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i noticed a bigg difference on my cupra...
but it does have its bad points. one if ur in an accident u will fuk both sides of the car even if u only hit one side. and trying to get up my mates mum drive is a nightmare. have to go up at a funny angle and it cant flex teh chassie enough. but other than those its fantastic. when u drive hard u will notice it i cna throw the car round round about at silly speed with little to no roll (think the cupra arb help this to) but on every day driving its not really worth it
just got to think how often u drive hard and fast and then decide
Smee
but it does have its bad points. one if ur in an accident u will fuk both sides of the car even if u only hit one side. and trying to get up my mates mum drive is a nightmare. have to go up at a funny angle and it cant flex teh chassie enough. but other than those its fantastic. when u drive hard u will notice it i cna throw the car round round about at silly speed with little to no roll (think the cupra arb help this to) but on every day driving its not really worth it
just got to think how often u drive hard and fast and then decide
Smee
i brought the forge strut brace for my mk4 ibiza cupra as wanted a polished one.
as it has been said, on day to day driving i dont feel much difference, but on my way to work i go down a dual carrigeway with a couple of round abouts on it and when dry, i can throw it round and it holds the road really well!
have got a track day on the 2nd december at bedford aerodrome so will see what its like then! might do some laps with it on, then take it off see if i can feel a difference at all
as it has been said, on day to day driving i dont feel much difference, but on my way to work i go down a dual carrigeway with a couple of round abouts on it and when dry, i can throw it round and it holds the road really well!
have got a track day on the 2nd december at bedford aerodrome so will see what its like then! might do some laps with it on, then take it off see if i can feel a difference at all
Have the seat strut brace fitted to my fr and definately made a difference much better on the twisty stuff.
wont reduce roll though it just stiffens up the strut mounts reducing body flex
wont reduce roll though it just stiffens up the strut mounts reducing body flex
LMAO, how?
Correctomundo - though the big chassis plate does a fair job too.
have just fitted 20mm rear spacers to mine feels much more stable now def worth doing
where did you guys get your spacers from? and how much where they? have heard they make a big difference? will 15 or 20mm spacers be better?
sorry about the barage of questions
where did you guys get your spacers from? and how much where they? have heard they make a big difference? will 15 or 20mm spacers be better?
sorry about the barage of questions
Badger5 on here supplies 15mm Eibach Pro-Spacers (including longer bolts) for £90 IIRC.
where did you guys get your spacers from? and how much where they? have heard they make a big difference? will 15 or 20mm spacers be better?
sorry about the barage of questions
got some hubcentric ones cheep of ebay just to see if they did make a difference but will prob replace with eibach or similar when i get the chance.
£29 by the way
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T. Spark
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Each have there own merit! I have both on my FR TDi.
I have had the Seat Sport Strut Brace on since I had the car but did notice my car suffered from alot more over-steer rather than under steer.
I then stripped out the back of the Ibiza and under heavy breaking the back end would flick out. Once I got my 15mm rear spacers it cured the problem, until I got my 312mm brake upgrade, which again now causes the back end to again step out!
So, strut brace = over-steer
15m spacers = under-steer
Both = Perfect!
surely if the cars staying flatter through a corner with a strut brace on cos its stiffening the chassie then its got to be reducing roll aswell.
its like drifters seam welding all the cars up its stiffens the chassie less flex and keeps it flat whilst drifting. hence no body roll
Smee
its like drifters seam welding all the cars up its stiffens the chassie less flex and keeps it flat whilst drifting. hence no body roll
Smee
The brace wont make the car corner flatter it just cuts down the distortion in the strut's you can only reduce roll with stiffer anti roll bar and suspension upgrades
Most race cars are either seem welded or bonded so that the body is as stiff as posible so that the suspension can do the job its suposed to do
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