rear strut brace/mini cage

[napalm_27]

iv been offered some scaffold piping and was wondering if it would be ok to use ase a rear brace/mini cage i.e easy to work with etc
regards nathan

[stevie-p]

is that not heavy??

[napalm_27]

a bit heavy yer but im fitting a 20ne at the moment and dont want the car twisting when pulling away so i was goin to fabricate my own front and rear strut braces and a few add ons in the boot to the rear brace so it was stiff and there would be very little chance of any nasties happening when pulling away quick

[Ash]

Nope. Scaf tube has a seam where it's rolled/jointed. A proper cage uses seamless tubing for strength and safety ;)

[napalm_27]

okie poke so its practicly useless then?

[brainsnova]

its like welding with paper plates using scaffolding.

[napalm_27]

think im going to run to the scrapyard soon and go find some decent tubing of some sort or some box section that i can manipulate :thumb:

[Mike]

okie poke so its practicly useless then?

Its galvanised steel aswell, so lets off some uber toxic fumes when you take a welder to it ;) good luck cutting it BTW, youll need it :thumb:

[napalm_27]

im just goin to go get some box section and use that instead

[mowgli]

you can get front braces for about £25 on the bay, & rear ones are as much use as bulls tits. they are only needed if rear coilovers are fitted & then a brace between the turrets is still pretty much useless unless its X tied into a cage.

Oh, and scaffolding is weak & heavy. but keep a 15" bit to hit pikeys with

[napalm_27]

lol not very much useless well it is until the pikeys come lol
and why would you say a rear brace is useless?
wouldnt it keep the rear end from flexing and stop any unwanted movement etc?.