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16-04-2006, 11:30 PM | #1 | ||
Swaytan
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Hey Guys,
Just reading in Hot4s about strut bracing the front & rear of your vehicle. Anybody ever strutted the front or rear of your car? |
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17-04-2006, 01:02 PM | #2 | ||
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They don't do anything other than look blingtastic.
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17-04-2006, 01:34 PM | #3 | |||
Swaytan
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Maybe it would be useful for cars with really powerful engines, or really long bodies? Or does the same apply? |
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17-04-2006, 01:37 PM | #4 | |||
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60's Mustangs and falcons do benifit from a similar brace, however they are reknowned for "collapsing" the enginebay (ie the shock towers get closer together), especially the big block cars.
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17-04-2006, 01:51 PM | #5 | ||
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I doubt you'd even notice on something as small & stiff as a Fez.
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17-04-2006, 09:24 PM | #6 | ||
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some up-spec STi back in the land of the rising sun has a hydraulically damped rear strut brace. apparently it does the biz.
supposedly a more worthwhile piece of kit would be the brace that sits near the bottom of the suspension unit, from memory, connecting the 2 LCA. or just a bigger front sway bar, and a rear sway bar |
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18-04-2006, 12:24 AM | #7 | |||
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18-04-2006, 12:42 AM | #8 | ||
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Swaybars first, then strut braces.
You'll be suprised the difference a strut brace makes when the rest of the goods has been put on prior.
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02-05-2006, 11:57 PM | #9 | ||
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they make ya sus work a load getter
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