strut brace..is it worth it

[gra325i]

i am in the process of replacing/upgrading all suspension parts on my sport just wondering if a strut brace is worth fitting does it actually help the handling or are they mainly just bling??

[oguz327]

Deffo worth fitting a front strut brace, the steel Sparco strut brace seems to be one of the best and one of the cheapest.

[ed325i]

Like this one.

[driftbmw]

going round roundabouts a bit crap, front slides out

[tailoutcharlie]

going round roundabouts a bit crap, front slides out

is understeer a real prob with these? cos I HATE UNDERSTEER

[Theo]

In a word, no.

[gra325i]

me too oversteer is cool but nothing worse than u/steer

[Theo]

To clarify - it's well worth having. My previous comment was in relation to tailoutcharlie's post.

Get the sparco one that Oz/Ed mentioned, about £50 IIRC.

[curryp]

i heard that if you had a front end smack with a brace on,it could do more damage than without.dont know how true that is though

[glenbat]

I think the olny problem is if its fitted properly (bolted through each turret, not using self tappers) then obviously a front wheel/wing knock could transfer the impact to the other inner wing

Loads of Corsas/Saxos have em self tapped in place so they look cool on a Friday night but i bet very few of them are bolted through. One of my old cossies suffered from cracks to the passenger side inner wing/turret because of hammering it in hard on roundabouts etc but a later one had a brace bolted through and it did the job well, no cracks and a much tighter front end

[driftbmw]

understeer at low speed going round roundabout,, going straight through at 70 tight as fock the front end.

only negatives are when going slow

so go fast