205 gti lower strut brace

[anonymous-user]

anyone fitted one? where do they fit, do they make much of a difference with an upper brace already fitted?

[Tripps]

pablo said:

anyone fitted one? where do they fit, do they make much of a difference with an upper brace already fitted?

Don't know much about the 205 but have been reading a lot about struts and how they effect handling of late...

A front strut will make your car tend to understeer more than standard, so adding a second will make this happen more so (although not as significant a change as the first strut), also if the suspension is secured along two axes then perhaps its movement would be too limited?

[Rob_the_Sparky]

There isn't much point as there is almost no flex at all in the sub-frame. Pretty sure the only one I've seen fitted on the 205 forum (205GTiDrivers) was a fairly big job for a rally car. The top of the struts can flex a bit hence why people like to fit an upper brace.

[sleep envy]

Rob_the_Sparky said:

The top of the struts can flex a bit hence why people like to fit an upper brace.

in a 205? understatement of the millennia

[Simes205]

sleep envy said:

Rob_the_Sparky said:

The top of the struts can flex a bit hence why people like to fit an upper brace.

in a 205? understatement of the millennia

lol.

Don't bother -
I've removed my top one also.

[MarkKo]

Just fitted an OMP upper strut brace and i can feel the difference,a cheap mod that makes the car feel less tired and much tighter feeling at the front...