Thoughts on gacchiri braces?

[Whizbang]

there are also sub frame connectors running down under the verts here and there.

[Max777]

Originally Posted by Low Impedance

there are also sub frame connectors running down under the verts here and there.

What exaclty do you mean by that? I know that the vert is reinforced like crazy where the rear seats go, and there is also that brace, but apart from that, i havent noticed any other differences.

[JL1RX7]

When you go under the car you see all kinds of stuff. It has runners up and down the frame compared to the coupes.

[jgrewe]

Originally Posted by Max777

What exaclty do you mean by that? I know that the vert is reinforced like crazy where the rear seats go, and there is also that brace, but apart from that, i havent noticed any other differences.

Besides the area where the backseat would be that has the extra bracing there is a lot of extra layers of metal on the door pillar up front. There are 5 layers of stamped steel in the door hinge area that curve up to the strut horns instead of just 3 on the coupe.

The steel used for the rockers(inside,outside and vertical piece in between) are all easliy twice as thick. The floor pan steel is also much thicker.

The extra subframe requires some mounting points to be taken from a 'vert. There are a couple thick steel extensions that fill the space to the "frame rail" as it kicks up for the suspension subframe.