chrome

Looking for a rear strut brace for a classic..

I was wondering if going for a cheap as chips brand (OMP for example) would be dicing with disaster?
Ie: does the cheap cost warrant the performance?
ie: is it likely to adversely affect the handling on the limit/fail beacuse of cheaper R+D/structure etc??

just want to get the gods honest truth.. no marketing BS PLEASE..

in my case- sod the bling factor, as the rear SB is in the boot!
no one will see it but me..


is it worth it? or am I just being unrealistic, and will the cheap brace work just fine as a super bling £200+ brace?

Katana

If all you want to do is stiffen the car for handling then go for it as i dont see much of a difference between this and the expensive version. If you want the car to look good for Santa Pod then go for the carbon fibre option. Depends how much it'll flex. I'd go for a straight simple one if I can but thats not possible for our cars.

MiGi

Just typed a nice reply but it was lost DOH i will try again.

There should be nothing wrong, on the engineering side, with a cheap brace.

BUT..

When you decide on what to go for only compare like for like options.

Bearing in mind the aim of the design. which is...to keep the strut towers from flexing too much.

Firstly it is a bit of a joke that a such a small brace can make any real difference but since people manage to sell them, they must do something.

The others factors are:

material type
size of the material
design or shape of the brace

How shiny it is etc will MAKE no difference and expensive materials like carbon fiber etc are a bit waisted on this.

As i said only compare liek for like options.
i.e a steel tube brace of the same design as a slightly thicker brace or the same material/design will not be as rigid and the thicker ite, (obvious eh!)

Without going into huge depths of different types of design etc this is really all you have to go on. The more chunky the better (for same material) untill weight become an issue etc....

sorry if this doesnt answer your question but i hope it will help.

chrome

sounds good to me guys
bring on the chunky steel