Best Strut Brace for MY01?
29 January 2002, 04:20 PM
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Looking at the sti one.
Anyone using one?
29 January 2002, 04:28 PM
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The dealer fit subaru ones cool - carbon with gold ends. cost £230 ish fitted!!!
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29 January 2002, 08:49 PM
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Mark, I remember reading somewhere that on the MY01 a strut brace is not necessary as the chassis is considerably stiffer than earlier models, a friend at Subaru said they were fitted to sti's as a "justification ,or hey mine is better than yours ...cos.."
they look good though .
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29 January 2002, 09:42 PM
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Yup - I was going to post that earlier - the MY01 shell is 250% stiffer than the previous car, and it doesn't need one. It's a cosmetic thang, except nobody will see it under the bonnet
05 February 2002, 01:21 AM
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I had the subaru one fitted about two months after delivery (the part was late arriving). It did not make any difference whatsoever to the handling.
05 February 2002, 03:21 PM
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Alledgedly it makes a difference once you lower the car according to some.. not me, can't feel much if any difference...
05 February 2002, 03:49 PM
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Having said that, I am a bit pi$$ed that the STi7 type UK doesn't come with one!!!
06 February 2002, 01:39 PM
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So youve actualy thrown in the towel Dave and bought one?????
Traitor
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06 February 2002, 03:46 PM
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The greedy b*****d has bought TWO
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06 February 2002, 03:54 PM
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Only done under advice from Relate
06 February 2002, 04:31 PM
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I wish my wife was so easily pleased
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06 February 2002, 07:29 PM
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It was HER idea.....
06 February 2002, 11:32 PM
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What a wonderful wife you have
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