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Old May 16, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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Anyone got pics of their boot brace? Need some insparation/ideas, thinking of getting either coilovers or fully adjustable shocks all round and need to reinforce the turrets. what have you got and where from or how you made it?
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Old May 16, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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Are Fusion still making bits? had one of theirs in my last S2, was solid. Otherwise Zoo Motorsport, Danny @ RAD Designs to name a couple.

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its not bolt in mind....

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Old May 16, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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got a brand new universal omp adjustable strut brace for sale mate on here that was brought to fit an rs turbo.

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Old May 16, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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got a brand new universal omp adjustable strut brace for sale mate on here that was brought to fit an rs turbo.

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Pm'd Mate!
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Old May 16, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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its not bolt in mind....

Gus is that a fuel guage on ur cage?

Looks pretty trick!
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Old May 16, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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Heres a couple of mine







its a fusion one i got of rapid ford and painted to match the cage i think he might be a trader on this site aswell

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Old May 16, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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yes fuel gauge
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Old May 17, 2009 | 07:48 AM
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Have you guys seam/stich welded aswell or just kept with the boot brace?
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Old May 17, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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yeay im fully seam welded
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Here's my rear coilover 'strengthening'.....


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Old May 18, 2009 | 05:57 PM
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Wow! did you do that yourself? how are the turrets done? looks very strong mate
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Originally Posted by rstdave


very nice!
are you getting a cage to mate to it?
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Old May 19, 2009 | 05:00 AM
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damm,

i thought you was gonna put a pic up of yours then nige
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Originally Posted by nigel b
very nice!
are you getting a cage to mate to it?
Cheers! The plan is to fit a cage in the near future yes when funds allow, i wanted peace of mind whe fitting the coilovers so thought this would be a good start and form the basis for a cage at a later date
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Originally Posted by h8ckyRST
Wow! did you do that yourself? how are the turrets done? looks very strong mate
I'm afraid i can't take the credit for doing those mate lol! The original turrets were cut out right down into the wheel arch then the new turrets measured/fabricated and welded into place, with the bracing to strengthen/stffen it further. I paid a lot of money originally to have them done but the company measured things wrong and they ended up sitting too high meaning the coilovers didn't fit correctly. Unfortunately they shifted the blame and insisted the coilovers were definately wrong, which they were to an extent but as they were refabricating the turrets they could have remedied the problem by adjusting the height of the turrets to suit. To cut a long story short i ended up having an engineer friend of mine chop the tops off to make them lower and redo the bracing to a much higher standard!
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damm,

i thought you was gonna put a pic up of yours then nige
you nean like this
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Old May 19, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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loving the anti roll bar

cant wait to see yours finished
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mine now looks like a cabriolet
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Old May 19, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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goig for the webasto sunroof??/
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