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Old 20-05-2007, 07:12 PM   #61
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ok, under car clearance. is close the the oilpan, but

If you really wanted to, you could install one on the front of the A-arms, as well as the back.

Front of suspension arms


About 2cm between my (non-standard) 2.5" exhaust and the brace. 3cm from the corner of the oilpan.


Back of suspension arms


No issues here, but you'll be more likely to scrape it when mounted there as it's not between the wheels.

How low it sits depends how low your car it. No pics of that as i don't fit under my car when it's on the ground Probably 2-3cm lower than your oilpan...but i didn't really pay attention to how much lower thean the chassis it sits - just exhaust clearance.
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Old 21-05-2007, 07:12 AM   #62
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Off topic but,........
Just for the record Mr Dan I dont reckommend making a habit of sitting your stands on the rails like that
They bend
I have a driver side floor that now sits 20mm higher than standard
Nice mod though if you want to feel like youre actually sitting lower in the car when you drive
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Old 21-05-2007, 08:29 AM   #63
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Off topic but,........
Just for the record Mr Dan I dont reckommend making a habit of sitting your stands on the rails like that
They bend
I have a driver side floor that now sits 20mm higher than standard
Nice mod though if you want to feel like youre actually sitting lower in the car when you drive
They're bent anyway

But interesting to know!
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Old 21-05-2007, 08:33 AM   #64
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Meh, bent or abrased... Mine are ground down from the hectic drive to Doraygo...

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Old 21-05-2007, 08:57 AM   #65
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did u take it for a test drive ? how's it feel ? any different ?
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Old 21-05-2007, 09:27 AM   #66
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Nah, didn't install it.
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Old 21-05-2007, 11:42 AM   #67
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so essentially, you could install two of these.

hmmm...the pics are upside down right?
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Old 21-05-2007, 11:47 AM   #68
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so essentially, you could install two of these.

hmmm...the pics are upside down right?
Yeah, you could.

And nah, i turned my car upside down
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Old 21-05-2007, 01:52 PM   #69
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Old 10-07-2007, 12:52 PM   #70
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bump - any update ? tried it yet ?
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Old 10-07-2007, 01:00 PM   #71
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Once i get used to the JICs and have given them a good thrash, i'll be putting it on. It took longer to put them in that i planned, so it's all been delayed.

And i didn't want to do it at the same time, as i wouldn't be able to tell what difference it made.

But soon, my precious sssssssooooon.
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Old 11-07-2007, 03:22 AM   #72
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Hehe Mr Dan its a bigger job than it should be hey
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Overseas interest dried up for these, so the bulk buy never went ahead.

But i do have a new-in-box one collecting dust if anyone wants it.
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Old 10-10-2007, 12:59 PM   #76
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Old 10-10-2007, 08:36 PM   #77
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If you really wanted to, you could install one on the front of the A-arms, as well as the back.
You could do, but some of the UK guys have found that it snaps because of suspension flexing or something... Definately supposed to be fitted to the front. (I organised a group buy for 13 of us )
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Old 10-10-2007, 09:10 PM   #78
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Can you feel the benefits of it more than a front sway bar? Similar area of stiffness no? promotes a little bit more understeer.

From my limited understanding of what they do (feel free to correct me) they come after you've got strut braces, sway bars etc then come the under braces when you run out of things to connect shiny metal bar between and want a brick of a chassis?
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hey sorry to dig up an old thread but they contain awesome info that some people havent seen yet. todays question is if installed, do these make a percievable difference to handling and if so, in what way?

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