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I recently had my SFCs installed. Here's what they looked like all nice and painted:  As others have discovered, sometimes the exhaust hits against the DS SFC. The easiest fix is to wrap the SFC w/ radiator hose. My shop suggested cutting the exhaust and moving it slightly to avoid any collisions (seems to be working so far):  Pic of SFC installed. The shop did a very nice job w/ the welds, they are very difficult to see after the shop touched up w/ black paint:  Just a litte reminder of what these SFCs were installed on:  
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so what do subframe connectors do, and how are they doing on your car? looks good too.
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Originally posted by ToasterOven:
so what do subframe connectors do.
They add weight...
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Originally posted by WorldTour:
Originally posted by ToasterOven:
so what do subframe connectors do.
They add weight...
Thats all they do?  Damn Placebo!
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LMFAO!   if you want to know "what they do" do a search for "subframe connectors" in the Group Buy forum. plenty of info there. nice wheels man 
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Originally posted by ToasterOven:
so what do subframe connectors do, and how are they doing on your car? looks good too.
basically they stiffen the subframe, make it more durable.
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Originally posted by AliasJerkââ??¢:
Originally posted by ToasterOven:
so what do subframe connectors do, and how are they doing on your car? looks good too.
basically they stiffen the subframe, make it more durable.
The subframe connectors do not even touch the subframes, maybe your thinking of boxing the subframe?
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They do stiffen the car, which may or may not make it more durable. I haven't had a good chance to really test these bad boys out yet. I'm taking a trip to the mountains this weekend (Mad River, Sugarbush ski area) to give them a good work out.
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Originally posted by phd2be:
They do stiffen the car, which may or may not make it more durable. I haven't had a good chance to really test these bad boys out yet. I'm taking a trip to the mountains this weekend (Mad River, Sugarbush ski area) to give them a good work out.
Make sure you practice a little in a parking lot first. I was talking with a guy over on NCO that almost took out a median when he first took a turn. He said that they made that much of a difference. Granted, that was a couger and I'm not sure of his driving abilities. I'd still rather screw-up in an open parking lot than off and into a ravine.
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Originally posted by RawBurt:
Originally posted by AliasJerkââ??¢:
Originally posted by ToasterOven:
so what do subframe connectors do, and how are they doing on your car? looks good too.
basically they stiffen the subframe, make it more durable.
The subframe connectors do not even touch the subframes, maybe your thinking of boxing the subframe?
I'll repeat myself... they add weight.
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