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would need to see your hip file to come up with a specific solution, but you could start by dialing down the amplitude of the curl noise, or maybe throw down a VOP POP and tweak the particles' velocity that way.

Another work around for this would be to just model one of the verticle posts, then extrude the poly where the crossbar connects, and then mirror the whole thing to create the chair back.

Disable your antivirus software while you download it. I had the same problem and that fixed it for me. Simplest solution.