Bearing in mind my truck's normal handling, these wont make any difference, good or bad its safe to say
They are easily removable though, just one long bolt on each side and they come right off, then screw in the normal button head screw to hold the strobe brace in place again. Only major draw back is that you cant run a shell without hacking the front end to bits, so either a roll cage or balls of steel are required- Im liking the topless look so I may see about some kind of minimalistic cage just to cover the centre portion of the chassis (rx, motor, esc area).