Are door bars a replacement for frame rail brace?
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This is what I've gathered from what I've read. Is this correct?
I probably should have said, do they make frame rail braces less noticeable?
I probably should have said, do they make frame rail braces less noticeable?
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If I ever get door bars I plan to run both. Sure it's extra weight, but what is maybe 30-40lbs on a street car. I would imagine the door bars do just about everything with both installed, leaving the braces mostly as dead weight. They are so close to one another, and follow basically the same path and share similar mounting mounts around the length of the car. If I didn't already have the braces, I would do just the door bars alone.
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I want door bars. I have frame rails. They seemed drastic at first, but don't change handling too much, just backing out of your driveway. They give me piece of mind since I've drilled holes in the tub to mount bucket seats that aren't there anymore, but on the same note I can't really uninstall the heavy bastards without leaving 32 more empty holes.
From an engineering analysis standpoint the door bars should be more effective...they are adding strength to a second plane, further out from the PPF, meaning it takes less force applied to them to have the same reduction in bending.
From an engineering analysis standpoint the door bars should be more effective...they are adding strength to a second plane, further out from the PPF, meaning it takes less force applied to them to have the same reduction in bending.
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