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 Rear chassis brace (currently 1722 views) |
| ycming |
| Posted on: Friday, July 1st, 2011, 12:26:31pm |
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Hope mine is waiting for me in the house!
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| Tiny |
| Posted on: Friday, July 1st, 2011, 12:57:53pm |
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Ricou dropped them in at the powdercoaters will be £15 plus postage  |
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| Ricou |
| Posted on: Friday, July 1st, 2011, 3:20:51pm |
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| ycming |
| Posted on: Friday, July 1st, 2011, 6:33:51pm |
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Got mine today  painted it back. I'll get some pics up after a few more layers .
Only prime and painted it so it doesn't rust lol.
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| Chris S |
| Posted on: Friday, July 1st, 2011, 7:28:28pm |
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| Mine have arrived safely as well, thanks smart51. |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Friday, July 1st, 2011, 11:19:55pm |
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0ine came to my work today so thanks!!! Not got them yet!!!
2.07.2011
Just got them.. they need powder coating and good to go! |
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| ycming |
| Posted on: Saturday, July 2nd, 2011, 5:54:50pm |
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Just a quick question, is the longer one for the front ? And shorter one for the rear?
Thanks
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| smart51 |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 3rd, 2011, 6:48:26pm |
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Just a quick question, is the longer one for the front ? And shorter one for the rear?
Thanks
Ming
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Yes, that's right. |
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| tiggz |
| Posted on: Monday, July 11th, 2011, 9:08:18pm |
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| Thanks smart51 just got mine today and very pleased thanks again! |
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| smart51 |
| Posted on: Monday, July 11th, 2011, 10:37:18pm |
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| No problem Tiggz. Let me know if you can tell the difference once they're fitted. |
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| Tiny |
| Posted on: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011, 10:39:19am |
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Ricou have your received yours Yet? POsted on Wed Eve via Parcel Force.
Well I had fun at Donnington at the weekend going out on track Its going to be a little hard to give you a before and after as i had the teins new top mounts and the chassis braces fitted but to give you an idea I was staying out infront of a car with the full suzuki sport suspension that was running on R888s on plastic avons with b*gger all grip and the geometry all Massively out!
But on turn in I just have so much more confidence and with the LSD i get slight under steer and then controllable power oversteer that was all wild and unmanageable before.
My only gripe is they didn't quite clear the exhaust at the front so i had to fit longer bolts and pack out the brace with washers but other than that they are a great much needed addition  |
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| Ricou |
| Posted on: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011, 11:11:40am |
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Haha good job !
I haven't received mine yet, I'll let you know as soon as I do. By the way, you haven't told me how much money I owe you. |
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| smart51 |
| Posted on: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011, 2:09:58pm |
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My only gripe is they didn't quite clear the exhaust at the front so i had to fit longer bolts and pack out the brace with washers
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Do you have an after market exhaust? Theres just about enough room on my car with a stock exhaust. How much did you have to space it out? (just for future reference)
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| Tiny |
| Posted on: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011, 2:59:06pm |
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I do have a custom exhasut but it joins just after the cat I think the turbo hangs lower to thanks to the manifold.
It wasnt a huge amount of extra spacing 10mm at most. |
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| ycming |
| Posted on: Saturday, July 30th, 2011, 12:01:33am |
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Just got these fitted, fits perfectly .
Not drove the car yet, as i renew all the underseal today! So want to give it a full night to dry!
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| Al Cappuccino |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 31st, 2011, 12:52:10am |
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I put mine on a week or so ago but had the rear one off and on a few times to get the fit right. I've got an aftermarket exhaust (Quicksilver I think), and a bracket was meeting the rear chassis brace. I tried one washer each side first, but that wasn't quite enough. I then tried grinding the exhaust bracket down a bit, but my little dremmel didn't get very far with that so I used two washers each side in the end, but the same bolts.
I'm very pleased with the results, the car feels significantly more stable on undulating corners. I've still got a bit of washy-ness but that's due to my bushes, the braces have stiffened the car up heaps.
Thanks smart for putting these together! |
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| smart51 |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 31st, 2011, 7:46:30am |
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| CaffieneHit |
| Posted on: Monday, October 24th, 2011, 8:10:26pm |
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Hey smart, funds were not available for me during the time you were making this...
Is there any chance you had any spares lying around or would consider putting together a few more?
And post to Australia(at my expense ofcourse)?
Cheers, Brian. |
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| Tiny |
| Posted on: Monday, October 24th, 2011, 9:01:10pm |
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I need a new front one too
mine now has a nice 20' bend in the middle  |
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| Ricou |
| Posted on: Monday, October 24th, 2011, 9:12:15pm |
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How the hell did you manage to do that ?  |
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| smart51 |
| Posted on: Monday, October 24th, 2011, 9:40:09pm |
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Sadly I don't have the time (or inclination to be honest) to make another batch. Why not make one yourself, or get someone who welds to do it for you. I used 15x30 mm RHS tube with a 1.5mm wall thickness. The ends were 32mm diameter tube with a 30mm repair washer welded to the end. Find a place that does welding and they'll probably knock one up for beer money.
Quick tip, Use a hole saw to drill through the rectangular tube. That will give you the "fish mouth" ends that match the short round tubes. |
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| ggg |
| Posted on: Wednesday, October 26th, 2011, 3:15:55am |
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| what are the exact lengths? seems easy enough to replicate, might have to get my old man to teach me how to weld |
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| smart51 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, October 26th, 2011, 8:09:04am |
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| The front is 490mm between mounting centres and the rea 360mm. Be ware that there is not much space round the mounting hole, particularly towards the centre of the car. 32mm diameter tube just about fits. |
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| ggg |
| Posted on: Thursday, October 27th, 2011, 9:41:09am |
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| How tall do you make the 32mm tube? About 20mm? I'll post up a pic of the specs when I can ..its a bit easier that way n u can double check the measurements too |
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| Tiny |
| Posted on: Thursday, October 27th, 2011, 2:12:20pm |
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How the hell did you manage to do that ?
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Temporary Speed Hill Actually Grounded the damn car with 4 wheels up in the air |
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| Ricou |
| Posted on: Thursday, October 27th, 2011, 3:05:43pm |
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| Tiny |
| Posted on: Thursday, October 27th, 2011, 5:05:18pm |
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Because Teins
and BEcause Tiny weighs nearly 300lb |
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| smart51 |
| Posted on: Thursday, October 27th, 2011, 5:32:39pm |
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How tall do you make the 32mm tube? About 20mm? I'll post up a pic of the specs when I can ..its a bit easier that way n u can double check the measurements too
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From memory the main tube has to be 11mm lower than the mounting face to fit around the subframe. You can measure it easy enough. If you have an aftermarket exhaust you may need more space, but you lose ground clearance so don't over do it.
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| Dawson |
| Posted on: Friday, October 28th, 2011, 4:20:05pm |
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I don't want to do a self-promoting thread hijack, but I actually have an unused set of smart's braces which I was about to put in the For Sale section...
Was going to put them on the car after I'd had my custom exhaust fitted, but never thought to mention it to the fabricators and how the new centre pipe hangs there is NO way my rear brace will fit, even with spacers 
Anyway, hijack over, sorry! PM me if interested... |
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| 350matt |
| Posted on: Thursday, November 24th, 2011, 1:51:15pm |
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I've just finished making my own and having fitted them
I'm impressed, makes a big difference to the car, it s a lot nicer to drive |
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