now i know 3dr shells flex alot but will the inner wings and more importantly the strut top move with age?? im going to put a brace on mine tmoz but wanna know if im gonna have probs with it not fitting???

 

sinkin like a lead balloon

 

up for Danny

 

u shouldnt m8

 

 

Remember to jack it up on cross member before offering up strut brace

cheeRS stu

 

fingers crossed you should be alright

 

iner wings have been know to have a crease on then if been driven hard in the past

 

I heard years ago that Ford admitted that inner wing flex was a fault and carried out the repairs under warranty. My passengers side had split through when i bought the car. Only makes the issue worse by fitting wider wheels/tyres and uprated suspension. Strut brace is the way to eliminate it

 

when you say its made worse buy fitting uprated suspension ...do you mean coilovers im taking off my konis next week and putting coilovers on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i have got front and rear braces plus im putting polys all round !

 

FOOKING JESUS THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE!!!

car in air and still over 16mm out Managed to fit it but its under massive strain and i doubt the self tapers will hold Gonna porta power inner wings out and put some big dirty bolts through strut tops, hopefully that will cure it

Will there be a noticable change in driving with it sorted?? id say so but in what way.

right time to sort the cuts bruises and grazes of the day

 

self tappers ,you may as well have used blu-tac!!!!! Regards Micky

 

my braces went on easy as fook............take it thats a good thing

 

If u need a portopower u got more problems than a strut brace is going to cure

 

was 16 mm out once car in air but after a bit of persuation its now fitted portapower was exagerayin a little i guess

 

Just my opinion for what its worth but i would have thought that the strut brace should be fitted with both wheels on the ground. reason being that when u jack the car up under the xmember, u are distributing the load through one point, a force that is never going to be replicated on the road & resulting in a certain (small) amount of flex to the inner guards. this could be the resultant 16mm difference u are experiencing. any other views?

 

mine went straight on and sits central to the strut tops

i tried offering it up with the car jacked up to see if it made any difference and it never moved

im with niall.b......fit it with wheels on the ground....like i did

 

i am fitting one on sat i am at a loss now what to do i was going to put it on when car is on the ground but unsure now

 

Fitted my front and rear with the car on the floor

 

personally i would fit one while the car is on the floor as it normally would be, if the struts move understand car weight there is something wrong in my opinion.

Force out on the road obviously will cause strut flex like harsh bumps and heavy braking.

All in my opinion, and im going to fit mine whilst on the deck.

Anyone want to do a group buy on the GGR\Philloy ones? i missed out on the last one and i want one badly

 

front inner wings flex like fuk
its a big problem even more on older cars
ryan if your car has been done proper then it should have double skined n welded 909 strenghtning panels on the inner wings and inner wing to a post




front
and forget the boy racer brace n fit one like this with 4 pick ups to the stut tops on each side

 

I have on that I bought from ML motorsport at Nat day 04 and have yet to fit it, I will soon, but when I put it on the strut tops, it looks like it's off and will be a pain in the arse to fit! LOL. I was also told to lift the car when fitting it. What to do...lol