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Re: Front top strut brace
« Reply #10 on: 16 October 2009, 14:01 »
And as this is polished alloy how do you weld alloy to mild steel?
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Re: Front top strut brace
« Reply #11 on: 16 October 2009, 14:31 »

Drilling and bolting can be done with the struts in place if the fixing holes are in a larger diameter circle than the top mounts. Bit fiddly getting your arm up the strut tower to hold the nuts or bolts.

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I do have coilovers which are narrower than normal springs.

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Re: Front top strut brace
« Reply #12 on: 16 October 2009, 17:30 »

I do have coilovers which are narrower than normal springs.


You should be fine then, clearance wise. If you decide to bolt through the strut tops, you'll be able to get to the nuts fairly easily.

You can also mount with Rivnuts, that's how I did mine.
3 x M8 Rivnuts on each strut, bolted from the top - makes taking it off easier. (That's how it is now...it was different in the pic below)

Most should clear the TB OK, but you may find it hard to get in to the brake fluid reservoir without taking the strut brace off.

On Air Con cars you need to do a bit of trimming usually, and a bit of re-locating/bending of the air Con pipework...but it'l go.
You will have to make some form of bracket to hold the Air Con pipework though, or it'll virbate, fatigue and crack...a couple of little brackets are ideal, but you could probably Ty-Rap it to do the job.
The standard brackets will need to be removed if the brace runs hard against the bulkhead - as mine does.

See here for some idea:



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Re: Front top strut brace
« Reply #13 on: 16 October 2009, 17:34 »
sweet looking engine bay there  :cool:

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Re: Front top strut brace
« Reply #14 on: 16 October 2009, 20:52 »
Thats great Ess_Three! Thanks, just what I needed.

Yea I had worked out that the air-con pipe would have to be fixed another way.

I'd be afraid to drive your car! It would get dirty!  :laugh:
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Re: Front top strut brace
« Reply #15 on: 16 October 2009, 22:52 »
That engine is dirty period. lol

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Re: Front top strut brace
« Reply #16 on: 17 October 2009, 06:06 »
Thats great Ess_Three! Thanks, just what I needed.

Yea I had worked out that the air-con pipe would have to be fixed another way.

As you see, you can get a rubber lined clip the correct diameter - but you may have to drill out the mounting hole by a few mm.
The rest of the pipework has enough 'spring' in it to be re-located easily.

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I'd be afraid to drive your car! It would get dirty!  :laugh:

It gets dirty...just power wash the outside and Gunk and hose off under the bonnet and all is well again.
To not drive it would mean not using the 190+ BHP it has!  :wink:

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