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Oh, so looking at the diagram again (I haven't been under the rear of my car in a while and it's cold outside :P), the W-shaped bracket and the two

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Old 12-18-2013, 10:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Oh, so looking at the diagram again (I haven't been under the rear of my car in a while and it's cold outside :P), the W-shaped bracket and the two long arms that run out to it... they're basically aft of the real suspension, right? Now that puts me more in the mindset of "anything aft of the actual suspension is just to hold up the trunk/exhaust, it can't affect handling" right?
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Oh, so looking at the diagram again (I haven't been under the rear of my car in a while and it's cold outside :P), the W-shaped bracket and the two long arms that run out to it... they're basically aft of the real suspension, right? Now that puts me more in the mindset of "anything aft of the actual suspension is just to hold up the trunk/exhaust, it can't affect handling" right?
the way I see it is, those brace do serve a purpose of avoiding the long threaded bolt that hold the subframe to bent on either side while there is a load from any direction.


this could affect handling such as modifying camber/toe on heavy load.

In my opinion I can deal with removing the V-brace since the forward portion of the sub-frame is already braced by 2 other one like the 350z

is it optimal ? maybe not.
but removing it on my personal car was to have a much better ground clearance for a future flat bottom / diffuser setup which also contributed to the clearance of my custom exhaust *still for sale ! lol *
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Im sure you've posted it somewhere but what are you weighing in at now? What will you be filling in the headlight hole with? MCA Suspension has carbon fiber replicas on their 370z...in case you need ideas
Not sure. I'll know exactly next month. It should be lite. I don't have to run my car to any sort of spec. I've done done serious things. I bought headlight covers to fill in the hole.
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Oh, so looking at the diagram again (I haven't been under the rear of my car in a while and it's cold outside :P), the W-shaped bracket and the two long arms that run out to it... they're basically aft of the real suspension, right? Now that puts me more in the mindset of "anything aft of the actual suspension is just to hold up the trunk/exhaust, it can't affect handling" right?
That's my thoughts. If anything it's chassie related but I've already more than reinforced that with a cage.
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