Remove crossmember and upper phr brace?

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Mar 14, 2010 | 06:36 AM

taws6

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Remove crossmember and upper phr brace?

Hi,

Would removing these parts do any harm or affect the car in any way, or are they over engineered dead weight?

Thanks for the info

Mar 14, 2010 | 07:59 AM

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From: Murderland

you can remove the cross member/tunnel brace...dunno about the phb...i wouldn't alot of stuff seems to go on back there in turns.

Mar 15, 2010 | 09:23 AM

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agreed

Mar 15, 2010 | 10:51 AM

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Thanks for your replys.

I think I need to drop the upper phr when I finally get around to buying the watts link anyway.

Anyone dissagree with the above replys?

Been re assessing my future plans, and I can see 190 lb I could drop from the weight of the car

Rear seats & belts
spare tire
lightweight carpet
!AC
manual drivers seat
crossmember
Rear floor mats
10" sub
hatch cover
Lightweigh battery (maybe, I have HID, so maybe not)
Driver 5-10 LB (work in progress!)

Hopefully the lighter sways will offset the added weight from the watts link

I hope this will make a noticeable improvemnet in the cars handling and acceleration, think it will?

Thanks for the advise