Front Strut Brace Question

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:45 am

grump wrote:the OEM ones have the force spread evenly over the 2 damper ( hows that Andrew )

Very good

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:14 pm

Right, photos of my strut brace:

I'm fairly sure this was the strut brace used on the 10AE, and some NB8Bs. Correct me if I'm wrong though...

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:20 pm

I thought you said no joints?

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:25 pm

Hammer wrote:I thought you said no joints?

Seems my memory of it was a bit off

That being said, having a rod joining the main pillar to the side turrets seems more sturdy than just having the one point of connection in some of the lighter weight constructions. Every time I look at those I just see the thing shifting on it's joint. I suppose mine would do the same, but for some reason I think it's more solid. Probably just me trying to justify that mine must be better because I bought it

philz · Postby **philz** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:51 pm

I believe that's a mazdaspeed one or RS version.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:02 pm

philz wrote:I believe that's a mazdaspeed one or RS version.

I've seen identical strut braces to mine with an explicit Mazdaspeed sticker/engraving/plate/whatever, however mine itself doesn't have any branding on it.

zombie · Postby **zombie** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:19 pm

marcusus wrote:Right, photos of my strut brace:

I'm fairly sure this was the strut brace used on the 10AE, and some NB8Bs. Correct me if I'm wrong though...

Looks the same as mine:

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:37 pm

Maybe you could get your gf to knit one out of string. It would be cheaper, lighter, just as effective and it would give her a positive sense of involvement in your hobby.

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:54 pm

Whoa thas lite...

Postby **mx52nv** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:13 pm

philz wrote:I believe that's a mazdaspeed one or RS version.

I can't talk about the RS (never seen one in WA) but it's definitely not a Mazdaspeed strut brace.
I just happen to have one of these rare puppies :mrgreen:

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:45 pm

manga_blue wrote:Maybe you could get your gf to knit one out of string. It would be cheaper, lighter, just as effective and it would give her a positive sense of involvement in your hobby.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:54 pm

marcusus wrote:I'm fairly sure this was the strut brace used on the 10AE, and some NB8Bs. Correct me if I'm wrong though...

zombie wrote:Looks the same as mine:

Damn you for having a 10AE!

Postby **Boyracer** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:31 pm

I don't have one on my green car...1.08.5 at Wakefield park on Treaded tyres...

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:44 pm

Boyracer wrote:I don't have one on my green car...1.08.5 at Wakefield park on Treaded tyres...

What happens when you put it on? 2 seconds faster?

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:54 pm

As posted on my thread on the MX5 Garage Chat...I've finally purchased my front strut bar.

I ended up getting the Cusco Carbon Fibre Strut Brace. Here are some pix

It's extremely light. I don't think the 2kg weight that Mania says on their website is accurate. It felt a lot lighter than that. It felt closer to 1kg that it is to 2kgs.


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