GT Spec Chassis Braces Install

[Bugsy3823]

For those of you who are wondering how these braces affect your car, these bars greatly increase the agility, performance, and stiffness of the Mazdaspeed3. Turns are now taken effortlessly without lean or chassis movement. Steering response is dramatically increased and the driver feels more at one with their car. These replacement bars also reduce the weight of the car even when removing existing braces and replacing them with the new GT Spec ones. In autocross before and after there were extensive turn in and power out improvements increasing lap times. The installation process is extremely easy. All you need are socket sets (12mm, 14mm, 17mm, 19mm, 21mm), a flathead screwdriver, an 8mm allen key and a tourque wrench. Here are some pictures of the install of every bar GT Spec has available for the 2007-2009 MS3:

GT Spec Mid Chassis Brace vs. Stock Brace

Mid Chassis Brace Installed

Front 4 Point Brace and Four Point Ladder Brace

Rear Lower Tie Brace Bolts

Rear Lower Tie Brace Installed

Rear Lower Tie Brace and Link Reinforcement Panel

Link Reinforcement Panel (deletes rear weight)

Connection between Link Reinforcement Panel and Rear V Brace crossing over Rear Tie Bar

Rear Lower Tie Bar, Rear V Brace and Rear Link Reinforcement Panel

Connection with Trunk Reinforcement Brace

Trunk Reinforcement Brace

This Front Tie Brace was still in design stage at the time of install but has since been installed on my car and is currently available

Top Bar and Side Bar linked in Trunk Cage System

All Four Bars Linked in the Trunk Cage System

Side Bar and Rear Bar Linked in Trunk Cage System

Completed Trunk Cage with Trunk Lining

If you have any install questions or any other concerns, feel free to ask or tell.

 

[spdjnke]

I hope you meant to say Decreasing lap times??

QUOTE: In autocross before and after there were extensive turn in and power out improvements increasing lap times. ?????

 

[meicalnissyen]

I hope you meant to say Decreasing lap times??

QUOTE: In autocross before and after there were extensive turn in and power out improvements increasing lap times. ?????

Gotta proofread the ad copy

 

[Bugsy3823]

Yes I meant increasing lap times improvements. Sorry, not the ad copy. This was made by me.

 

[HappaKineMS3]

Nice pics...thanks!

 

[Domino81]

Absolutely gorgeous. And it matches my extierior color!

 

[BigDaddyMS3]

What would you consider to be the most important chasis peices?
Or the first ones to start with?
I can't afford all of them at once.

 

[Domino81]

I'd probably start with the rear cage, followed by the front chassis bracing.

 

[Bugsy3823]

Here are some more pics of how great the welds are on the GTSPEC products. When visiting them the other day, they showed me an example of what happened to a bar on a Mazdaspeed3 when it ran over an unavoidable rock (or boulder it looked like) on our crappy, unrepaired roads from the terrible winter months we had. No cracks in the welds or bar at all. For any purchases, I also checked out OAKOS - WRX, STi, EVO 8/9/X, S2000, Forester XT & More Performance Parts which offers all GTSPEC products.