Fritz Bitz Strut Brace

[mikeyboy]

There are no tech 2 wheels here atm. I've just had a look.
The fritz strut brace is definatly not an eibach item.
Well unless they are now a 1 bloke outfit in devon

cheers for checking on the wheels for me Dave!

[SHAKEELE30]

pacerpetes eibach one is an ok price too, you havent got any pics by any chance since youve found out how to do it now, cant be too hard,hey

[Theo]

£188 for that!?

Madness.

[Jhonno]

£188 for that!?

Madness.

+1

[randomdave325]

a better pic of the end for you


rear brace also makes a useful sub mount



and a pic of a e28/24 one on the turd i'm working on atm. modifyed to fit round the cage but not finished yet



they are £145 not £188

[blitz877]

ouch !!! £148 + vat (that is robbery) for some aluminium... erm i dont think so, i can get the exact same brace from ebay for £30
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-Strut-Str ... 286.c0.m14

i think i will spend my hard earned money on somthing that will actually work i.e sparco steel

was thinking that my self... looks very simmalar to the one i paid £30 for from ebay a few years ago.. ive now got the solid sparco one which i think ill stick to intill i find a double tube sparco one or a hartge one

i had this ebay brace and its shockingly cr*p lads, very poor quality

[jbh]

ouch !!! £148 + vat (that is robbery) for some aluminium... erm i dont think so, i can get the exact same brace from ebay for £30
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-Strut-Str ... 286.c0.m14

i think i will spend my hard earned money on somthing that will actually work i.e sparco steel

was thinking that my self... looks very simmalar to the one i paid £30 for from ebay a few years ago.. ive now got the solid sparco one which i think ill stick to intill i find a double tube sparco one or a hartge one

i had this ebay brace and its shockingly cr*p lads, very poor quality

thats why i sold mine and got the sparco one

[mikeyboy]

a better pic of the end for you


rear brace also makes a useful sub mount



and a pic of a e28/24 one on the turd i'm working on atm. modifyed to fit round the cage but not finished yet



they are £145 not £188

£145 Dave? Richard told me £188 maybe because of delivery and VAT?!

[mikeyboy]

it is really well made. i can't fault it and i'm well fussy.
i don't have the front one on my e30 as i still have the one that came with my hartge h26 many moons ago.
olly and rich both do tho and they seem fine
i do have the rear one and i have a front one on my e28 (very needed on an e28!!)
i got them at cost and both were over a hundred pounds! the e28 was closer to 2!
But they look good, fit and are all ally. nicely welded. made locally in the uk and work well.
Blimey! i sound like i am in an office now
Back to the workshop

ah huh! this makes sense and i appreciate the info! well im still rather tempted and this might become one of those xmas presents "to me" from "me".

i forgot to ask Rich, but do you know if you guys have many Tech 2 steering wheels knocking around?

I can't imagine Fritz make strut braces. That looks like an eibach one with a big mark up . I can supply you a mint eibach brace for £80 inc recorded delivery

do you have any pics of this fella you could PM me?

[steerfromtherear]

I had an ebay one on my last 36 and it was rubbish. Might as well not buy one.

The £80 Eibach does sound reasonable though.

[juniorGT]

a better pic of the end for you

they are £145 not £188

lol + VAT.. ?


im sure its made really nice, but how someone could justify spending that much on just a ally strut brace is shocking...


steel is stonger than ally FACT!
whats cages made out of ? CDS (cold drawn Steel)

why..

strength!

[Cook318IS]

... which is why you'll find that they are probably an aluminium alloy, not pure aluminium. You can even get sparco aluminium strut braces and i think they know what they are doing. And aircrafts are made from aluminium and they withstand quite a bit of pressure - i would say that they are quite strong!

[gooner1]

Unless you intend to race your cab, surely the strut brace is purely asthetic,s only?
Have had one ,from a German ebay seller, om my cab for two years now, and if i,m honest i have,nt noticed
any difference since i fitted it.

[mikeyboy]

Unless you intend to race your cab, surely the strut brace is purely asthetic,s only?
Have had one ,from a German ebay seller, om my cab for two years now, and if i,m honest i have,nt noticed
any difference since i fitted it.

mine is not for aesthestics that would be a waste of money and if you bought yours off ebay and it was anything like the cheap ones some of the boys are mentioning on here then this is probably why you had no noticeable affect!

[mikeyboy]

a better pic of the end for you

they are £145 not £188

lol + VAT.. ?


im sure its made really nice, but how someone could justify spending that much on just a ally strut brace is shocking...


steel is stonger than ally FACT!
whats cages made out of ? CDS (cold drawn Steel)

why..

strength!

fella i have to agree here that Aluminium Alloys can indeed excel about Steel which is majority of cars now are being made with Aluminium Chassis's because it is stronger and has better impact properties.

new cars have "crumple" zones which with the ally help helps to slow the energy transfer in a collision down. by the way you are aware that you can also Cold Draw Ally to give the same if not better effects over Steel?!

Transport Design Fella- i was listening in my lectures!

[town325i]

arnt the ones with bolts at each just a wast of time any way because they move like without a strut brace a solid one will make a bogger differance and £188 is stupid money