I think the bracing is worth it, but I am taking a different approach to the handling and not touching aftermarket swaybars. I want the flex point on my car to be the sway bar and not so much the mounts so I want to stiffen it up with bracing to give cornering response. Corners quite well at the moment too (even on stock springs lol). You'll find that a few of us Stagea owners actually questioned, thought about and applied everything we have done to our cars over the years (mainly because there was no other reference, but still...)