Nice video! Can you provide a direct link to the mid chassis brace please? I am wondering if it is compatible with the Australian version. Working under the Australian version I see there is a dinky little brace on the mid chassis which looks quite pathetic to me - I'm not even sure if it is really designed as a chassis brace and it is described in the workshop manual as an underfloor brace - it only has two mounting bolts though and it's roughly midway along the car.
Does the bracing noticeably reduce twist in the body at slow speeds on crappy roads since this is always a problem - especially here in Australia with our bad roads and with hatchbacks that are spot-welded. For instance too, our driveways here in Australia by law now have to have extremely steep lips at the roadside (to prevent flooding and to make sure storm water makes it quickly to the drainage on the road) and whenever we back out of these, we can really feel the chassis twist quite noticeably as the front is about 4 inches higher than the rear. This is something I'd like to reduce but as I say, it is characteristic of most stock cars I have driven bar a few overtly sporty types such as the Focus RS.
EDIT: Oh bummer. Found the part you used. I think the US version is different. 4 mounting holes instead of 2. I am under the car in a few weeks and I will double check to see what is currently there. It might be a different brace altogether or it might be closer to the independent rear suspension in which case then no way since unfortunately we are stuck with torsion beams here (except for Hybrid version).
Does the bracing noticeably reduce twist in the body at slow speeds on crappy roads since this is always a problem - especially here in Australia with our bad roads and with hatchbacks that are spot-welded. For instance too, our driveways here in Australia by law now have to have extremely steep lips at the roadside (to prevent flooding and to make sure storm water makes it quickly to the drainage on the road) and whenever we back out of these, we can really feel the chassis twist quite noticeably as the front is about 4 inches higher than the rear. This is something I'd like to reduce but as I say, it is characteristic of most stock cars I have driven bar a few overtly sporty types such as the Focus RS.
EDIT: Oh bummer. Found the part you used. I think the US version is different. 4 mounting holes instead of 2. I am under the car in a few weeks and I will double check to see what is currently there. It might be a different brace altogether or it might be closer to the independent rear suspension in which case then no way since unfortunately we are stuck with torsion beams here (except for Hybrid version).