Tanabe under brace?
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I have the Tanabe Under Brace on my IS350 and honestly I found it to be the least impactful of all the braces I've installed on my car. If you really want to make a big difference to the responsiveness of your IS from the front end, I highly recommend swapping out the OEM bushings of the LCA to 90 durometer polyurethane versions like the ones FIGS offers: http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...product_id=235
Since our front suspension are double wishbone, spending the money on a tower bar has little to no impact to suspension performance (they are essentially all show/no go parts). Strut bars are typically useful for vehicles with a MacPherson strut suspension.
Since our front suspension are double wishbone, spending the money on a tower bar has little to no impact to suspension performance (they are essentially all show/no go parts). Strut bars are typically useful for vehicles with a MacPherson strut suspension.
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TRD has some 3IS braces that are functional but they are uber expensive: http://www.nigel-jdmparts.com/trd-20...-members-brace
Yes, the 2IS and 3IS share the same front LCA bushings.
Yes, the 2IS and 3IS share the same front LCA bushings.
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I installed the TRD braces on my 3IS. works great. No placebo effect here, more rigid all round. Also installed the transverse body dampers which made an obvious difference to NVH. Suspension stock but will upgrade to rear sway bar from RC Fsport soon.
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brooksnt (08-22-23)
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If you were to invest in a front strut bar for an incremental increase in rigidity, you would need to get a solid 1 piece bar instead of an articulated version with multiple sections connected by a joint.
A more rigid configuration would be a shock tower brace as seen on the Lexus IS-F CCS-R. It connects the shock towers to the firewall and does not have any pivot points in it.
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I have the tanabe springs ,lower brace and strut tower brace. On Long sweeping turns the car feels flat (less body roll) but the biggest difference that I noticed was going over an over pass to get on the freeway and the on ramp kinda throws your cars weight to the left and then body rolls kicks in, well with the combination of these parts there is quite a bit less body roll & body flex.
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