# can anyone make a trunk brace? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 24, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074 "2008-04-24T13:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/1 "2008-04-24T13:40:26Z")
there is a guy who makes them on [myspecv.com](http://myspecv.com), but charges almost $150.00 for it. if that is what it costs, thats fine, but i would rather spend my money on here. it would be a 4 point trunk brace…and i have the link for the one if you need an idea of what it looks like…pm me please ---
**Author:** ![Dominator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dominator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dominator)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/2 "2008-04-24T20:27:11Z")
Wtf? Is the deck lid really flimsy in those? ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/3 "2008-04-25T06:12:03Z")
If your trunk construction is anything like Honda’s…then that bar does nothing. 90% of those monkey bar setups (for example they sell a set of 6 fucking bars for my car) do nothing. The forces transmitted to the trunk floor via the shock towers ARE NOT even in the same plane/direction as those bars. Aesthetics FTL in this situation. ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/4 "2008-04-25T06:44:25Z")
it is supposed to improve the handling and stiffen the rear suspension up a bit… ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/5 "2008-04-25T07:34:10Z")
they are all “supposed” to do something, but unfortunately there is never any hard data to support…except the occasional butt-dyno…and we all know how accurate those are. You could rig up a string formation in the trunk (monitored by a camera during hard cornering) to see if there even IS any deformation back there to warrant the purchase of a bar. Given that your/my car is FWD…with a built-in understeering tendency…making the car more neutral would be a benefit…trunk bars of any kind will not help the dynamics of the car. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/6 "2008-04-25T07:50:35Z")
> [@Autocross in Rochester on Sunday 9/30](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/autocross-in-rochester-on-sunday-9-30/36047/14): > > it is supposed to improve the handling and stiffen the rear suspension up a bit… it does that on gn’s (g-bodys)!!! ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/7 "2008-04-25T08:04:19Z")
> [@dyingwish"](#): > > they are all “supposed” to do something, but unfortunately there is never any hard data to support…except the occasional butt-dyno…and we all know how accurate those are. > > You could rig up a string formation in the trunk (monitored by a camera during hard cornering) to see if there even IS any deformation back there to warrant the purchase of a bar. > > Given that your/my car is FWD…with a built-in understeering tendency…making the car more neutral would be a benefit…trunk bars of any kind will not help the dynamics of the car. thank you ---
**Author:** ![tegSimple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-make-a-trunk-brace/197074/8 "2008-04-25T12:20:37Z")
> [@dyingwish"](#): > > Given that your/my car is FWD…with a built-in understeering tendency…making the car more neutral would be a benefit…trunk bars of any kind will not help the dynamics of the car. so you’re saying that my itr trunk wall brace is doing nothing? :squint: