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 Post subject: Strut braces.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:21 pm 
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Hi all,

Are strut braces really worth fitting to improve handling, although I'm not worried about speed I find a well handling car is often just as good as a quick one, I'm going to be fitting standard spec gas shocks and poly bush everything, which should improve things but do you really notice that much of a difference with front and rear braces or is it on a race car with full suspension set up that they come into their own.

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 Post subject: Re: Strut braces.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:30 pm 
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Some say yes.
I fitted a bolt on one to the front of my xr2.
I noticed no difference.

Removed it later.
I noticed a difference of £40 in my bank account after I sold it. :)

The rear bolt on one's don't do much as they are connected between the shock tops.
Get a rear weld in one.. Makes more sense.
I didn't bother with a rear brace as I need a usable boot area.

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 Post subject: Re: Strut braces.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:41 am 
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Jason wrote:
Some say yes.
I fitted a bolt on one to the front of my xr2.
I noticed no difference.

Removed it later.
I noticed a difference of £40 in my bank account after I sold it. :)

The rear bolt on one's don't do much as they are connected between the shock tops.
Get a rear weld in one.. Makes more sense.
I didn't bother with a rear brace as I need a usable boot area.

Jason.


May be it's something I'll do at a later date when I've got some spare cash and everything else is done, I know that the body will have a certain amount of flex and I feel it's probably more when the car has been converted to race spec and has full stiff race suspension and rose joints everywhere, so all the areas that normally would have a bit of "give" in them have all been tightened up so that give has to go somewhere, so that's when the shell takes it more, just my theory anyway.

Thanks for your thoughts again Jason.

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 Post subject: Re: Strut braces.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 12:35 pm 
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If you are going to fit one then it needs to be a proper weld in job. The rear ones are pointless as they bolt onto something that is on a rubber bush! and the front ones won't feel any different either. I run a race car and the rear is braced as part of the roll cage, I dont run a front upper strut brace But I a splitter and so the mount for that doubles up as a lower brace

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