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Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Sat Mar 30, 2013 11:34 am
by BEA
I am About To Put Under body Braces On 2008 H6 Which Is Better Cusco Or Avo
Part No Would Help To
Have Avo Sway Bar Brace On The Rear Now That Made A Difference
Toke It For A Run Yesterday At Least I Am Heading In The Right Direction With The Car
As There is A Lot Of Knowledgeable People Out There Could Give Me Some In Put
Thank You In Advance
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

Posted:
Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:58 pm
by rooby
As they are all just metal and connect to similar/same places I would say they would be pretty similar.
You could even try making your own out of some broom sticks

(I couldn't resist)
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:39 pm
by BUDDAH
Serious question why would you bother? what are you expecting it to do ?
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:39 pm
by cruisn
BUDDAH wrote:Serious question why would you bother? what are you expecting it to do ?
I have to agree with Buddah here.
Race car yes. Road car no.
Pointless for a road car, even a road car that see's a track day once or twice a year.
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:43 pm
by zch91
Rear swaybar + upgraded mounts = done.
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:44 pm
by Stu
IMHO (and what I bought) the AVO ones are steel and the only valid option. Any of the cusco braces in alloy may as well be butter. Took a bunch of stuff including the AVO braces to my powder coated who made everything beautiful blue anyhow. No more police attracting AVO orange!
People spend money on what they think is important, I love decent handling without slop and don't regret it.
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:17 pm
by dr20t
I noticed quite a significant difference with the front cusco h brace, rear arm braces and diff cradle braces and the ikeya formula adjustable camber arms
Prior to this was just rear swaybar and hd mounts
It definitely firms up the handling and makes it more linear and predictable
I would go with the ones you get best support from
Michael at g88 for cusco stuff hands down
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:40 pm
by Hobba
Stu wrote:IMHO (and what I bought) the AVO ones are steel and the only valid option. Any of the cusco braces in alloy may as well be butter. Took a bunch of stuff including the AVO braces to my powder coated who made everything beautiful blue anyhow. No more police attracting AVO orange!
People spend money on what they think is important, I love decent handling without slop and don't regret it.
Just in reference to your first sentence, I think you'll find that steel is an alloy.....
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:06 pm
by Stu
Hobba wrote:Stu wrote:IMHO (and what I bought) the AVO ones are steel and the only valid option. Any of the cusco braces in alloy may as well be butter. Took a bunch of stuff including the AVO braces to my powder coated who made everything beautiful blue anyhow. No more police attracting AVO orange!
People spend money on what they think is important, I love decent handling without slop and don't regret it.
Just in reference to your first sentence, I think you'll find that steel is an alloy.....
sorry yes steel is an alloy, Cusco braces are
aluminium not alloy. Alloy/aluminum a one of those incorrect things I always mix up and say incorrectly when brain is in the wrong gear
BTW here's a nicely written article on braces and chasis stiffening
http://www.tuneruniversity.com/blog/2011/09/getting-stiff-strut-bars-and-braces/
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:25 am
by MattyB
Going to dig this thread up for a bit of info, who makes these braces and where can we find them? Been struggling to find ones
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:27 am
by Manaz
MattyB wrote:Going to dig this thread up for a bit of info, who makes these braces and where can we find them? Been struggling to find ones
AVO and Cusco (they're both mentioned in the first post).
For Cusco, talk to Garage88.
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:49 am
by bigBADbenny
For avo: tuspeed or revzone.
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:47 pm
by OzSTi
Here's a shot of my Cusco braces which did tighten the car up without being at all uncomfortable.
The best way I could describe the before and after difference would be on a track day I found afterwards I felt like I had more time during cornering even though I was going faster. I guess I was less busy at the wheel keeping the car stable at high cornering speeds.



These plus the anti-lift kit made an enormous difference to the handling of the car, eliminating understeer and making it very predictable.
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:14 am
by MattyB
Very nice! Cusco swaybars by the looks too?
Re: Under body Braces witch Is Better

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Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:15 pm
by OzSTi
MattyB wrote:Very nice! Cusco swaybars by the looks too?
Indeed!
I've had this set up for seven years now and I've been very happy with it.