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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: whileoceanasleeps on 25 October 2012, 19:51
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where is the most beneficial place to put a strut brace on mk3s to improve handling? i know the mk3s are stiffer than the mk2s but would be grateful to know where it needs em and where it doesn't..
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where is the most beneficial place to put a strut brace on mk3s to improve handling? i know the mk3s are stiffer than the mk2s but would be grateful to know where it needs em and where it doesn't..
On a road car...um...er...nowhere that will benefit.
On a track car, the front upper might - and it is a might - give a stiffness benefit, on a fully polybushed car, with stiff dampers and spherical bearing top mounts.
More for looks that gains on a road Mk3 though, in my mind.
If you want to improve handling...the strut brace is the last link in a very long chain of changes that give far bigger gains.
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Best noticeable gains is anti roll bar
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Agreed although they do seem to be overlooked quite often for some reason.
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Agreed although they do seem to be overlooked quite often for some reason.
...because people don't know what they do...and still believe super low and super stiff = good handling.
Wrong...
Eibach ARBs = good.
Neuspeed adjustable ARBs = good-er :grin:
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ah ok cool i'm gonna have to do some reading methinks then.. just replaced my shocks, prob go for some polys soon
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Knowlege is all. Keep reading.
I only fitted a top mount brace because I got one cheap off a fellow member and it is shiny so looks good.