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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:39 AM
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Im want to go ahead and get the sfc out of the way before I do other mods, but which style is the best way to go. I've seen two different kinds, the 2 point and the 3 point sfc. I assume the 3 point is more rigid, but is it really worth the extra money? Thanks
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 10:05 AM
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Theres also boxed and tubular, I have SLP boxed 3 point bolt ons on my ws6, and my formula has nothing yet, it is a world of difference
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:53 AM
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what will the car be used for?
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:57 AM
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what will the car be used for?
BMR Boxed weld on here. Seemed to help out on stiffining the car up.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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I perfered the tubular BMR's.
they were not as heavy and tucked up real nice under the car.
made a nice difference on the street and auto-x coarse.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 01:23 PM
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went with umi 3 point.... best way to go imo...especially if you're going to be using a torque arm mounted to the body, or at the very least, a better tunnel brace than the stocker...

i prefer having all of my stuff tied in, so the stiffer the better IMO, I noticed a damn huge difference in how the car was over rough roads ... much less flex, and after having driven the same road for 5 months I felt my camaro was starting to feel the pain of it all... with less than 20k on the clock even a low miles F-Body will feel much better
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 08:58 PM
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Its just going to be street, no auto-x or nothing. I just already have some stress cracks on the door jams, and I know Im going to start modding. So I just want something to help prevent that. And SCRWS6 brings up a good point, which do yall like better the tubular or the boxed or is there not much difference?
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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I was looking at getting the umi 3 points look well made.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:19 PM
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so far from what Ive experienced, the boxed make for extra places to jack the car up, no real knowledge or experience with tubular, I like SLPs cause they seemed more heavy duty than the others I`d seen, with the roads I`m on daily figured better more than less strength, just my 3 cents
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the box subframes are big and heavy and hang low.much stonger and much better for drag launch.
My car is lowered and mostly street so i liked the tubular cause of the weight and don't hang too low.
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Originally Posted by TMRacing
Its just going to be street, no auto-x or nothing. I just already have some stress cracks on the door jams, and I know Im going to start modding. So I just want something to help prevent that. And SCRWS6 brings up a good point, which do yall like better the tubular or the boxed or is there not much difference?
might want to also check to see then if the body is straight, my car is drag only and i went with the spohn 2 point tubulars, tuck up so you cant even see em and the really made the car nice and stiff
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