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Nova_Sean
07-06-10, 12:25 AM
Noob question i no, but where does it fit?

pics would help :)
stt
07-06-10, 12:27 AM
it bolts up to the tie bars with little brackets
stt
07-06-10, 12:28 AM
http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv337/Racingscooby/IMG_2022.jpg
Nova_Sean
07-06-10, 12:30 AM
Dont think the one im getting comes with and brackets...

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c139/gsijoe/DSCF0341.jpg

What would be my best option?
Nova_Sean
07-06-10, 12:31 AM
infact, i think i may have had massive fail...
stt
07-06-10, 12:38 AM
lol, yes you have!
thats a front brace not an antiroll bar!
Nova_Sean
07-06-10, 12:40 AM
what a ****ing ****er i am
AlexW
07-06-10, 12:43 AM
Lmfao
mowgli
07-06-10, 09:56 AM
what a ****ing ****er i am

Sean, if you are ****ing, then you won't be ****ing, will you????
MattBrown
07-06-10, 10:06 AM
They wont fit with a big block, or a 16v I dont think.

Theyre for the gte/gsi.
GRUNT 16V
07-06-10, 10:34 AM
lower strut brace dont bother aitha front anti roll bar!!!!!!
fastcar1cars
07-06-10, 10:36 AM
What about with lowering blocks? Still wont fit a xe?
mowgli
07-06-10, 10:44 AM
What about with lowering blocks? Still wont fit a xe?

it sits under the gearbox & exhaust.......
Jack
07-06-10, 12:24 PM
I've got one of those, didn't clear my massive exhaust lol

My dad is copying it though with a slightly deeper angle or enlarged brackets :cool:

This is how it fits, pic courtesy of Mike:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/277.jpg
mowgli
07-06-10, 12:44 PM
i've never properly worked out what good they actually do.... were they a Grp A rally type thing? where ground clearance isn't so tight
craig green
07-06-10, 01:08 PM
Where a fr strut brace (upper) braces the tops of the turrets against flexing, that (lower) brace does the same for the inner TCA mounts...

I've never really seen many fitted to Novas, but they are common on other stuff incl Astra GTE's (1st time I've seen one). The grp-A, works Novas had a pretty stiff sump guard to do the same thing instead.
mowgli
07-06-10, 01:38 PM
now creating an undertray/lower brace would definitely beef things up & if done right, help make the car faster by creating front end downforce... i did also once read about fitting a sort of upside down gurney flap in a v shape just in front of the rear wheels had a dramatic effect on rear downforce...