GT Spec FX Group Buy - Redux!!!

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day to day driving much improved with a full set. You dont need to be at the track to feel the benefits.
 
Toncruse said:
Fellas

New to this, understand the concept of what this is suppose to do, but Im not doing in performance time driving, but I would like my FX to handle better. I figure at a minimum I need something for the front and rear, but what? Thats where I need some advice. Looking to maybe spend $400-$500.
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I'd get a front strut brace, front tie brace and two rear braces. That way you'll have a "box" on the front and a box on the rear. If you just get fronts, the rear becomes "slippery" at the limit and it'll handle softer on daily driving as well.. If this combo is too expensive, skip front lower brace, IMO.
 
Toncruse said:
Fellas

New to this, understand the concept of what this is suppose to do, but Im not doing in performance time driving, but I would like my FX to handle better. I figure at a minimum I need something for the front and rear, but what? Thats where I need some advice. Looking to maybe spend $400-$500.
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ANY brand front strut tower brace (Stillen, NRG, StrongStrut, GTSPEC), both rear braces are cheap, enough, and one of the two bottom fronts would put you a lil over $500...

If you were to get ALL GTSPEC braces with the exception of the front lower engine it would come to $586 shipped... and if you were to exclude the rear lower tie brace, giving you 1 GTSPEC bar in each of the 3 areas (STB, 4-point ladder brace, rear lateral), you'd come to $504
 
trainerKEN said:
AAAAAAAaaaaaand here YOU go again... you said "terms"? go to the feeler thread and see post #13... I had my own "terms" I think I'm allow to state mine too.
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first 2 weeks of the month would have been too short notice, so that's why we extended it till just after x mas - lets people maybe take some holiday $ and put it to the car as a gift to oneself type of thing :) Hopefully you can join in
 
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EG3 said:
I'd get a front strut brace, front tie brace and two rear braces. That way you'll have a "box" on the front and a box on the rear. If you just get fronts, the rear becomes "slippery" at the limit and it'll handle softer on daily driving as well.. If this combo is too expensive, skip front lower brace, IMO.
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My next question is what do you mean "handle softer", I was thinking it would be stiffer with less body roll.

 
Toncruse said:
My next question is what do you mean "handle softer", I was thinking it would be stiffer with less body roll.
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handle softer, as in less jarring over bumps and stuff because the vehicle feels more tied together. basically you dont get knocked as hard because the chassis is stiffer.
remember, stiffer means the chassis, not the springs. the ride will not be stiffer like if you put on springs, but the vehicle itself will be stiffer like it is stronger.
 
Nice way of putting it Stu. Made a lot of sense. I'm going to have to wait till 09 to get into this. :frown:
 
Thanks. I'm glad it made sense, haha. i hate when you have the answer but you just cant put it in words.
It isnt long until '09, so hopefully people don't mind waiting a couple weeks without throwing a hissy fit. :tongue:
 
StuLax18 said:
Thanks. I'm glad it made sense, haha. i hate when you have the answer but you just cant put it in words.
It isnt long until '09, so hopefully people don't mind waiting a couple weeks without throwing a hissy fit. :tongue:
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Yeah, I hate when that happens.

I wont put myself on any list till I have the money.
 
it's not that the car is softer - in actuality the car is stiffer, which means you don't have one side of the chassis fighting another (same goes for front vs back). By tying together the mounting points that these braces address, the chassis becomes more rigid, which means the suspension is more able to do it's job. The net result is more control, and the driver now has far better control over things, vs the disconnect they have when the truck is otherwise stock.

Think of the chassis like a trampoline. The more reinforcements the trampoline has around it's perimeter, the better control and the more consistent the result is at more points across the surface. Same basic theory here. The suspension is now better able to control the vehicle by virtue of the fact that the chassis is being kept more tied together.
 
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& way less vibration in the wheel & on the entire chassis.
Also reduces flex by tons . . body flex is a very undesirable handling characteristic. it makes things unpredictable.
 
EG3 said:
I'd get a front strut brace, front tie brace and two rear braces. That way you'll have a "box" on the front and a box on the rear. If you just get fronts, the rear becomes "slippery" at the limit and it'll handle softer on daily driving as well.. If this combo is too expensive, skip front lower brace, IMO.
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Guys, good informative description but what I meant is if you DON'T get the rears, the rear is NOT reinforced enough and it will handle WORSE. I meant that with JUST the fronts, the rear will stay soft thus handle softer (jaw on turns)..
 
sorry GBers, I really want these, but I just bought some new 22s for the FX. So money is kinda tight. :tears:
I will keep hope and see if I can hustle some money before the deadline. Otherwise, maybe we can arrange for a GB next year or the late comers.
 
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