rear strut brace

[clio_luke]

a knock at my door this morning, went downstairs still half asleep. it was the postman and he had a big box in his hand. it was my new rear strut brace
i signed for it, grabbed some spanners and it was on in 5mins

 

[Greeny.]

Looking good! I want one of these! I thought the omp braces only came in red though?

 

[TeZ]

Ditto where u get it from buddy as i want a black one front and back .

 

[clio_luke]

thats what i thought too. i ordered a red one but they were out of stock. they said they had this new colour in. sounded nice to me so i asked them to send one. think this colour is £5 more, but they did it for the same price as the red one because of being out of stock. got it from strutbracer.co.uk. £35

 

[TeZ]

Cheers fella.

 

[fatboyslim]

Very nice mate, how long did that take to deliver?

 

[morky]

ive been waiting for ages for one from strut bracer off ebay. its been over 6 wees now so left bad feed back and now they wont send it or refund till i remove the feed back

 

[clio_luke]

well they were out of stock so there was a delay with messing around e-mailing an so on. once they agreed to send me this one (on thursday) i got it this morning (monday) so not long.
got it through ebay. 2nd time i have used them now

 

[clio_luke]

ive been waiting for ages for one from strut bracer off ebay. its been over 6 wees now so left bad feed back and now they wont send it or refund till i remove the feed back

yeah i have to agree with you there. they dont have very good communication skills. lol. the first one i bought 4months ago it took 3weeks or so to come. this time it took 2 weeks. seems like they are always out of stock and waiting on orders.
i am happy with what i have recieved tho

 

[Greeny.]

Ive heard v bad things about strutbracer, I would personally avoid and use someone like motorsportworld!

 

[NJ.]

i have one for sale


extendable momo rear strut brace
make me an offer

sorry to hijack thread

 

[morky]

yeah well they offered a refund and a strut brace if i removed the feed back. guess what they are saying now ive removed it. i really like the black one you have fitted looks good m8 well done on getting it lol

 

[Sib]

Strutbracer were ok to me but I keep on emailling them.

The rear omp ones are out of stock currently and badly backlogged, they refunded me fine.

 

[Leeshez]

Looks nice

 

[Moose4624]

Do they actually improve the handling or anything, or just purely for looks?

 

[fatboyslim]

NJDesign... is it just me or does that look completely wrong to fit on a clio?

 

[NJ.]

its universal as it bolts onto the inside of each wheel arch
not the top of the struts

 

[fatboyslim]

ah I see, so you have to drill holes and bolt it to the car itsself? Ouch.

 

[clio_luke]

yeah well they offered a refund and a strut brace if i removed the feed back. guess what they are saying now ive removed it. i really like the black one you have fitted looks good m8 well done on getting it lol

sorry to hear that mate. i was a bit hesitant to use them because it took sooooo long first time i got one off them, got it in the end tho. lol

 

[clio_luke]

Do they actually improve the handling or anything, or just purely for looks?

hmmmm, ppl say they improve handling. it must stiffen up the car a bit. nothing majour tho. i do like the look of them tho

 

[edde]

Do they actually improve the handling or anything, or just purely for looks?

Looks only the rear suspension cannot be affected by one.

 

[rs32]

Do they actually improve the handling or anything, or just purely for looks?

Looks only the rear suspension cannot be affected by one.

this one makes the car far more stable under heavy braking on track

 

[edde]

Looks only the rear suspension cannot be affected by one.

this one makes the car far more stable under heavy braking on track

Each to there own view but how do you think it does? Since the rear of the car suspension can move about at those locations without any effect. its under the car you need to stiffen the mounting points

BTW have a read here

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=224554

 

[Ryan k]

Looks good can you tell you have it??

 

[rs32]

this one makes the car far more stable under heavy braking on track

Each to there own view but how do you think it does? Since the rear of the car suspension can move about at those locations without any effect. its under the car you need to stiffen the mounting points

because I drove Croft without it a few months ago - then again a few days ago with it fitted. Hugely better under braking, before it felt a bit "wobbly". Same suspension setup, tyres and brakes on both outings.

I don't know the science behind it, just that it feels better for sure !