Mid body brace

Do you have to sacrifice ride for stability?

 

I disagree, the brace is ornamental, does nothing to improve handling. It's a placebo effect your feeling, save your money and get a strut brace.

 

I agree. Especially when taking on-ramp curves.

 

Spoken like a person, who has NEVER tried it.

Those who have, report a difference.

 

"You can feel it!"

 

In another thread Ecobill reports that he installed a brace and couldn't tell any difference.
Center chassis brace | PriusChat

 

Yep, I take some ramps daily in Ohio, and route 252 which is curvy, and I can say it does nothing. You will feel difference though with a front strut brace.

 

YMMV and you might not be as in tune to your car as other folks.

 

But this isn't really a tuner or MG Midget, so I have my fun Hybrid that happens to look good. I have raced professionally, so I know my cars well.

 

Fair enough. Maybe you have the different brand of tires than me then? I don't know. But I do know that it has made a difference. Especially when hitting rough roads through turns. Much less tail wiggle.

 

I can agree.

 

I may ruffle some feathers by saying this, but it's very much a personal choice what we choose to spend our money on. We all buy things we don't need, because of how it makes us feel. Personally, it's rare that the car I choose to buy, doesn't already have all the features I want, engineered properly and included in the purchase price. I've made some minor mods on my Prius, but nothing that is likely to affect the warranty.

Where I sometimes get a bit judgmental I suppose, is when vast sums of money are spent to make the car something completely different from how it was originally designed. It seems a bit pointless to me. Buy the other car in the first place.

 

Is $60 a vast sum? Or is this a generalization?

 

Yep, that's a generalization. I've spent a lot more than $60 on mods for my car. By "vast sums" well, you know what I meant.

 

I did. I just wanted to make sure.

 

Depends if your replacing a oem stamp center brace with a upgraded one! You should notice some difference. When I first got my prius, I was scared how it handle and tracked down the road especially at freeway speed! I hated that feeling it was darting pulling left\right torque steer , like i had no control Now with lower trd springs, rear sway, Cusco front sway\ frt power brace and center brace my own shimming rear toe! I can say it really handles now! Really depends on the driver!