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Cusco braces ALL
3C4-540-A, 3C4-492-F, 3C4-492-C, 3C4-492-RM
Cusco has been a premier suspension company for many years and have always been known for quality and improving structural rigidity in certain areas R&D and past experiences.
The FK8 platform is promising with its stiffness being able to 3 wheel the car on certain bumps in stock form. Surprising supercars around the corners being a front wheeled drive vehicle with its entry and exits.
All these braces work in conjunction together. Should your budget not allow for all 4 braces installing one or two braces, you will notice a difference in rigidity. I highly suggest you get all 4 braces, you will not be disappointed. The instructions are in Japanese but the pictures are self-explanatory if you are mechanically inclined.
Installation for the engine tower bar is simple and can be done on a level surface. Remove the 6 bolts on the strut tower hats. Make sure the Cusco strut tower flex points is loose to give you play as the fitment is tight as it should be. Install the tower bar and reinstall the 6 bolts and retorque to the Honda specifications. Then snug the hex bolts. Here is a trick to help settle the bar more, grab the tower bar and move left to right forcefully on both driver and passenger sides. Now tighten the snug hex bolts.
Lower bars require a lift as the majority of the under panels must be removed with the exhaust to install the rear lower bar. Take off your rims and start removing the under paneling, while doing this start removing the exhaust too.
Front lower brace is the easiest to install. Remove the 2 bolts as pictured in the instructions and install and retorque to Honda specifications.
Center lower brace will require screw jacks as you are taking off 4 subframe bolts. Two vertical bolts and 2 lateral bolts as shown in the pictures. Remove the bolts and support the subframe with screw jacks. Install the Center brace and make sure to use anti-seize upon reinstalling the bolts back. Re-torque to Honda specification.
Rear Cross member brace with the exhaust removed to support the rear end with screw jacks. Remove the 2 vertical bolts near the rear springs and the 2 vertical bolts near the exhaust hump. Install the rear cross member brace and associated bolts, torque to Honda specifications. Reinstall the exhaust and all the under paneling you have removed.
My long-term impressions of these upgrades, well worth it. Steering has become more direct upon turn in and the āRā feels āflatā during cornering. Referring to what I just said āflatā the body is more rigid thus making the shocks/spring do their job. Theoretically, a chassis is like another āspringā and adding structural rigidity eliminates flex thus makes the suspension work more efficiently. Think, an empty box without the bottom or top folded in. When you apply pressure side to side the box is flimsy, but when you fold the bottom or tops to complete the box it makes that box much stronger right? That is the premise of adding the braces to your vehicle. You added additional bracing to the car but remember this is not as effective as a professionally done roll cage.
Handling is subjective towards the driver. Your transitional speed will improve aka slalom speeds around cones lined in a straight line. But itās like a butt dyno only way to compare these upgrades is on a track with data I donāt have. I havenāt had a chance to track the car in stock form and now with my upgrades.
3C4-540-A, 3C4-492-F, 3C4-492-C, 3C4-492-RM
Cusco has been a premier suspension company for many years and have always been known for quality and improving structural rigidity in certain areas R&D and past experiences.
The FK8 platform is promising with its stiffness being able to 3 wheel the car on certain bumps in stock form. Surprising supercars around the corners being a front wheeled drive vehicle with its entry and exits.
All these braces work in conjunction together. Should your budget not allow for all 4 braces installing one or two braces, you will notice a difference in rigidity. I highly suggest you get all 4 braces, you will not be disappointed. The instructions are in Japanese but the pictures are self-explanatory if you are mechanically inclined.
Installation for the engine tower bar is simple and can be done on a level surface. Remove the 6 bolts on the strut tower hats. Make sure the Cusco strut tower flex points is loose to give you play as the fitment is tight as it should be. Install the tower bar and reinstall the 6 bolts and retorque to the Honda specifications. Then snug the hex bolts. Here is a trick to help settle the bar more, grab the tower bar and move left to right forcefully on both driver and passenger sides. Now tighten the snug hex bolts.
Lower bars require a lift as the majority of the under panels must be removed with the exhaust to install the rear lower bar. Take off your rims and start removing the under paneling, while doing this start removing the exhaust too.
Front lower brace is the easiest to install. Remove the 2 bolts as pictured in the instructions and install and retorque to Honda specifications.
Center lower brace will require screw jacks as you are taking off 4 subframe bolts. Two vertical bolts and 2 lateral bolts as shown in the pictures. Remove the bolts and support the subframe with screw jacks. Install the Center brace and make sure to use anti-seize upon reinstalling the bolts back. Re-torque to Honda specification.
Rear Cross member brace with the exhaust removed to support the rear end with screw jacks. Remove the 2 vertical bolts near the rear springs and the 2 vertical bolts near the exhaust hump. Install the rear cross member brace and associated bolts, torque to Honda specifications. Reinstall the exhaust and all the under paneling you have removed.
My long-term impressions of these upgrades, well worth it. Steering has become more direct upon turn in and the āRā feels āflatā during cornering. Referring to what I just said āflatā the body is more rigid thus making the shocks/spring do their job. Theoretically, a chassis is like another āspringā and adding structural rigidity eliminates flex thus makes the suspension work more efficiently. Think, an empty box without the bottom or top folded in. When you apply pressure side to side the box is flimsy, but when you fold the bottom or tops to complete the box it makes that box much stronger right? That is the premise of adding the braces to your vehicle. You added additional bracing to the car but remember this is not as effective as a professionally done roll cage.
Handling is subjective towards the driver. Your transitional speed will improve aka slalom speeds around cones lined in a straight line. But itās like a butt dyno only way to compare these upgrades is on a track with data I donāt have. I havenāt had a chance to track the car in stock form and now with my upgrades.