strut brace

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2004 Newry United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Posts: 349
    #1
    what does a strut brace do? are they any good?
  2. Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor
    #2
    basically a strut brace (upper) connects the two suspension struts and the idea is that it reduces chassis flex when cornering.
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2005 St Andrews United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 7384 Green mk1 vtr/s and Focus zetec
    #3
    they stop chassis flex under cornering load and keep suspension geometry at it's optimum. you get upper and lower braces at the front, you can fit a rear one on car which have rear struts, but not on the sax as it has a torsion bar set-up.
    front upper fits under the bonnet between the strut tops, lower on fits between the wishbones. you'll feel the benefit more from a lower one. upper one costs between £40-£80, lower one £25-ish.