Front Strut Brace?
09-18-2007, 08:41 PM
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I'm interested in purchasing a front strut brace. I don't want to spend $600 for Dinan's.
I'd like to spend half of that, if possible, and have it still do a solid job of keeping the car rigid in the front.
Any suggestions?
I'd like to spend half of that, if possible, and have it still do a solid job of keeping the car rigid in the front.
Any suggestions?
09-18-2007, 08:48 PM
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you can try H&R. http://www.modbargains.com/product.aspx?pf...Swaybars_E60_PR
C, can you put rear sways on a XI?
C, can you put rear sways on a XI?
09-18-2007, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by alpinewhite' post='471214' date='Sep 19 2007, 12:48 AM
you can try H&R. http://www.modbargains.com/product.aspx?pf...Swaybars_E60_PR
C, can you put rear sways on a XI?
C, can you put rear sways on a XI?
This is the Dinan one, which I don't feel like dishing out $600 for.
http://www.dinancars.com/Series.asp?Series...s%20Tuning#2414
As for sway bars, unfortunately I can't. Shortly after ordering my H&R's, I contacted H&R to ask about their sway bar kit. TireRack, of course, said it was possible to do on the XI in the rear. When I called H&R, they said it was not possible in the rear, but possible in the front. However, they said it made no sense to do one end and not the other.
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Originally Posted by cmansbimmer' post='471223' date='Sep 18 2007, 09:53 PM
Actually, I was referring to a Strut Tower Brace, not sway bars.
This is the Dinan one, which I don't feel like dishing out $600 for.
http://www.dinancars.com/Series.asp?Series...s%20Tuning#2414
As for sway bars, unfortunately I can't. Shortly after ordering my H&R's, I contacted H&R to ask about their sway bar kit. TireRack, of course, said it was possible to do on the XI in the rear. When I called H&R, they said it was not possible in the rear, but possible in the front. However, they said it made no sense to do one end and not the other.
This is the Dinan one, which I don't feel like dishing out $600 for.
http://www.dinancars.com/Series.asp?Series...s%20Tuning#2414
As for sway bars, unfortunately I can't. Shortly after ordering my H&R's, I contacted H&R to ask about their sway bar kit. TireRack, of course, said it was possible to do on the XI in the rear. When I called H&R, they said it was not possible in the rear, but possible in the front. However, they said it made no sense to do one end and not the other.
let me ask eurorev.
09-18-2007, 11:41 PM
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I believe Racing Dynamics has a E60 strut brace, it maybe less expensive the Dinan. I know AC schnitzer has one, but its like $1200. I have seen some on ebay for cheap prices, but who knows what the quality it like.
09-19-2007, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by cmansbimmer' post='471204' date='Sep 19 2007, 12:41 AM
I'm interested in purchasing a front strut brace. I don't want to spend $600 for Dinan's.
I'd like to spend half of that, if possible, and have it still do a solid job of keeping the car rigid in the front.
Any suggestions?
I'd like to spend half of that, if possible, and have it still do a solid job of keeping the car rigid in the front.
Any suggestions?
09-19-2007, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Hamann5' post='471314' date='Sep 19 2007, 04:14 AM
There are a few ranging in the high $300's to $600's but the money your saving on those isn't that noticable to sacrifice quality of the brand.. however do you have sway bars? becuase you won't notice much of a difference with a strut brace.. sway bars you can tell night and day.. a set of racing dynamics (racing dynamics >H&R) front and rear sways will run you just under the cost of the dinan strut brace and you'll get three times the handeling preformace from the sways then you would from the strut brace.. just my .02 cents
Just curious, but what strut braces in the $300 range?
09-19-2007, 09:01 AM
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Calton, here's a link for one of the cheapest strut braces I've seen: http://www.procarparts.com/store-list2.asp...at=5&sub=43
There was someone on this board with this brace but I forgot who.
Also, the main purpose of strut braces is to stiffen up your chasis and prevent body flexing over bumps..etc... Sway bars on the other hand will help body roll and handling.
BTW, RDSport does not make strut braces for your car.
There was someone on this board with this brace but I forgot who.
Also, the main purpose of strut braces is to stiffen up your chasis and prevent body flexing over bumps..etc... Sway bars on the other hand will help body roll and handling.
BTW, RDSport does not make strut braces for your car.
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Oh yes the limitations of the Xi..... I was told that with the swaybars the front is the one that would not fit and the rear would. I love and hate my xi for the same reasons C! I am really wanting a BBK but not with the xi. but I do love the awd. damned if you do damned if you dont.
09-19-2007, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by EuroCarFan' post='471500' date='Sep 19 2007, 01:01 PM
Calton, here's a link for one of the cheapest strut braces I've seen: http://www.procarparts.com/store-list2.asp...at=5&sub=43
There was someone on this board with this brace but I forgot who.
Also, the main purpose of strut braces is to stiffen up your chasis and prevent body flexing over bumps..etc... Sway bars on the other hand will help body roll and handling.
BTW, RDSport does not make strut braces for your car.
There was someone on this board with this brace but I forgot who.
Also, the main purpose of strut braces is to stiffen up your chasis and prevent body flexing over bumps..etc... Sway bars on the other hand will help body roll and handling.
BTW, RDSport does not make strut braces for your car.