To clarify (or add to) the confusion, a few more thoughts.

The bar available from Rick's is one solid peice of aluminum (as opposed to welded steel or aluminum) which, I would imagine, is a good thing for a device that is put under twisting / flexing pressures.

Of course, if welded braces broke at the welds, I'm sure that you'd hear about it in this forum.

So I would also guess from the information here on s2ki that the X-Brace would make the biggest difference in steering and handling with less difference for almost the same price being made by a strut brace.

It seems that additional improvements could be made with rear braceing and upgraded sway bars, but that seems to be way down on the list.

 

Did it make a noticeable difference in your 2004? Can you describe what was different?

I had been figuring that with the added stiffening in the AP2 chassis, I didn't need an aftermarket cross brace; should I be rethinking that?

 

wat about the cusco Y shaped brace?
anyone has this one his/her S?

 

yes I have it on my s2k, and it works great. paid $160 from a group buy here.

 

for Muz Whiteline X brace.

 

What do you like about it?

Price? Looks? Ease of Installation? Performance? Other?

 

yea i would like to know as well? does this improve driving characteristics? or is it just a piece for looks?
doe sit make the car handle more precisely or any improvements in any way?

 

The only time you will see it,is when you do your oil change,so it must be for something else than look

 

Here's just a few threads on the Muz/Whiteline x-brace...

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...hiteline+xbrace

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...t=muz+whiteline

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...t=muz+whiteline

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...t=muz+whiteline

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...t=muz+whiteline

 

Installed my Muz brace yesterday. It was the easiest ofall of the projects of the day (snorkle intake, brake paint, decals, QuietCote in transhump, etc) and seems to indeed make a differnce.

Thanks all.

-Rom