Lower arm brace

[mituc]

I ordered this brace sometime in Feb this year and wanted to install it along with some KX-F3 braces which did NOT fit.
At some point after replacing the B14 kit with B12+rear camber arms+CS camber plates I started to like the extra grip coming from a tad more softness compared to the B14. So I decided not to install the CS lower tie brace any more and sell it.

After a few months the summer came and with the custom alignment + some excellent Michelin PS3 tires I had the feeling that while hard cornering the outside tire had so much grip that was making the inside wheel drag and make not too much use of it, despite the new lower control arms, new full suspension, and custom alignment.
And because nobody bought it I installed that brace. I HAVE LESS ROLL! the car grips with BOTH FRONT TIRES!

I am so happy that I went to the CorkSport site and post a review. Well, that brace is nowhere to be found.I searched my orders and came up with this URL: https://www.corksport.com/corksport-...arm-brace.html - which returns - you are right!, a page not found error.

SO nothing about a discontinued product or something, no! Page not found, right in the face!

Well @CorkSport, let this be a limited edition then!
Maybe you need to put more effort into marketing things after engineering them, and make people understand that adding tightening parts over a not-too-stiff setup results on more grip, less harshness, and fights middle age impotence!

[SpencerC]

If I remember correctly, we had a lot of issues with the bar not properly fitting certain Canadian model Mazdaspeeds. I think it was pulled due to the issue and until then is being revised.

Thanks for the review though!

[mituc]

Originally Posted by Spencer@CorkSport If I remember correctly, we had a lot of issues with the bar not properly fitting certain Canadian model Mazdaspeeds. I think it was pulled due to the issue and until then is being revised.

Indeed, I guess some canadian model MS3s fitted with xenon head lights have the leveling sensor somewhere in the front. The euro spec 3MPS have this leveling sensor somewhere in the rear and probably these will have problems fitting your rear tie brace.

However, this mention was in your product description and installation instructions as far as I remember. Even with these limitations I believe it's still a great product even though that leveling sensor may stay in the way and the brace will not sell in a high enough amount because of this.

At this point I'm very happy to have it... Thank you!

[Nitro]

This could fit the Canadian Speed 3 easily if the drivers side mounting point was modified slightly. The mounting point needs to have 1/4 inch of the metal taken out and it would slide past the auto leveling sensor. Sorry I don't have a picture but if you look at the bar it has a counter-sunk mounting point. Reduce that and it would fit. I doubt it would create a structural integrity issue as some competitors had flat washer type mounts on their original bar. If they changed this I would purchase one. That or I will modify it myself.

[starscream]

Fits my 2013 VRM Speed with Tech (leveling headlamps included)...and I am in Canuckistan... so...

[Nitro]

Good to hear. If you have time take a picture of it mounted. I never purchased it because of Corksport saying it would not fit.

[mituc]

So guys, if you find this brace for sale anywhere grab it! Seriously! The front end grips sensibly harder because now both tires stay planted on the asphalt. the rear end of the car tends to straighten up on tight corners if I start accelerating - and this is not a RWD car!

I have no idea what this bar did to my car, but now I don't feel the inside wheel dragging any more and if I drive like a moron (yes, because I am one, otherwise I would have gotten a 2.0 aspirated mazda 3) something happens to me that never happened before: the ipod headphones I'm using in the car sometimes pop out of my years! And I'm not making sudden moves to make them pop, this is serious shit!

[mituc]

@CorkSport, is this the same part? Mazdaspeed 3 Lower Control Arm by CorkSport ? It looks the same, but since the clearance issues to deal with may be different on automatic transmission cars I thought I should ask.

[CorkSport]

The bar is different for the Autos, there is not as much clearance.

-Derrick