front strut brace - an alternative take

[Busterboo]

That Luxon tower brace looks high. Is it clear of the bonnet?

 

[Rassi]

That Luxon tower brace looks high. Is it clear of the bonnet?

Just takes a few forceful closings of the bonnet and then all clear

 

[Busterboo]

 

[tintoverano]

update after 3 weeks having the brace on

the theory, that spreading the load between the struts actually works, is proved to me

on several roads, same spots, where earlier the suspension suffered a hit and had the terrible knocking sound, there's no such "result" anymore

addressing the floaty front in turns, was not my goal, but it improved a lot with the brace on as well

 

[flybobbie]

update after 3 weeks having the brace on

the theory, that spreading the load between the struts actually works, is proved to me

on several roads, same spots, where earlier the suspension suffered a hit and had the terrible knocking sound, there's no such "result" anymore

addressing the floaty front in turns, was not my goal, but it improved a lot with the brace on as well

What tyres are you running on, as i know the rft on my car felt like tramlining and i was going to collide with other cars on bumpy country lanes i regularly have to travel along. That was all cured by non rft Goodyears.

 

[john-e89]

A forum search suggests that a front strut brace is like a K&N Filter. One adds weight, the other noise, but both to no benefit.

As I can’t be bothered to search I’ll assume most, if not all of those are on the E85/6 though Buster..? I put an OEM option brace on my M a few weeks before the restrictions and I have to say I can feel a difference and it’s not placebo, front end just feels a little tighter, it’s not night and day but I can tell a difference, this is on winding country roads. It’s a toss up between that and the GruppeM that would go last if I had to sell some trinkets. It won’t be coming off until the car is sold. Ideally the 35is will be going to make way for an M40i at some point later in the year, however if I was keeping it I’d be fitting a brace ASAP as I bet they tighten up the E89 nicely, hardly the last word in “stiff” are they.... :lol:

As ever some will deny them, others will be for them, but on the evidence of the M I’d 100% buy one for the E89.

 

[tintoverano]

What tyres are you running on, as i know the rft on my car felt like tramlining and i was going to collide with other cars on bumpy country lanes i regularly have to travel along. That was all cured by non rft Goodyears.

non-rft pirellis 19"

 

[Busterboo]

Read the label on the B pillar and, for 50p, you can stiffen the car at the air pump.

A strut brace on marshmallow tyres is a waste of time & money.

 

[tintoverano]

it is pumped up as suggested on the pillar, exact

 

[flybobbie]

Too high a pressure they might run like wagon wheels, a bit lower on pressure might let them flex a bit and stop jiggle.
Door post pressures are for rft, anything else is a different beast.
Even the 18 inch rft tyres the side walls were about half inch thick when i cut through one. Just no flex.

 

[tintoverano]

I like so far the suggested values both for winter and summer tyres, my winters are goodyear ones

 

[Busterboo]

Door post pressures are for rft, anything else is a different beast.

Who told you that?

 

[Silverstar]

Door post pressures are for rft, anything else is a different beast.

Who told you that?

My tyre fitters told me to use the same when I changed to non runflats.

 

[Busterboo]

Door post pressures are for rft, anything else is a different beast.

Who told you that?

My tyre fitters told me to use the same when I changed to non runflats.

And Bridgestone themselves told me the same when I phoned them.

 

[Silverstar]

Who told you that?

My tyre fitters told me to use the same when I changed to non runflats.

And Bridgestone themselves told me the same when I phoned them.

Then it has to be right?

 

[john-e89]

My tyre fitters told me to use the same when I changed to non runflats.

And Bridgestone themselves told me the same when I phoned them.

Then it has to be right?

Personal preference has to have some say here, I know Mr Wilkes for one doesn’t like the pillar pressures. No right or wrong pressure imho, go with what feels best for you.

 

[Busterboo]

My tyre fitters told me to use the same when I changed to non runflats.

And Bridgestone themselves told me the same when I phoned them.

Then it has to be right?

A better authority than an 'expert' on a website.

 

[enuff_zed]

We need a test thread set up!
Think of any random subject and see how long it takes Buster to make it a tyre pressure discussion.

 

[mr wilks]

We need a test thread set up!
Think of any random subject and see how long it takes Buster to make it a tyre pressure discussion.

Always predictable always tedious & now just "tiresome" :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

We need a test thread set up!
Think of any random subject and see how long it takes Buster to make it a tyre pressure discussion.

Always predictable always tedious & now just "tiresome" :wink:

You might say that, I might think that, I couldn’t possibly comment!