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Strut brace info

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:10 pm
by CpnSpankyPantz
Hello,

I'm in the market for a strut brace in the next few weeks, however there seems to be a massive price difference on the ones available!

I want them as I put them on my mk1 golf GTI and it made a massive difference, am guessing it does the same to an e30? They were OMP ones, and about £30 from Demon Tweeks...

So... Why do the front uppers range from About £40 to over £158.95?!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trks ... Categories

Also, what do I look for? (It's for a road car)....

Thanks.

Re: Strut brace info

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:13 pm
by E30BeemerLad
Sparco single tube M3 strut brace is about £50 from Demon Tweaks and is man enough for the job, no hinges and shite on it

Re: Strut brace info

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:22 am
by tomti
ive got the front and rear strut braces from RPM. Look smart and definitely noticed it stiffen up. Think its just over 100 quid delivered

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:45 am
by cragles
We use a sparco M3 one around £50 on the front and the rear one is welded in as part of the roll cage on the race car.

The RPM front one is very similar to the sparco one.

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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:20 am
by CpnSpankyPantz
Thanks for the info!

The sparco one is £89 on Demon Tweeks now! I will look into the RPM one...

Are they all aluminium? Is there a lower front one? Does the rear one make much difference?

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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:27 pm
by cragles
I think the difference the rear one makes depends on the car, if you have folding rear seats or a touring then I imagine it makes much more different than a 2 door with a solid rear bulkhead like ours.

We've only got one because it's included as part of the cage...

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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:20 pm
by Jhonno
I have front and rear RPM ones I am not using.. Front has never been on a car, rear had less than a years use if they are of any interest.