rear strut brace

[chimp007_uk]

has anyone ever tried making their own rear strut brace? one of the welders i work with is s**t hot and says he can weld me up one using box steel. i have a rough idea of what dimensions and how i want it to be made, just wondered if anyone had tried? pics would be great

[garyc]

weld in inch tube across the damer housing, job done.

[chimp007_uk]

i was going to used inch box section steel 975mm long with a 55mm long plat on each end to drill a hole through to mount to the damper mount bolt.

[Rich M]

If your gonna make one, make it so it attatches to the actual body of the car and not the top of the shocks.



Rich

[chimp007_uk]

poo... i had one made that bolts to the top of the struts... i'll post a pic. apologies for the state of my boot in the pic, tcut makes a mess when the lid come off...

[chimp007_uk]

[Rich M]

Sure it'll be ok, it'll be better than not having one !!
@ the state of your boot !!

Rich

[chimp007_uk]

i'm kind of messy, i love my car but it does get abused... i'm going to have to cut the bott carpet away from the rear seats to clean it tho.

[Matt2107]

Are you sure thats t-cut???

[craig green]

Why cant you unclip the carpet from the seat backs & avoid cutting it?

Nice brace btw!