strut braces

[satilaboy]

oops. I thought from the pic in his signature his looked lowered. must just be the 18's?

 

[J@mes]

oops. I thought from the pic in his signature his looked lowered. must just be the 18's?

thats cos tris is in the car!


jokes... it looks lowered because the car is leaning to the left at speed, thus the wheels are in the arches!

oh and yes, they are 18s

 

[tris]

thats cos tris is in the car!


jokes... it looks lowered because the car is leaning to the left at speed, thus the wheels are in the arches!

oh and yes, they are 18s

And yes i am a fat

 

[tris]

s3 does go straight on!


tho a lot of ppl usual end up filling a bit of it... dont let this put you off its no problem!

Big Dan had to cut his to fit his cupra

 

[J@mes]

Big Dan had to cut his to fit his cupra

rudd, scotty b and a few others didnt have to!

as said, if you put the passenger side in first at a 45 degree angle it DOES go in!

 

[Brucel]

Strut braces are well worth it.... with standard suspension....

I also have Neuspeed ARB's with standard suspension and that also makes a bit difference but it does end up making you want suspension.....

Which is due in October!

 

[CupraJay]

Well today my bilstien coily's have been fitted..cant wait to pick it up..Iv got a lower strut brace to..I want to get the carbon top brace next..Hoping westec can get hold of one for me.

Neuspeed ARB's next.

 

[GrayT]

Anyone know if the S3 top brace also fits a Tolly V5? Looks like it should do.

 

[tris]

i dont no i should think so

 

[J@mes]

Anyone know if the S3 top brace also fits a Tolly V5? Looks like it should do.

dont see why not!

 

[satilaboy]

what other reasonably priced (£50-80 inc vat/delivery) upper front strut braces fit the LC without modification???

any links?

 

[GrayT]

i dont no i should think so

dont see why not!

A mod is about to happen methinks. What materials do you use if you want to strip and polish the S3 Strut brace? (bit of a novice with this sort of thing). When done would it need any maintainance beyond a wipe clean every once in a while?

 

[tris]

as mine is red a polish and some times a t cut to get rid of dirt
not sure about the S3

 

[GrayT]

as mine is red a polish and some times a t cut to get rid of dirt
not sure about the S3

Cheers, but I'm really talking about stripping the black finish off the S3 brace completely for a silver metal look, perhaps with colour coded ends. Just wondered best way of stripping it and whether the bare metal would need treatment to prevent corrosion and to bring it up nice and shiney.

 

[tris]

the guy james got hs off had already stripped it back i am sure he will be on latter if not i will ask him for you

 

[DPJ]

Cheers, but I'm really talking about stripping the black finish off the S3 brace completely for a silver metal look, perhaps with colour coded ends. Just wondered best way of stripping it and whether the bare metal would need treatment to prevent corrosion and to bring it up nice and shiney.

Some coats of clear lacquer should keep it from rusting once it's stripped and polished. (Paint stripper to strip ???- but you'd need to make sure you'd removed all traces before proceeding).

 

[GrayT]

Thanks guys

 

[J@mes]

A mod is about to happen methinks. What materials do you use if you want to strip and polish the S3 Strut brace? (bit of a novice with this sort of thing). When done would it need any maintainance beyond a wipe clean every once in a while?

to polish it you need to use sand paper, start with a more course grade and once the metal is off finish with a light grade, then ploish it.

i decided to paint the ends black and then i lacquered the whole lot to protect it and stop it from rusting, also being lacquered its very easy to clean... i whipe mine with a cloth maybe once every two months!

 

[GrayT]

to polish it you need to use sand paper, start with a more course grade and once the metal is off finish with a light grade, then ploish it.

i decided to paint the ends black and then i lacquered the whole lot to protect it and stop it from rusting, also being lacquered its very easy to clean... i whipe mine with a cloth maybe once every two months!

Thanks James. Decisions, decisions. I may strip it like yours, or as an afterthought I might keep it black and just go to polished lacquered metal on the ends and get some silver SCN and AmD stickers to set it off. Might look nice that way if I take a deep breath and also fork out on some neuspeed billet strut caps!

 

[J@mes]

good luck watever you do!