on my car..

[JoeliusZ28]

the car feels more solid hitting speed bumps, doesnt creak as much but thats about it. I can feel that its there, but as far as a handling gain... no not really. I got mine used cause it wasnt worth that much to me either.

[00PewterSS]

I've been wondering about the same thing but I bought one anyways. Oh well, either way. I saw one on my W-Impala, I figure GM doesn't spend money on parts that really isn't needed, so I figure it has to do something.

I worked on w-car for quite a while and we actually measured loads in that tower-tower brace. It wasn't much of anything. So we got rid of it on the new w-cars. Some vehicles have them that don't need them, and some do need them. Sometimes it depends on what the vehicle chief wants, even if it doesn't make sense.

The purpose is just as a brace. On our cars since the towers are not tied into the rest of the body structure very well I think it does increase the stiffness and does help brace the towers. I don't have data to show this. It can't help body roll or anything, just stiffens the towers.

Brian

[willasc]

I've been wondering about the same thing but I bought one anyways. Oh well, either way. I saw one on my W-Impala, I figure GM doesn't spend money on parts that really isn't needed, so I figure it has to do something.

[WMCCjames]

welll from reading what people think that it doesnt do any thing for the 100$ i just want to tell my opinnion and think its a great mod and helps out lots with my body roll and cornering

STB's will do nothing for body roll.

[97rs4life]

I have one, never gained anything from it. To me it is an appearance mod and not a suspension mod.

[motownZ]

welll from reading what people think that it doesnt do any thing for the 100$ i just want to tell my opinnion and think its a great mod and helps out lots with my body roll and cornering