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Old 08-14-2013, 02:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wstar View Post
I see you left in the stock horizontal bar back there. I was planning to pull mine after the rear cage was in, figuring its contribution to stiffness has to be a rounding error with real bars in place. Was there some thinking that maybe it really helps?
Just the butt chassis strain gauge.. haha

The cage doesn't actually brace the two sides of the chassis together in that respect. It contributes, for sure, but the stock horizontal weighs next to nothing and seemed to stiffen the chassis noticeably.

I just painted it so it didn't look so blah.
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