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16-04-2006, 10:30 PM
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Swaytan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
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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, 12:02 PM
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Grinder+Welder = Race car
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Briz-Vegas
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They don't do anything other than look blingtastic.
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17-04-2006, 12:34 PM
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Swaytan
Join Date: Mar 2006
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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, 12:37 PM
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Grinder+Welder = Race car
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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, 12:51 PM
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Death B4 Decaf
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: South Hobart
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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, 08:24 PM
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striped
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney
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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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17-04-2006, 11:24 PM
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Grinder+Welder = Race car
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17-04-2006, 11:42 PM
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What a performer!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SA, Northern Suburbs
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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, 10:57 PM
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Panther Black MK6
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Central coast
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they make ya sus work a load getter
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