Strut Tower Brace Pictures

[Doug96GS]

I forgot who wanted to see pictures of my strut tower braces, but I finally got them developed. Sorry for the wait. :)

http://www.zing.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?url=http://www.zing.com/picture/p0975959e92b7566ac66192c2ddff213c/fe971e2b.jpg.orig.jpg&caption=rearstb1&id=4271316523

http://www.zing.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?url=http://www.zing.com/picture/p6c4d758df5d54b18b009f32ccd621909/fe971e42.jpg.orig.jpg&caption=hoodup1&id=4271316546

They are too big to post on the forum, so just copy the address and paste.

[PlyLaserRS]

those are cool..i wanna get them for my car, can you feel a good difference in turning and handleing?

[Doug96GS]

I can feel the difference when I corner pretty hard. Of coures my tires also help a lot. Between my Dunlops and both of my STB's the car can corner better. I have to drive over two mountains to go to school every day and the road is pretty twisty. I hit some of those 25mph turns at like 50 or 55 and I the car does roll, but I know that it's not gonna go anywhere. I didn't notice the difference right when I put them on, but I accidentally broke one of the bolts in half when I was tightening it one night and I had to drive up to Home Depot to get another bolt. Then once I got it back together I felt the difference.

[dsmfirefighter]

Those look like Buschur Racing strut braces, how did you get the front one to fit, I couldnt get it to fit , not enough clearance in the hood, I ended up buying a Suspension Techniques brace with sort of the same problem, help?!


dsmfirefighter@dsmsource.com
any reply would be appreciated

[verserv]

i put konig's on my 1g and the improve the stability of my frame alot, i can even corner about 10mph faster without skidding. For 60 a piece not bad.

[Doug96GS]

Dsmfirefighter--

Those are actually MachV STB's. The front one fits underneath the hood, but BARELY :). The underside of the hood actually has two very, very small indentions from where the stb hits it. If you look at the underside of the hood, at least on a 2g, there is some kind of hood frame structure. The small indentations are one on of those "beams". The Buschur ones were too pricy for me. Does yours not fit b/c there is not enough clearance for the hood?? Will the hood close??

[eagleflyinlow]

Thanks for posting the pics I asked for man, but I'm pissed cus the link don't work for me. WTF? I'm not very good at computers so maybe I'm doin somethin wrong, but how damn hard is it to click a link huh?

[dsmfirefighter]

Thanx for the reply, the buschur racing brace and the mach v brace are the same design, My hood closes but the passanger side sticks up about a quarter inch, due to me messing with the brace and closing the hood on it. A section of the under hood structure(does anyone really know the proper term for the spider web like metal bracing under the hood? ) became bent so the hood closes but the brace rests on the hood ( the brace im using now is by suspension techniques, 40$ on sale at modacar.com if they have any left, I live near modacar so I just went there)I know this because when ever I look under the hood I can see a scuff mark on the brace, a small one but its their. Any Suggestions? Do I have this installed wrong? Thanx


dsmfirefighter

[verserv]

thats sounds like its wrong. They should not touch the hood like that. My Konig's dont even come close, but i also have a 1g