Ebay tower Bracing

[Jazz9]

Anyone used these?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ULTRA-RACING-2-Point-Front-Strut-Tower-Bar-Mitsubishi-GALANT-VR4-92-TW2-379-/370642194360?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item564bff0fb8#ht_2657wt_1037

easy to fit?

 

[JayRome]

yup straight forward to install... and does make a difference to handling...

 

[4piknup]

is only a 2 point bar, i would be getting the 3 point bars if they available for the vr4

 

[micky_vr4]

I've got their rear bar. Easy to install and, as Jay said, makes a noticeable difference.

I'm also looking at getting some of the fender braces as well...any good for vr4?

 

[Jazz9]

hmm, I have a rear sway bar and the front and rear strut braces to install - ill then get these i think

 

[D3bb4]

there were some warnings up a while ago about some of those ebay sellers. I dunno if that was one of them, but ultraracing even had a list on their website of non-genuine sellers, selling people crap/not their products.... Just something to look out for.

 

[omad]

hmm, I have a rear sway bar and the front and rear strut braces to install - ill then get these i think

Item listed IS a front strut brace...

 

[bazeng]

I have a genuine rear brace if you need one.

Does the fender brace actually work? I have a pair i bought ages ago. Don't know if it is worth the added weight....

 

[4piknup]

From what I read here about the lancer ones is that when you jack them up under the Apillar the fender bars take a heap of that flex out.
They make up for the factory evo bracing that the lancers don't have.
I don't know how flexy the vr4 are

Would be iteresting to compare 60' times with and without

 

[Jazz9]

omad - Yeah fail post, I was talking about the fender brace the whole time lol. I would have been really disappointed if I received a strut brace lol

 

[JayRome]

Come for a drive in my Galant Baz, you can feel the body doesnt move....

 

[BMGTZ]

Ive used the fender braces in a few lancers now...good results but you need to stiffen the section of the chassis rail where they bolt up to achieve best results

 

[micky_vr4]

So weld in some flat bars where the bolts go through?

 

[BMGTZ]

So weld in some flat bars where the bolts go through?

I usually weld in a piece of 25 x 25 angle about 400 long. I take it right back to the fire wall and just forward of the strut tower...weld about every 100mm
It is a bitch to get it inside the rail and it isnt pretty afterwards....but it really tightens that area up when used with the fender bars

 

[micky_vr4]

Received fender bars during the week and installed them yesterday. Pretty easy job, but definitely going to weld in some flat or angle when I get the chance just to stiffen it all up and spread the load a bit through thicker side walls.

UR's product seems to be reasonable quality, and for the price they're selling them, definitely worth buying.

Hardest part of the install is putting the guards back on