Quote Originally Posted by SoVeReIgN View Post
Tempting, but at $400 odd a little pricey.

Convince me? Worthwhile?
The idea is thus - the suspension mount points on your Golf (most any car, to be honest), form a trapezium - a four sided object. Without changing the length of any of the four sides of that shape, you can fairly easily change the angles by pushing on one or more of the points.

The larger the shape, the less force is required to achieve deflection, or the more deflection is achieved with a given amount of force. The back end of the Golf, being very open, is a large shape - and thus the rear end geometry of the car is relatively easily moved "out of wack".

Rear braces attempt to fix this by bracing the rear of the car diagonally, creating triangles - which are geometrically immovable without changing the length of one of the sides. This stiffens the whole rear of the car up.

What makes the TST brace so good? High quality construction (check the numerous posts on the Vortex forums for proof), the ability to take it out (and put it back) easily if you need to put a large load in the car, looks almost OEM (sits largely flush with the back of the seats when they're up), and it braces the rear really well.

Is it worth ~$400? Depends what you're trying to achieve. I'm hoping to track my car at least semi-regularly, and stiffening the car up will help to improve that experience.