strut brace

[Archangel]

Ade1122 (Coupe Club forums) then he will supply the longer bolts with the brace, very reasonable price as well

[Gary406]

i used longer bolts. the standard ones do seem a little short for the job..

let us kow if it catches bonnet. mine did but others didnt

i used a large lump hammer and block of wood to knock it down.

gonna take it off in summer and paint it same colour as car..

[steve_earwig]

These strut brace threads seem to be multiplying, they even seem to have similar posts in them. Perhaps I should try sticking them together for tidiness

[steve_earwig]

Success! Sorry for any confusion but, well, you know how it is.

[plod]

These strut brace threads seem to be multiplying, they even seem to have similar posts in them. Perhaps I should try sticking them together for tidiness

Why don't you close the multiple thread with a link to the most popular instead?

[Gary406]

maybe jamjar opened his own cos he thought no1 would reply to this old post..

now im confused cos i was looking for jamjars post

[steve_earwig]

It's a bit late to bust them up now, sorry. I'm sure you'll cope though

[Gary406]

ye took me a couple of mins tho untill i realized you hadnt deleted the new post and it was in this one ..

[plod]

Aye, we'll live
WIth steve's avatar, i'm off for a cup of tea

[jamjar1383]

maybe jamjar opened his own cos he thought no1 would reply to this old post..

now im confused cos i was looking for jamjars post

totally forgot about this one lol
fitted mine with the stock bolts and my god what a differnce, seems to totally kill all the understeer, best £30 ive spent on the pug

[andymacg]

fitted my strut brace last night at work, and what a difference its made to the handling, feels a lot better

mine came from ade and it had the longer bolts with it aswell, so far its been the best investment in improving the handling

[Gary406]

did you have to bend the strut brace to clear the bonnet?

or does the bonnet not hit it ?

[andymacg]

it went straight on gaz, mind you half of my underbonnet soundproofing is missing luckily just where the bar runs, if it wasnt i think a few selected whacks with big hammer might have been needed, although im tempted to bend it slightly as the bonnet seems to be up a few mm on the drivers side front corner

[jamjar1383]

did you have to bend the strut brace to clear the bonnet?

or does the bonnet not hit it ?

mine's a omp one i bought from 406sri (thanks dude) so its stright not like the coupe one's.
i'll get a pic in a bit so u can see what i mean.

[jamjar1383]

didnt have to bend mine at all fitted first time no probs with closing the bonnet