Welding in a rear strut brace

[winkle57]

I want a proper strut brace in the rear of my cup as the OMP one I had did sweet fa. Where abouts on the rear struts should it be welded, right at the top? Will a scaffold pole be upto the job? Would it be safe to attach harnesses to it?

 

[Jamie]

Run me through why this is worth it?

 

[Will.]

Rear strut braces do f**k all anyway.

 

[winkle57]

I'm going to get a front strut brace to stiffen the front so thought it best to stiffen the rear. MX5's come standard with a rear brace and they handle pretty well :rasp:

 

[david hodson]

Being a rear beam at the back rear strutbraces do very little , didnt stop me making and fitting one when i had my 172 , and like most mine bolted to the rear dampers

 

[Jimbo-Clio]

doubt a move heavy duty brace will do much more than the omp one tbh and in regards to attaching harness's to it would all depend on how much the brace could take tbh lol i wouldent be trusting a scaffold bar welded to the car to harness me in tbh

 

[winkle57]

Being a rear beam at the back rear strutbraces do very little , didnt stop me making and fitting one when i had my 172 mine as most bolted to the rear dampers

I appreciate the ones that bolt onto the top of the rear shocks do nothing that's why I want to weld one inbetween the strut towers themselves.

 

[stuart87]

doubt a move heavy duty brace will do much more than the omp one tbh and in regards to attaching harness's to it would all depend on how much the brace could take tbh lol i wouldent be trusting a scaffold bar welded to the car to harness me in tbh

totally agree withe the scaffolding bar, wouldnt trust it atal

 

[Scadden182]

if ur wanting some thing stronger to hold ur harness, get some 42mm cold drawn seamless tube, alot stronger and lighter.

pointless welding it in as a strut brace tbh.

 

[stuart87]

if ur wanting some thing stronger to hold ur harness, get some 42mm cold drawn seamless tube, alot stronger and lighter.

pointless welding it in as a strut brace tbh.

lol happenin buddy

 

[winkle57]

if ur wanting some thing stronger to hold ur harness, get some 42mm cold drawn seamless tube, alot stronger and lighter.

pointless welding it in as a strut brace tbh.

Really? The front strut brace bolts to the strut towers and plenty of people rave about how good they are, surely attaching one to the rear strut towers will have the same affect no?

 

[Will.]

Not as such. When you turn into a corner the front of the car will twist whereas the rear will remain planted.

 

[stuart87]

Really? The front strut brace bolts to the strut towers and plenty of people rave about how good they are, surely attaching one to the rear strut towers will have the same affect no?

not really mate, will give you plenty of 3 wheel action tho

 

[Scadden182]

lol happenin buddy

am happening


the front strut brace is different, it actually helps, because there is so much more happening.

 

[stuart87]

am happening



They do it without the need of a strut brace.

mine struggles to lift the back wheel

 

[Scadden182]

Buy a real clio then