You definitely aren't exaggerating I have a 94 Polo green coupe and I took the top out one time and it drove so bad I never took it out again. Been looking at these braces for a while. I think the people who say their cars don't shake or drive different probably have cars that are already wore out and shake rattle and pop. My car is well kept and has fairly new Struts etc. Love the C4 content
Nope, both my C4s didn't have any different ride with or without the top. I have a 1991 now and previously owned a 1995. I'm not saying your car doesn't shake with the top off but they all don't do it.
Mine noodles as well. Inexperienced drivers or people who are not as in tune with the machine as others won’t notice any shimmy. My 88 iroc hat t tops and was a world of difference compared to my c4
There is an X brace on the convertible for support and if you look under the coup the mounting holes are in the under carriage, I believe if you can find it you can install it on the coup, I also saw a company advertising brackets that mount underneath to help this problem too, I havn't ruled out the transverse springs seeing how the fiber glass is over 30 years old. My 92 not only shakes but the steering column wobbles which is pretty annoying which could be from the tilt wheel steering pins being worn from people using the wheel to exit.
You can get an oversized steering column pin to fix the wobbly steering wheel. I just did that on my 1990. The 'other' brace you are talking about is the vette2vette frame stiffening bars, which I also have. They made a noticeable difference when the top is off, but it certainly doesn't eliminate frame flex like advertised. Still worthwhile, imo.
Speaking about pain. I had my passenger side door come closed on me with the glass up while I was lifting the top off. Nearly dropped the top due to the sharp pain in my gut.
@@misterdanielsiii I took an old battery powered screwdriver and stuck a cig lighter plug on the end of it. I still use the ratchet to initially loosen or to get it to it's final torque, but it's like taking off all 4 wheels at a race, zip zip zip zip. Done.
