After being very dissapointed with the demise of the rear brace I had been helping Mike develop (No idea what's happened there?), I decided to do one myself. I bought an alloy OMP Honda Integra front strut brace (MA1834), which just happens to fit the boot of the Leon!
I looked at many rear braces to see where they were fitted, most were quite low down in the boot across the suspension mounts, the closest thing to that in the leon boot is the box sections leading down from the rear seatbelts, structurally strong points. After taking some time to try out a few different locations and mounting positions, I decided on the following, which only required 2 holes to be drilled, as 2 were already there.
I mounted the brackets vertically so the second holes were in the middle of the box section, rather than near one edge. I used socket bolts and nylock nuts, trimmed the carpet around the brackets - once everything was tightened up it is ROCK solid! This brace can easily be removed by undoing the 2 large bolts at each end of the brace.
It has made a noticeable improvement in rear end stability, fewer creaks from the back and the whole car just feels more solid - I am very pleased with this mod.
£82.77 from: http://www.strutbracer.co.uk/
I looked at many rear braces to see where they were fitted, most were quite low down in the boot across the suspension mounts, the closest thing to that in the leon boot is the box sections leading down from the rear seatbelts, structurally strong points. After taking some time to try out a few different locations and mounting positions, I decided on the following, which only required 2 holes to be drilled, as 2 were already there.
I mounted the brackets vertically so the second holes were in the middle of the box section, rather than near one edge. I used socket bolts and nylock nuts, trimmed the carpet around the brackets - once everything was tightened up it is ROCK solid! This brace can easily be removed by undoing the 2 large bolts at each end of the brace.
It has made a noticeable improvement in rear end stability, fewer creaks from the back and the whole car just feels more solid - I am very pleased with this mod.
£82.77 from: http://www.strutbracer.co.uk/
