Engine strut brace?
- Thread starter LeeZ4MR
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Steve220 said:LeeZ4MR said:
Just thought I would stick a piccie of mine up although it does look a little plain Jane in comparision to some of the sexy ones posted on this thread!
Best design of a brace. Keeping it simple.
Yes Yes Yes ! Just got mine fitted this morning , same as yours !! Looks wonderful , stops speed six owners nicking my engine in the tvr park , and gives me something to polish at last and relieves me of a fist full of cash ! Just noticed I have black plastic caps on the nuts inwards from turrets as well !
Great news saskia!saskia said:Steve220 said:LeeZ4MR said:
Just thought I would stick a piccie of mine up although it does look a little plain Jane in comparision to some of the sexy ones posted on this thread!
Best design of a brace. Keeping it simple.
Yes Yes Yes ! Just got mine fitted this morning , same as yours !! Looks wonderful , stops speed six owners nicking my engine in the tvr park , and gives me something to polish at last and relieves me of a fist full of cash ! Just noticed I have black plastic caps on the nuts inwards from turrets as well !
really pleased you are happy with it, get a pic up when you can to share the love! 
I'll take a pic of a Sagaris please :wub:
Nope 
Was going to see if it fits over the lump today. It was pointed out that the induction system on our cars sits a lot higher
Also a strut brace makes a good coat hook
Was going to see if it fits over the lump today. It was pointed out that the induction system on our cars sits a lot higher
Also a strut brace makes a good coat hook
Surely these put more strain on your front suspension?
Thought I'd throw a piccie of mine in too
How? The idea is that by connecting the two suspension towers, you prevent the small amount of movement in each tower which occurs during movement of the car, especially when turning, so that under lateral bodyroll, the suspension tower of the outer front wheel doesn't take all the load. It's sort of "splinting" the two suspension towers together, which makes them both more rigid when joined together. Therefore, this should put less strain on the towers and the suspension parts.original guvnor said:
If you also put stiffer springs and dampers at the front and a stiffer ARB, you can virtually eliminate lateral bodyroll which can make the steering very positive and precise and makes the car remain virtually flat when cornering, giving more grip to the inner front wheel = faster cornering. Until you've been in a car with properly modified suspension, you can't imagine the transformation that you can get.
I meant where the strut is fixed to the front wing specifically rather than the actual suspension components. Maybe I'm wrong but I was sure I'd read about increased failure rates for cars with strut braces. Willing to admit I might have got that mixed up with something else though.
original guvnor said:
It's interesting to note that BMW first started fitting OEM diagonal bracing from the bulk head to the suspension towers on the E46 platform (maybe others models around the same time) but before that, they didn't do this. From this I read that BMW know that this kind of bracing is beneficial as well as increasing the stiffness of their chassis. The constant flexing of metal parts is more likely to cause "metal fatigue" with consequent tears to panels. Likewise, BMW sell their own strutbrace for the Z4M, so they must approve the use of this. Fitting the suspension tower plates of the strutbace, will, in itself, strengthen the suspension towers (BMW already fit strengthening plates above the front top mounts to some of its top end models: i.e Z3Ms) and as I said earlier, tying the two towers together with the braces splints them and thus strengthens them and their connection to the wing panels by reducing flex and the incidence of metal fatigue.
I put my money where my mouth is, and I wouldn't be without my StrongStrut strutbrace.
RubyBlueZ4MC said:Thought I'd throw a piccie of mine in too
are you aware this is fitted incorrectly..... the bend should face forward ;-)the whole bar needs to be rotated 180 Deg, also this means you will need nuts for the towers as these are one use items.... sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!
