strut brace

24th May 2005, 17:34

how much am i looking at to get one brand new? and can you tell the difference once fitted?

24th May 2005, 17:48

E-tech strutbrace is about £70-£80. cituning do an alloy one and a steel one, £85 and £45. they also do an Omp lower brace for £25. they stiffen the front chassis and stop flexing when cornering. gives more grip, better turn-in and improved steering 'feel'. lower brace improves even more, although some lower brace catch on bumps if your car's really low.

24th May 2005, 17:51

etech strut brace also looks very nice, i have one an its made a big difference, which was quite suprising!

24th May 2005, 17:58

my cars lowered about 45, wil that be too low for a lower brace? would it make sense to get both strut braces or just the higher one, or just the lower one?

24th May 2005, 18:05

45mm will be fine. you'll still notice a big difference with just the upper brace, but seeing as the lower one is only £25, i'd get both mate

24th May 2005, 18:34

yeah i was thinking of both, but i thought would this be pointless and not make sense, but i also thought it could make it alot better, thinkil go for the upper and lower ones then, cheers for the help!

24th May 2005, 22:54

What about rear braces guys? can u get them for a vts? I've heard they rnt tht good on some other cars

24th May 2005, 23:22

never heard of them, anyone else got a comment on them?

24th May 2005, 23:25

i no they do them for other cars but not sure bout saxo?

25th May 2005, 00:16

saxo doesnt have rear struts, has a torsion bar.

25th May 2005, 00:33

Silly question probably - but how do you fit a lower strut brace?? The upper one was easy - I`ve got a feeling the lower one will be a pain.

25th May 2005, 01:27

bolts between the wishbones. not sure how easy/hard it is, never fitted one.
p.s resize your avatat mate(arioch), takes feckin ages for the page to load.

25th May 2005, 04:20

totally slipped my mind bout the torsion bar not struts. anyone know how good a full powerflex bushing kit is for tightening up the handling?

25th May 2005, 04:31

Any pics of the steel strutbrace??

is it stainless steel or what?

25th May 2005, 05:29

yeah i forgot bout the torsion bar too lol

27th May 2005, 00:56

For the top strut brace do u have to relocate anything to fit it? it looks like a tank wil be in the way on the right hand side on my vts

27th May 2005, 02:28

One the Etech one I had to take my bonnet stay out.
And on some others you need to move the Fuel Cut off switch to slightly lower down.

27th May 2005, 07:16

i also had to take bonnet stay out!