RANT - Big Boys Toys

[Fielder5757]

I orderd a Strut brace kit, Three piece that will "FIT ANY MK2 GOLF" on october. I canceled the order after 2 weeks, But they never credited the card. I sent 3 E-mails and rang twice untill last week they pick up and tell me that the strut braces have arived (3 months late) and where dispatched earlier that morning.

I dont mind this, there ?70 and i still wanted them, if there on the way then thats all good. So thismorning they arive.

The rear strut brace connects to the chassie using just one bolt each side!!!, considering the rear has the most amount of bodyflex i would love to know how one bolt is going to hold it in place.

The under-car one seems fine, but ive not tried to fit it.

The bonnit strut brace kit, Now this is whats really pissed me off. It has a kink that lets the brace go AROUND the top of the block (where the carb is), Which would be great, IF I WAS DRIVING A f**kING LEFT HAND CAR!!!!! instead the kink goes around a f**king empty space withing nothing in it but the gear box a good foot below, and ends up comming smack down ontop of the engine. So bad it makes fitting impossible. theres about 2 inches between one of the mounts and the chassie its self.

Im so f**ked off right now i could break something. How the f**k can big boys toys justifie making some one wait three f**king months for parts THEY KNOW wont fit a UK market Mk2 golf?

[jimbo]

sorry to hear about this balls up buddy but i did warn you....................
in a post ages ago you was having grief with Big Boys and i said get ur money back quick cos i got the same kit from Venom and it was a bag of sh!t as well.
If you check the FK site the picture for the strut brace shows it fitted to a left hand drive diesel mk2.

why people are still selling these i just dont know 

[Fielder5757]

Took em down my mates hose. Looks like where gonna be welding additional bumps onto the top of the strut tower 

[16v Matt]

Why don't you just send em back & get proper ones!     If they have sold the wrong product to do the job, by law they have to give you your money back!  If you start welding stuff you're gonna f**k the job up!

Took em down my mates hose. Looks like where gonna be welding additional bumps onto the top of the strut tower

Why does your mate live in a hose?  Is he very tall & thin?

[free]

just send evary thing back mate n get ya money back n get sum that r pukka, or cget sum cusom made 1's sumtimes there cheeper than offthe self

[Gambit]

id send them back also.

just get the OMP upper front & rear from www.strutbracer.co.uk or ebay for ?70 all in

a front lower strut brace on a mk2 is pointless. the subframe does the job its meant to do

front lower is only useful on mk1 & scirocco's

[Fielder5757]

I really beg to differ mate. I fitted the lower front strut brace today. and it makes one hell of a difference!!! the car handles like a dream. It says in my Haynes Max Manual that the lower front one is the best one to add as it makes the most difference. You can really feel the vibrations more, But ive gotta say im chuffed with it. In order to fit the rear one im gonna have to have the 2nd silencer taken out of my exhaust. Thats not a problem with the brace, its just how my exhaust is, So im having that taken out after new year.

Still not sure what to do about the upper front brace, might E-bay it and take one from that link you just did.

[Gambit]

just means your wishbone bushes are knackered

[Gambit]

the rear brace just goes between the rear turrets in the boot??

[Fielder5757]

No, this is a lower one. Goes between the rear subframe.