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Does anyone have a Mines Lower Arm Brace installed?

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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 11:02 AM
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Does anyone have a Mines Lower Arm Brace installed?

http://www.gruppe-s.com/Evo/evosus/mines_brace.htm
I wanted to get some feedback to see if it's worth it.
Also let me know how much it clears 3" exhaust.
TIA
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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 11:11 AM
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I had one on my civic. Not Mine's of coarse, but I could feel a slight increase in rigidity on the front end. I'm not sure if the same will apply to the EVO, but cost + install doesn't equal out to desired results. I think you may be happier if you spent the money elsewhere, but that is just my honest opinion.
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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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my friend has it on his car... you'd have to get a helix 3" dp to fit... if you go to the z1auto site you'll see that under their cusco type 1 they have a picture, the front of the mines bar is basically the same as the cusco type 1 (keep in mind that the mines brace skips the cusco type 2's first bar and just braces the second tie bar area, i think it's sufficient but it's not the "best" i also think mines is a lazy company and they like to do things "not too extreme") for the record my friend is running a fujitsubo dp so he has no clearance issues... but like i said the helix should work... i'm considering this combo...

also you may look into the tanabe bars www.500whp.com carries them... although the type 1 bar is the wrong picture on the site currently.

the mines bar will give you increased body rigidity even in the longitudinal direction and will give you increased steering response from tying the lower control arms.

if anyone reads this... can they tell me where to find a 4 point trunk brace... i've seen one and i just forgot where the heck i saw it... now i can't find it. nm... it's the mines brace... and you can get it at gruppe-s... thank you for this post WOOHOO.

p.s. hope my info helped you out.

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