orangeapeel

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I took that brace off the first week of owning my first LS1.

BayAreaSS

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mine has been off for over a year and my car is a dd. Take it off and get the exhaust installed

Revelation Z28

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Dick sucking Lips


i took mine off when i did LTs. never noticed a difference.

BlackBADaSS02

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I took it off and replaced it with a Lakewood driveshaft safety loop.

gillbot

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i ran without mine for years but currently run the lakewood loop.

xBROKEx

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i took mine off because my exhaust wouldnt fit with it on

AR15 guy

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My car doesn't even have one. Wasn't there when I bought the car.

BigDaddyBry

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Tunnel brace = Upper panhard bar or front swaybar in the car stability/safety department???

Viper

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Are you saying the 3 are not equal in importance?

The Alchemist

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What I think he is saying is that the tunnel brace is not nearly as important as the front sway bar and rear upper panhard bar. I'm not really sure why GM put it in, other than maybe to be a makeshift driveshaft loop. Both the stamped peice of sheetmetal and the braces aren't strong enough to brace anything under there. Plus I'm not really sure what the issue would be in the tunnel that you'd need the brace. It's not like the tunnel is going to flex or widen. No clue. Chalk that up to unsolved mystery.

BigDaddyBry

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Yes, thank you Alchemist.

Remove 1 of the 3, drive around, see what happens. You won't even notice the tunnel brace is gone. But the other two...

SladeX

Using a BMR driveshaft loop bolted there WITH true duals. Pretty easy to install, those that complain about having to remove the driveshaft are just lazy.

RE AND CHERYL

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I removed mine years ago. Originally a little worried about it but after seeing how flimsy and weak it was I figured it couldn't possibly be doing much. As I never got any rattles or creaks after it was removed. After four years I'm either right or there is a bomb waiting to go off under my car.

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Tainted

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that floppy peice of **** isnt gonna hold anything together, all it is in my books is something else to rattle

Viper

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OK, I concur it's not as important as the other two. But if you have no DSL it's better than nothing imho.

DaddySS

It is there primarily as a driveshaft safety brace and secondarily as an additional brace. Can you remove it? Sure, and you won't do any harm as long as you don't break the front u-joint or yoke. If you do, you'll wish you had it. Will it impact body strength - very little or none, but why not put a different brace there if the stock one is in your way. There are many aftermarket alternatives.

davidadavila

i did it too it was in the way of my T/D setup im dd too so it should be fine....i would like to have it though

Daredevil_TA

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haha, i knew someone would come up with that--

I took mine off a couple years ago, haven't noticed anything --its just a flimsy piece of crap.

jetlag

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LOL, some of these replies are funny...I had to have a driveshaft loop though so that's what I put there...

miamifan3413

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took mine off......no probs here