strut brace questions

[cliobon]

whats up people, my cous just fitted a strut brace to his ibiza and he said it was a really good mod to have and he recommeneded it to me.

just have a few question about it for the clio. I was wondering if the fitting is striaght forward ( e.g. just and few bolts and screw) Or is there extra work needed(e.g. drilling). Also i was wondering about the price of buying one, and and where to get one ( any recomendations, can you get one driectly from the renault garage)

Cheers guys, hope it wernt to long

 

[Fred@BTM]

what clio??

front ones have to be drilled in

rear 172/182 - don't bother, they do nothing

 

[Matt_Pleece]

i don't rele see what they can possibly do??? whats are they ment to do strengthen or sommit?

 

[clidge]

the front chassis of the 172 flexes really bad when put under load the strut brace will help towards accomodating this i think a rear one would help a little bit in my opinion but alot people say stay away ...get onto strutbracer.co.uk they are the cheapest and recommended by hill power cheers

 

[cliobon]

so the fronts have to be drilled in, no other way around it, that sucks

 

[JJsRT]

Super Glue it?

 

[kully]

sorry drilled bro....................its the only way unless you can bolt one on top the struts

 

[Millsy]

does it just drill straight to the top of the suspension turret? i've heard these are useless unless mounted to the top of the actual shock. can someone please enlighten me

 

[makavelli]

does it just drill straight to the top of the suspension turret? i've heard these are useless unless mounted to the top of the actual shock. can someone please enlighten me

you mean they are useless if you mount them to the top of the shock!!

 

[makavelli]

they need to be drilled into the turrets as this will strengthen up the front end by reducing movement/twisting of the frame

 

[kully]

you mean they are useless if you mount them to the top of the shock!!

performace cars have on top of the struts , depends on the type of strut you buy , majority will be the normal set up ..........

 

[makavelli]

performace cars have on top of the struts , depends on the type of strut you buy , majority will be the normal set up ..........

ok then:

you mean they are useless if you mount them to the top of the CLIO'S shock!!

:rasp: :clown:

 

[Millsy]

lol i was told they are useless if you mount to the turret as they should be to top of the shock. so basically your sayin i buy one that mounts to the turret with self tapping screw or whatever that is how its meant to be e.g that works?

 

[makavelli]

lol i was told they are useless if you mount to the turret as they should be to top of the shock. so basically your sayin i buy one that mounts to the turret with self tapping screw or whatever that is how its meant to be e.g that works?

dont use the tappers tho, use big chunky bolts

 

[theduck]

yes, except dont use the self tappers, bolt them it inplace or even better, weld it in place.

 

[Millsy]

how would you bolt it into place? any guides anywhere?

 

[theduck]

drill a hole put bolts through, do them up!

 

[Millsy]

lol fair dos i meant is there a standard way e.g using m8 bolts etc or m6 or whatever lol

 

[christurbo]

Unless they are attached to the top of the shock I wouldnt bother.

 

[Ted_200]

Super Glue it?

wot about no nails

 

[Neil G]

Weld in place

TBH the turrets are so close to the bulkhead that I wouldn't of thought a strut brace would make much difference.

Looks good under the bonnet though...my old Renault 19 16v had one as standard which looked pretty neat but I think that thing needed it

 

[Jaffa182]

When you tighten up the strut brace do u tighten it so it pushes out the sturt tops or tighten it pulling them in???? Because the omp brace has an adjuster.

Cheers Jaff

 

[theduck]

would have said tighten till it starts to pull in the slacken off slightly.

 

[alexbleubolt]

You definately need one on the 172, i got a cup, and i took it off the other day to change the spark plugs and havne't put it back on yet and the car is handling so awefull, its so cr:quiet: p without it. Buy one, its only £40, and you will notice the difference.

 

[Millsy]

someone said about bolting these through but on thinking about it how the hell do you put a nut on the other endcos its going to be going through to underside of the turret right? wouldnt this then need removal of the shock to get at it?