Carbon fiber Strut Bar

What do you all think of this carbon fiber strut bar? I am looking to get it, it cost 175.00 shipped Here are some of the pictures Thanks

looks nice..doesn't really add much to chassis stiffness since the cars have a much better designed strut bar that runs 2 the fire wall (u can see it in the photo). if i were you, i'd spend the money on a lighter/smaller batery

I am not so sure besides the fact that it looks really, really good, that it was all that necessary. I installed one...things are definitely stiff. It's fancy, wish I could show it off a bit more...but that whole area is rather cluttered. Forgot to add, beefing up your sway bars is far more significant than any strut brace.

Does the Strut Bar require you to keep the top battery cover removed because of the fit?

Nice piece but sorry to say that you are wasting your money! Ciao, Johannes E.

Well, I have one and noticed the difference. Thats a good price too. I say get it.

where r u gettin it from btw?

I thought that the 996 came with strut bars stock?

They do...this one is slightly beefier looking than the stock. And no, it does not require the covers to be removed, only if you wish to see it.

A friend of mines have a shop in my area, he offered it to me. TIA

... and how many Supercup cars or GT3 RS's have you seen one of these on? I can tell you how many I've seen: zero

Hi Loren! Been a while, hope all is well with you! Um...I don't think anyone here has one of those Supercup or RS cars for it be a factor here....not sure what you mean?

I don't think the Supercup GT3 really needs it due to the fact that they already have a full cage, it just doesn't get better then that. For us street cars every little helps in terms of chassis stiffness. How about rear strut brace anyone have those? Does RobynC GT3 count RobynC, do you have a sound clip of your Fabspeed bypass?

Boys & Girls, Keep in mind that the GT2, GT3, C4, C4S and Turbo are fully seem welded instead of spot welded and therefore plenty more stiff compared to the C2. Ciao, Johannes E.

Anyone have actual torsional rigidity figures?

My point is that the Supercup cars and GT3 RS race cars do not use (need) an additional strut brace. If you look at the parts list the factory GT3 RS strut braces are the same as in the production cars. Older Porsche's needed the strut brace (I had one in my '76 911S) to keep the front engine geometry true in hard cornering - I for one don't think the 996 (forward) design benefits from it at all since there already is added support there.

I have a rear brace, just for piece of mind to keep the mass straight back there.

the super cup cars and RS cars are seam welded and whatnot tho, whereas the 1999 cars and back were not...maybe in those applications a strut bar would help? in any event, 350$ worth of strut bars is prolly better spent elsewhere (i.e. throttle body, sport cats or something)

You're wasting your money, if a cup car doesn't need it, then you don't either.

I understand your point in the Supercup cars, but are the street 996 C2 built the same? I didn't think they are totaly the same, like a few post has mention that the supercup cars are seam welded unibodys where the street cars are not and less the cage. I think the strut bars are really good if you have a bigger wheel combo like 19-20. There are many aspects to this topic I think it al boils down to personal prefrence Hope I didn't heat any fires here, but then again imputs from different points of view is what we can all learn from

Giving it some thought, perhaps a C2 would benefit from the brace. Ciao, Johannes E. GT3 CS

The progression goes 993 to 996, 45% increase in torsional rigidity. As of '02, the 996 became 20% stiffer than the 3.4s. Finally, the 997 is 8% stiffer in torsional reigidity. Any data on the wide body's percentage of increased torsional rigidity? Just curious. "Beneath its new skin, the 997 uses the same unibody as the 996, but the chassis is substantially more rigid. New welding and bonding processes, combined with a strengthened bulkhead crossbar and steel profile plates within the doorframes, help to increase torsional stiffness by 8 percent and bending stiffness by a staggering 60 percent, according to Wolfgang D�rheimer, executive vice president for research and development." Various articles state that the 997 uses the wide flare 996 and the same roof. Perhaps the widebody 996 is 8% stiffer than the '02 and > C2s. Buy the braces. Wow, the more research the better. Found out the 997 has the Aisin tranny. Reliability should keep going up with more Japanese consulting and products. Aisin Transmissions