Audi tt Strut Brace Fitting No cutting Required

[B47t0n]

ive seen a lot of threads with people saying they need to cut an audi tt brace to fit the lcr
today i came up with an idea on how to fit it with no cutting required

some of you may have already done this i personally haven't seen it done before

so for those who are interested heres how i did it

so i won a audi tt strut brace of ebay for bargain £20 ,alot of peolpe said they dont fit due to the bonnet lifter but i had an idea on how to get around this

firstly i remove the bonnet strut bracket



which left me with this ,it did look alot worse but i went over it with some black spray paint


i then i trial fitted the brace


fits nicely
now for the gas strut to lift the bonnet i drilled the actuall brace its self and attached the strut to the brace with a m6 nut and bolt



all fitted and bolted down all in all im very pleased with it and no cutting required to the brace at all

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Creative, I like it

 

[Chris-cupra R]

Havn't seen it done that way before looks good mate

 

[anoyceperson]

Will this strut brace also fit a leon cupra tdi?

 

[B47t0n]

Will this strut brace also fit a leon cupra tdi?

Can't see why not matey I had 1 on my pd130 tdi bora

 

[anoyceperson]

Is it from a mk1 tt?

 

[ReDBull]

Nice idea I did that a while ago

 

[B47t0n]

Wish I saw that before haha would have saved me alot of head scratching lol

 

[B47t0n]

Is it from a mk1 tt?

Yeah a mk1

 

[B47t0n]

Here's where I got mine cannot go wrong for the price £ 14.99

Http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221237252283

 

[Mick288]

B47t0n are your top mounts on their way out or is that gap normal?

 

[anoyceperson]

Hopefully that's normal as mine look pretty similar to that!

 

[Silentnight*]

Hopefully that's normal as mine look pretty similar to that!

I'm wondering about this too!

 

[B47t0n]

Not sure ive got all new top mounts, bearings and coilovers ready to fit I noticed the gap was huge didnt know if it was normal

 

[Silentnight*]

Well this is reassuring! ha

 

[joe-20vt-toledo]

can someone tell me where you get the ball with the thread on it that bolts to the brace please

 

[B47t0n]

I used a normal m6 bolt for mine seemed to have held ok

 

[joe-20vt-toledo]

sorry for being thick but is the head of the m6 bolt in the gas lifter? is it fixed with the clip?
thanks

 

[B47t0n]

Yeah thats right and yeah it stays in place due to the clip

 

[dave2k]

hi are the nuts for the brace already there ? do I just have to open the holes and bolt it on also what bolts are they ? thanks dave