Where Can I Get A Rear Strut Brace... A Fat Diameter One?

[N!CK R]

I seem to remember that Russ had a really fat aluminium rear strut brace on his car.
It was a really wide one and he had his harnesses attached to it.
Anyone know where i can get one?
Or would it have to be custom made?

Cheers Muchly

 

[Struggler]

IIRC theyre not accually strut braces,

they dont connect to the top of the strut, but to the inside of the chassis instead,
and theyre only for mounting harnesses to, they dont actually act as a strut brace.

 

[y0z2a]

I will add some pictures of some that we have made for customers - they are made from roll cage tube, and are welded in between the rear arches.

/y0z

 

[Greeny.]

I will add some pictures of some that we have made for customers - they are made from roll cage tube, and are welded in between the rear arches.

/y0z

Would be interested but wouldnt want to weld it into place!

 

[sideways danny]

I seem to remember that Russ had a really fat aluminium rear strut brace on his car.
It was a really wide one and he had his harnesses attached to it.
Anyone know where i can get one?
Or would it have to be custom made?

Cheers Muchly

Attaching harneses to a strut brace is stupid enough on it's own, but to an aluminium one???

Rear strut braces that attach to the shocks on a clio are totally pointless. They only "work" on vehicles where the strut can effect the geometry.

A harness bar should be out of steel, and fixed to a rigid mount point. A bolted arrangement to the rear lower seatbelt mounts is a logical and strong solution

 

[Greeny.]

So what y0z has said is also pointless on Clios? Just a bar between the struts but NOT on the top of the shocks?

 

[sideways danny]

it'd work fine as a harness bar with the right plating/strenghtening

 

[Greeny.]

But would have no effect as a strut brace as such then?

 

[sideways danny]

I wouldn't want to say nothing at all, it'll stiffen the shell to a degree. Minimal benefit, something you'd do to a full on track car, just "because"

 

[Greeny.]

lol, fair enough Cheers for the answers

 

[broster@JAM-Sport]

we make some that bolt between the rear struts using 4 high tensile cap heads to bolt it to the body work, mounting one to the top of the rubber mounted shock top mount wont gain you anything other than looks.

the effects with the clio arn't as great as some other cars, but as they say every little counts.

 

[N!CK R]

Hmmm, well i wanted one more for mounting harnesses and for looks really.
Not too bothered about rigidity of the car as its pretty solid anyway.

Tbh, i didnt think about the properties of aluminium, i just remember that it looked like aluminium.

Yoz if you could add some pictures, that would be great.

Broster, could you post some pictures of the ones you make aswell please.

Ill try and find a picture of the one Russ had...

 

[N!CK R]

Found A Pic:

After one just like that.

 

[172Ben]

i would not be attaching my harnesses, that will hopefully save my life, to a bar thats bolted to the rear arches of a clio.

No tah!

 

[Greeny.]

Indeed, its not a good idea to mount harnesses to there tbh, if you had a rear ender the harnesses would go slack and you would go flying potentionally, its also an MOT failure as far as im aware. Use the rear seatbelt mounts.

 

[Kerryclio]

Surely though if that car was set up like that, it must of had to pass an MOT?

 

[Greeny.]

Surely though if that car was set up like that, it must of had to pass an MOT?

Friendly MOT or just moved them for the MOT? Or even just removed them and used the standard belts (if they where still fitted) 101 ways to get around an MOT tbh.

 

[Kerryclio]

Friendly MOT or just moved them for the MOT? Or even just removed them and used the standard belts (if they where still fitted) 101 ways to get around an MOT tbh.

Yeah didn't think about that

 

[Greeny.]

WOMEN!

 

[Kerryclio]

WOMEN!

But unfortunatly i am a woman

 

[JD]

The one that Russ had was a custom made one. It was purely for show as his car as a Euro show car. It had no strength to it what so ever, and did bugger all! Just looks and attachment for the harnesses when the car was driven.

 

[col 182]

Found A Pic:

After one just like that.

I have one roughly the same as that if you want it?

Its not got the harness attachements but if your intersted i'll try and get some pics of it for you!

 

[Greeny.]

It had no strength to it what so ever, and did bugger all!

attachment for the harnesses when the car was driven.

:lolup:

 

[N!CK R]

I have one roughly the same as that if you want it?

Its not got the harness attachements but if your intersted i'll try and get some pics of it for you!

Yea hook me up with some pics.
It would literally be for show, wouldnt actually drive around with it like that.

YHPM

 

[N!CK R]

Got myself one now

Anyone know what the best way to mount it is?
Im guessing i just drill out some holes in the metal and screw into it...

Just wanna make sure theres nuffin behind it that i could damage.

 

[Greeny.]

Got myself one now

Anyone know what the best way to mount it is?
Im guessing i just drill out some holes in the metal and screw into it...

Just wanna make sure theres nuffin behind it that i could damage.

Only your rear shocks