Quoting boostedinaz:
I'll agree on a few counts. The piece looks okay but those missing cross members really need to be there especially on a car making decent power. I will also agree that Alphamale went a bit over board with his "criticism" of your question.
If someone would make one that would retain the stock cross members then I think it would be a good purchase, but if you are going for less weight then having a custom tubular subframe would be your best bet. I know a member who could make one while sleeping and the quality would be nothing short of stellar, however, the price of good work is usually not very DSM friendly. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
One could DEFINITELY, and quite easily, create replacements for the parts that would be deleted with this piece in it's current iteration. It would be simple and effective to make something that does the SAME job out of the same material. It would probably help with stiffness all around, much like the LOWER STB that RRE was selling years ago. You know.. the one that went from one A arm bolt to the other?
If you're going to make something like this.. go all out. Make it all in one batch, and sell the piss out of them.
That's just my opinion. I'd probably do it myself, as this seems like a really good idea, even if half-assed and possibly poorly executed.
Overkill is almost never a bad thing, ESPECIALLY where suspension is concerned.
But, alas... i have no TIG, and no chromoly tubing lying around.