Hi everybody Brian from Steeda.com spotlighting our Rear Seat X-Brace to stiffen up the chassis of your S197 Mustang Coupe.
When Ford was developing the S197 chassis, they're really under a lot of
pressure to do a few things. Bring a fresh looking car to the market as well as one that offered
some more creature comforts as well as space. Let's face it some of the earlier cars the trunk space
wasn't all that great and as the evolution of the Mustang was happening so are the clientele
interested in buying such a car. We're talking about the chassis and how to improve it because
we know that you want more from your car from handling standpoint and a predictability
standpoint and an accelerating standpoint. So this is one of those items that will help
improve the feel of the car and the performance of the car. For our enthusiasts out there the
solution is the Steeda Rear Seat X-Brace. Now we offer two versions of this X-Brace.
One that replaces the rear seats. You actually have to remove the rear seats. We do recommend
if you can find a Boss 302 rear seat delete or get one from our friends over at CM Components
which we offer as well as one that mounts in the trunk. So if you want to retain the rear seats.
If you've got kids that you have to take along on your commute sometimes, we have one that also
mounts in the trunk. Now it's important to know that the downside to this. If you even want to
consider this a downside, that pass-through that Ford spent all that time putting together well
it's no longer going to quite work like that. Obviously, you have room around this thing
but it is going to limit that a little bit but the plus side, the plus side is in chassis rigidity.
It's going to stiffen up the back of the car first. This is going to give you much better feel on
what's going on behind you and that's important in a Mustang especially if you put some power
adders into it or simply enjoy canyon carving or taking it to the track or autocross course.
Likewise, if you're drag racing you're going to get a much better feel about what's happening with the
rear end as far as Wheel Hop. This is why Steeda obviously offers many Stop the Hop components.
Something that goes really well along with this brace even if you're planning to leave the
suspension alone are our Subframe to Torque Box Connectors also for the back of the car. Between
these two things dramatically changes the feel and performance of the car. It stiffens up the chassis.
Now the other reason that this is so important in stiffening the chassis and you've heard about this
for years and years and years. A stiffer chassis means that you can run a lighter spring rate.
Means that the suspension isn't called upon to compensate for chassis flex. So by stiffening up
the chassis you can run a more appropriate spring that matches what it is you're using the car for.
You don't have to offset or compensate for a chassis that's twisting under hard cornering
or hard acceleration. Installation is really straightforward and as we noted a moment ago
if you do the version that replaces the rear seat you will want to have a rear seat delete kit. Some
trimming of the panels is going to be required but realistically everything is reversible you can put
the car back to stock if you choose to or you can get the trunk mount version which literally
mounts in the trunk. The downside to this is well you don't get to see this pretty piece
every time you get in your car. The Steeda Rear Seat X-Brace is offered in a few configurations
in addition to the trunk mount version that you see here, we offer three versions that replace the
rear seats. One that's black powder coated like this with the CNC plate, another that's black
powder coated like this with no plate in case you want to do something custom. If you go to the next
level we offer one that is bare metal with the CNC plate so you can finish it off however you want.
This is a good opportunity for you to tell us what color would you get your X-Brace in?
To recap the Steeda Rear Seat X-Brace is going to benefit you these ways, It's going to stiffen
the chassis. You're going to have better feedback with what's happening behind you. You're going to
have better responsiveness from the back of the car and improved handling. We proudly manufacture
this in the USA at our Valdosta Georgia facility because Speed Matters. if you enjoyed the contents
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also visit us at Steeda.com. Thank you very much for watching this video and have an awesome day!