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Ok guys... When I swapped out my TEIN Monoflex for TEIN SS + EDFC, the stock front Strut bar could not be used as it would interfere with space.
I was looking around for braces and was deciding between SPOON and CARBING. By this time I also decided to go for Front and Rear struts as I didn't want to just have the front more stiffer without the rears.
SPOON was very cheap compared to CARBING, so between the 2, it was quality VS price.
I had a SPOON front lower arm bar in hand, so I thought about ordering another rear lower arm bar until something bad happended........... more on that later...
By the time I received the Carbing parts, my first impression was stunned when i picked the parts up and felt the lightness of the front and rear bars. With the front being a 3-point brace, as large as it is, it was lighter than the Stock OEM bar. Shockingly light for the mass!!!!!!
As shocking as it was with the lightness, once I opened the packaged, i was further stunned at the quality of the piece, material and workmanship... the welds are just a 'work of art'.
The rear RS-P strut was even more impressive and makes other copies or the likes of Cusco bars seem like paper thin in comparison. The thing was huge!!! Bigger and thinker than my friends carbing copy and other friends passwordjdm front and rear struts.
Installation wasn't easy...
I had to lift the front car off the ground to have the sussy threads movable for the strut holes to fit. But yet it didn't fit in... I had to get help from my brother to hold one side. So we slotted the left strut first and then needed some serious push on the right side strut to push back the firewall and after 10mins, we finally got it in... it was a very very tight fit. Once we bolted everything down including the 3rd point on the firewall, theres some serious tension pressed against the firewall that once bolted down, the upper firewall lip edge above the 3rd point was pressing out. Nothing wrong with it, but just amazed with the rigidity of the fitment. After that, we thought, this is one serious brace...
The Rears went on after cutting out the boot panels etc and also had the same process as the front but a little easier since its just a 2 point.
I installed the SPOON Front lower arm along with some extra Carbing Front and rear lower arm braces. So in total, there were 5 braces installed...
The SPOON ones brace up the LCA bushes while the carbing braces up the front point of the LCA.
First driving impression was ofcourse nothing short of wow.
now for the bad news.........
2 days later, When I was checking up on the braces etc, the SPOON front lower arm bracket snapped!!!.... seriously not good... But couldn't really complain when you compare the size and design of Carbing vs SPOON. I wasn't disapointed even though I just lost $100!!! After getting back onto the car with the SPOON LCA brace off. I straight away felt a difference. there was more body roll without the SPOON brace, but it felt as if my suspension were working better. Whatever it was, the SPOON brace is long gone...
Now with just the 4 Carbing braces, it feels like the DC5R. The body is much more rigid compared to stock and definitely the suspensions are working much better. If you've ever driven a stock FN2, DC5R or FD2R in comparison, then you'll know what I mean.... my DC2R has a lot of catching up to do...hehe
-Carbing Front 3point strut (aluminium)
-Carbing Rear RS-P Strut (aluminium)
-Carbing Front LCA brace (steel)
-Carbing Rear LCA brace (steel)
-SPOON Front LCA brace (aluminium + steel brackets)
With Js
With Comptech
I was looking around for braces and was deciding between SPOON and CARBING. By this time I also decided to go for Front and Rear struts as I didn't want to just have the front more stiffer without the rears.
SPOON was very cheap compared to CARBING, so between the 2, it was quality VS price.
I had a SPOON front lower arm bar in hand, so I thought about ordering another rear lower arm bar until something bad happended........... more on that later...
By the time I received the Carbing parts, my first impression was stunned when i picked the parts up and felt the lightness of the front and rear bars. With the front being a 3-point brace, as large as it is, it was lighter than the Stock OEM bar. Shockingly light for the mass!!!!!!
As shocking as it was with the lightness, once I opened the packaged, i was further stunned at the quality of the piece, material and workmanship... the welds are just a 'work of art'.
The rear RS-P strut was even more impressive and makes other copies or the likes of Cusco bars seem like paper thin in comparison. The thing was huge!!! Bigger and thinker than my friends carbing copy and other friends passwordjdm front and rear struts.
Installation wasn't easy...
I had to lift the front car off the ground to have the sussy threads movable for the strut holes to fit. But yet it didn't fit in... I had to get help from my brother to hold one side. So we slotted the left strut first and then needed some serious push on the right side strut to push back the firewall and after 10mins, we finally got it in... it was a very very tight fit. Once we bolted everything down including the 3rd point on the firewall, theres some serious tension pressed against the firewall that once bolted down, the upper firewall lip edge above the 3rd point was pressing out. Nothing wrong with it, but just amazed with the rigidity of the fitment. After that, we thought, this is one serious brace...
The Rears went on after cutting out the boot panels etc and also had the same process as the front but a little easier since its just a 2 point.
I installed the SPOON Front lower arm along with some extra Carbing Front and rear lower arm braces. So in total, there were 5 braces installed...
The SPOON ones brace up the LCA bushes while the carbing braces up the front point of the LCA.
First driving impression was ofcourse nothing short of wow.
now for the bad news.........
2 days later, When I was checking up on the braces etc, the SPOON front lower arm bracket snapped!!!.... seriously not good... But couldn't really complain when you compare the size and design of Carbing vs SPOON. I wasn't disapointed even though I just lost $100!!! After getting back onto the car with the SPOON LCA brace off. I straight away felt a difference. there was more body roll without the SPOON brace, but it felt as if my suspension were working better. Whatever it was, the SPOON brace is long gone...
Now with just the 4 Carbing braces, it feels like the DC5R. The body is much more rigid compared to stock and definitely the suspensions are working much better. If you've ever driven a stock FN2, DC5R or FD2R in comparison, then you'll know what I mean.... my DC2R has a lot of catching up to do...hehe
-Carbing Front 3point strut (aluminium)
-Carbing Rear RS-P Strut (aluminium)
-Carbing Front LCA brace (steel)
-Carbing Rear LCA brace (steel)
-SPOON Front LCA brace (aluminium + steel brackets)
With Js
With Comptech
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