ebay strut braces any good?

Chris.p · Post by **Chris.p** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:51 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Worth £50?

Oldskool J-EDM · Post by **Oldskool J-EDM** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:56 pm

They are not as strong as a decent branded one...and can flex a bit.....having said that, I have them all round it made a hell of a difference.....for the money, they are great. I paid £80 for front & rear, top and bottom plus C-pillar bar.

Post by **Tahir** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:59 pm

Not as good as the proper branded ones but better than no strut braces.

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:09 pm

as above branded ones will be way better but i have ebay front and rear upper struts and i notice a difference

and they have been on 3 cars lol

Chris.p · Post by **Chris.p** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:15 pm

Oldskool J-EDM wrote:They are not as strong as a decent branded one...and can flex a bit.....having said that, I have them all round it made a hell of a difference.....for the money, they are great. I paid £80 for front & rear, top and bottom plus C-pillar bar.

Where from?

Chris.p · Post by **Chris.p** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:17 pm

a friend said he'd make some solid ones without any flex at all, but said Id have to weld in some bars behind front wings to stop paint cracking?

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:35 pm

Chris.p wrote:a friend said he'd make some solid ones without any flex at all, but said Id have to weld in some bars behind front wings to stop paint cracking?

lol, really?
fender bars are good. they can be bought from the US (search ebay)

but you shouldnt need to, to stop paint cracking
i have 4 strut braces, only one is adjustable, and no cracks

people have roll cages, they are stiffer than any strut brace, and no cracks...

you can get the "ebay special" strut braces from the USA. 5pc set £90 delivered, now thats worth it!

but they are low grade alluminium, so arent as strong/rigid as better brands like Cusco, DC/Spoon/Vision (all the same), Tein, Gabs....

Chris.p · Post by **Chris.p** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:12 pm

cheers mark, the reson he reckon having supports in wing, is he'd be makin solid non adjustable strut braces with out any flex

Ill check out this 5 piece kit, any links?

Chris.p · Post by **Chris.p** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:10 pm

found em but im tempted by this, but postage to uk is stupid!
$158 postage!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... MEWAX%3AIT

Oldskool J-EDM · Post by **Oldskool J-EDM** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:06 pm

marC wrote: you can get the "ebay special" strut braces from the USA. 5pc set £90 delivered, now thats worth it!

As above....I decided for the moment that they would be fine.... and they cost less than a single 'branded' strut brace. Also, IMO a 5pc combo is going to be better than 1 really good brace.

I have never, ever heard of cracking paint due to improving the rigidity of the chassis

if anything...it would be flex that cause cracks...or excessive vibration. As Marc says, there are fender/wing braces designed to stiffen up the box section of the bay....and they simply bolt in.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:39 pm

Oldskool J-EDM wrote:As Marc says, there are fender/wing braces designed to stiffen up the box section of the bay....and they simply bolt in.

this is something someone should get on in the UK. fairly straight forward design.

Chris.p · Post by **Chris.p** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:40 pm

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bpempire · Post by **bpempire** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:43 pm

Chris.p wrote:found em but im tempted by this, but postage to uk is stupid!
$158 postage!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... MEWAX%3AIT

I'm looking into buying some braces from ebay too but I'm unsure if the front upper would fit my crx vt, i see lots of posts about the alb getting in the way or something to that extent.

Any anyone advise?

Cheers.

bpempire · Post by **bpempire** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:00 pm

Hi, well I didnt want to start a new one with it being of the same topic. I usually live over on crx-uk hence no post count

I'll make another topic if I don't get any answers in this one heh.

TG1 · Post by **TG1** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:06 am

marc VT is the chap to speak to. sure he's had most braces trying to find one that fits nice.