lower strut brace

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2012 Chesterfield Posts: 355 White mk2 vtr
    #1
    iv just tryed to fit an omp lower strut brace only to find when its fitted its only an inch off the ground as my car is too low (50/60mm ish)

    anyone else had this problem and is there any way around it??

    apart from raising my front

    thanks
  2. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2009 Kent Posts: 4207 Mango cammed furio vts
    #2
    They are not designed for lowered cars, they are for track.
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2012 wirral Posts: 212
    #3
    surely track cars are lowered though? i was thinking about getting one but as mine will be getting used daily the brace will be hitting everything on the road
  4. Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180
    #4
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mk1vts1 View Post
    surely track cars are lowered though? i was thinking about getting one but as mine will be getting used daily the brace will be hitting everything on the road
    Yes but most track saxo's/106's arent 60mm or even lower. Also a track hasnt got speed bumps and pot holes etc everywhere like Britain's lovely roads.

    OP there isnt really much you can do apart from raise it or remove the brace, or live with it, that's why you see so many second hand ones scuffed/smashed up.
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
    #5
    I'm down only down 35mm on the front, and it clonks on things and buries itself in the stones on my drive
  6. Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2012 Chesterfield Posts: 355 White mk2 vtr
    #6
    ahh right, well i have the top one on so i guess il live with out the bottom one

    thanks guys
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2010 Kent Posts: 8439 Gen 7 Celica 190.
    #7
    My cars down 40mm with a lower brace and i cacthes it alot its well dented in and kinda bent lol.
  8. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr
    #8
    my old vts was lowered 60mm all round, had lower brace fitted.
    only thing it caught was the stupid speedbumps, oh and parking up on a kerb.
    you get used to it lol
  9. Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2012 Chesterfield Posts: 355 White mk2 vtr
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by danny-vts View Post
    my old vts was lowered 60mm all round, had lower brace fitted.
    only thing it caught was the stupid speedbumps, oh and parking up on a kerb.
    you get used to it lol
    how much of a difrence did it make in the bends?

    if its a lot i may run it for a week and see how i get on,
    my drive will be a problem as the kerb goes up and the drive goes down.

    my old corsa's mani/down pipe took a right pounding every time i went out, that was the hight of a house brick layed down off the ground
  10. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2012 Middlesbrough Posts: 181 Saxo VTR 2001
    #10
    Raise the rear a bit won't make a massive amount of difference that's what I did after I'd lowered the rear onto the bump stops by accident.

    Or just avoid every speed bump etc like the plague, that's all I do now.