front lower strut brace

[odub 0]

has anyone had any experience with them? i've recently bought a rear brace on ebay and been sent a front lower one instead. basically i don't really want it and have settled on a new price to keep it. is it worth putting on the car or should i sell it on?

[SIMONG 0]

was it from venom? is this a bolt on part? if so give a go and see what you think.

[odub 0]

it's an omp one from a private seller. looks decent but i was of the thinking that it is pretty stiff already. any other views?

[boost monkey 0]

where does it connect between?

[davidwort 0]

usually front wishbone bolts isn't it? is there an alternative?

[odub 0]

Just the wishbone bolts

[davidwort 0]

back to your actual question :) I think you're right, the mk2 golf style Corrado front subframe is pretty good, but if you have a very high power car it must add some rigidity, braces are usually added to high performance models of cars where engine output exceeds the original chassis design requirements or to add strength that the basic body/subframe pressings can't be pressed to achieve.

The mk2 chassis is much better than the mk1 chassis, for instance VW had to fit a bottom brace to the 16v rocco where the engine output was nearly 3 times what the mk1 golf was designed for :lol:

For a modest power increase on the Corrado I reckon TT/R32 bushes on the wishbones are all you need really.

[odub 0]

Thanks, that was kind of what I had in mind. I'm by no means pushing big power but the car is driven quite spiritedly a lot of the time