Arron

I am thinking of fitting a strut brace to my my98 uk car on standard suspension.
Can anybody tell me if it is worth while, does it make any difference to road holding, tyre wear on 16" and overall grip.

GaryC

A strut brace was the best £30 I have spent on my car. Reduced understeer, and made cornering 'firmer'. Works especially well with Prodrive settings.

I haven't had any uneven tyre wear.

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Looks good in Carbon Fibre too

harryh

Are there any particular brands that are especially good?

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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STi ?????

buddy

Arron,
Go for a carbon fibre one about £400.00 from graham goode, (should stiffen up the front end better than any other as c/f is the strongest and lightest component availible, but not cheap.)
Buddy,

DaveW

Arron,

If your not keen on Carbon Fibre then have a look at tsl-motorsport.co.uk their stainless steel / alloy one is a work of art although its £295+vat.

DaveW

andymac

Yep, the Sti "fujitsu aerospace industries" one that is "bent" is very expensive because it's all carbon fibre. It does look the bo!!ocks though.

cheers
Andy

H

Front strut brace really just looks good - however, in a wagon the rear strut brace is apparantly quite benficial....

Erik

Hi Aron,

My is from Sparco steel and adjustable red coloured. Rear is DYI adjustable too. Very cool ride now.

GaryC

£295??
£400??

You guys

Mine was £30 - new, from DT, OMP adjustable

Granted it is yellow - but how often do you see it?

Stef

I have an alloy Sparco one in my car.
Only cost £55, looks the biz, and does the job.

Stef.

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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I've got the STi one

Bought 2nd hand (but imaculate ) so didn't pay the silly money.

Here is a picture of an STi Carbon Strutbrace

Tim W

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Problem is most of these Strut braces have a weak point in them, only the TSL one looks strong enough to me...and lovely thought the Sti one looks, it is a little flexible

Stef

Tim.
Where's the weak point in the Sparco alloy one then? Agreed, the TSL/Forge one looks gorgeous, but is that the main reason you buy a brace? (It is for people like Puff! )
I thought Sparco were quite good at making things like this, that's all.

Stef.

sunilp

Why pay 400 odd quid for a carbon fibre one when other sell the proper Sti ally ones for noticeably less than that?

Tim W

iTrader: (1)

Stef, the weak link is in the adjuster...if it has be fitted in the cross strut you could find a concentration of forces which may allow for some flex.

On the TSL/Forge piece of kit you adjust on the strut mounting ends where it bolts to the top mount.

As you say it's a lovely bit of kit, just too expensive I want one

SCOTTY

What price should a carbon fibre strut brace go for? I paid £125 for mine (same as pic above), it is absolutely mint. A good buy I thought.

Scotty.

PS: 2nd hand of course

[This message has been edited by SCOTTY (edited 03 December 2000).]