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Front Lower Brace #643383 09/07/2008 10:04 09/07/2008 10:04
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 260 Scotland F F927UBS OP Making a profit
F927UBS OP Making a profit F Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 260 Scotland	Hi all, hoping you can help me here. Any idea's where you can buy a front lower brace. Kind reagrds, Tim Back in the game

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: F927UBS] #643390 09/07/2008 10:09 09/07/2008 10:09
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire	There's two types - one is a non-adjustable painted mild steel version - the other is an adjustable stainless jobbie. You can't buy the latter version - they are custom made to my own design. Have a look at this immense thread in the Group Buy section

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Nigel] #650383 22/07/2008 21:32 22/07/2008 21:32
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden Per I need some sleep
Per I need some sleep Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden	There is also a OMP one for Alfa 156 which fits. Don't know where to find it right now though. Re-Bangled

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Per] #650389 22/07/2008 21:44 22/07/2008 21:44
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales cowboy Forum is my life
cowboy Forum is my life Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,404 Anglesey N.Wales	why not try the omp site,theres only one that fits the coupe and 156 and that is non-adjustable go for the one nigel sell,s

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: cowboy] #654580 30/07/2008 10:21 30/07/2008 10:21
F Fran Unregistered
Fran Unregistered F	I bought the omp one, think i got it from a place called 106spares or somehting. Kind of random name, but sure it was that place. Fits prfectly, and made a hell of a difference. $\:\)$

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #654725 30/07/2008 13:44 30/07/2008 13:44
S sprintsteve Unregistered
sprintsteve Unregistered S	does this mod really make a massive difference ?,i running on konis have a top strut brace but still feel im driving a boat on wheels sometimes..

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #654776 30/07/2008 14:43 30/07/2008 14:43
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire	doesn't make a vast difference, but it is noticeable, especially when everything is loaded up halfway round a fast corner - the benefit is much more precise adjustability.

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Nigel] #656611 02/08/2008 18:09 02/08/2008 18:09
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden Per I need some sleep
Per I need some sleep Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden	Sounds good Nigel. I'll try and adjust/reweld the OMP one so it sits closer up, as close as possible. Don't want it to slam into bumps... Re-Bangled

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Per] #657000 03/08/2008 16:08 03/08/2008 16:08
D Daeron Unregistered
Daeron Unregistered D	anyone has photos of alfa's brace on coop? some tips on instaling? $\:\)$

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #669317 27/08/2008 09:11 27/08/2008 09:11
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 260 Scotland F F927UBS OP Making a profit
F927UBS OP Making a profit F Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 260 Scotland	Haven't got any pictures, but have just fitted 156 front lower brace... £62 from Alfa Aid in maidenhead.. What a difference, You can really feel that the car is much much stiffer. It was easy to fit, took two minutes on my mates ramp, although I'm missing my undertray.. Anybody got one?... So Handling wise, I've now got Bilstein Dampers Eibach Springs 22mm Rear Anti roll bar Upper and Lower Front strut braces Was Thinking of trying some 10mm Wheel spacers?, Any opinions? also maybe polybushing the front wishbones... Or is there something else worth doing? Cheers Tim Back in the game

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: F927UBS] #669501 27/08/2008 15:52 27/08/2008 15:52
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden Per I need some sleep
Per I need some sleep Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden	Tim, you just made me order the Alfa 156 OMP brace. $\:\)$ 3 weeks wait but for 695kr (~75euro) it'll be worth it. Re-Bangled

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Per] #669537 27/08/2008 17:05 27/08/2008 17:05
N Nobby Unregistered
Nobby Unregistered N	Jimbo has an alfa brace

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: F927UBS] #669538 27/08/2008 17:05 27/08/2008 17:05
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,390 Essex Trappy Forum is my life
Trappy Forum is my life Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,390 Essex	What's the ground clearance like with this new 156 lower strut brace F927UBS (maybe a new username? ) ? F**** b**** thing...

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #669539 27/08/2008 17:08 27/08/2008 17:08
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,390 Essex Trappy Forum is my life
Trappy Forum is my life Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,390 Essex	Originally Posted By: Nobby Jimbo has an alfa brace Well, that's all I need to know $\:\)$ F**** b**** thing...

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Trappy] #669547 27/08/2008 17:23 27/08/2008 17:23
S sprintsteve Unregistered
sprintsteve Unregistered S	does the alfa brace sit lower than nigels ?

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #669554 27/08/2008 17:40 27/08/2008 17:40
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden Per I need some sleep
Per I need some sleep Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden	I'm going to "adjust" mine to an absolute maximum ground clearence. Cut'n'weld... Re-Bangled

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Per] #669556 27/08/2008 17:46 27/08/2008 17:46
M MattW Unregistered
MattW Unregistered M	I'm using one of Nigels lower braces, on 35mm lowered springs, with an extra washer each side to make sure it clears my downpipe, and I've never scraped anything. It even goes over the square speed bumps without hitting.

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #669653 27/08/2008 20:41 27/08/2008 20:41
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 260 Scotland F F927UBS OP Making a profit
F927UBS OP Making a profit F Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 260 Scotland	Ground Clearance seems to be good, will post a photo sometime soon... I'm new to this site?... Just couldn't think of a good user name, so I put the registration number of my Integrale down.. Sad I know.... Back in the game

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: F927UBS] #669682 27/08/2008 21:15 27/08/2008 21:15
S sprintsteve Unregistered
sprintsteve Unregistered S	a pic would be good tim,might have to get one of these alfa braces

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #669719 27/08/2008 22:22 27/08/2008 22:22
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire	the problem will happen soon after you eventually ground the brace - the Alfa brace is mild steel, and as soon as the plastic coating is breached, the brace will rust (I know, my prototype lower brace was mild steel too, and it looked extremely secondhand after two winters and a few arguments with speed humps and kerbs rusty and dented and not very straight OK - my original design has worse ground clearance than the Alfa brace, but not by much, and only in the centre - as you can see from the piccies, an awful lot of the damage was at the ends I'm not saying that you shouldn't bother with the Alfa brace (in fact unless someone "persuades" me to do some more stainless ones, its your only option), but I'm just saying that they won't be as robust as the admittedly more expensive adjustable stainless type.

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Nigel] #670036 28/08/2008 15:15 28/08/2008 15:15
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden Per I need some sleep
Per I need some sleep Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,034 Sweden	Then again, if you hit a rock with 1.4tons it would'nt matter much, it'll bend/break anyway right? BTW for me the clearence is crucial. Only 2 weeks ago I scraped a rock exactly where the brace will sit.. Re-Bangled

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Per] #670096 28/08/2008 17:09 28/08/2008 17:09
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire	Originally Posted By: Per Then again, if you hit a rock with 1.4tons it would'nt matter much, it'll bend/break anyway right? Nope - my brace design was given the ultimate test recently when a wheel fell off and the car landed on the lower brace. The force sheared the bolt, but the brace was perfectly re-usable after the adjuster was straightened out a bit

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Nigel] #670098 28/08/2008 17:12 28/08/2008 17:12
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,390 Essex Trappy Forum is my life
Trappy Forum is my life Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,390 Essex	Originally Posted By: Nigel Nope - my brace design was given the ultimate test recently when a wheel fell off and the car landed on the lower brace. As they do... How did that happen? Sounds mighty tough though $\:\)$ F**** b**** thing...

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Nigel] #670161 28/08/2008 18:51 28/08/2008 18:51
A ActionHank Unregistered
ActionHank Unregistered A	Originally Posted By: Nigel the problem will happen soon after you eventually ground the brace - the Alfa brace is mild steel, and as soon as the plastic coating is breached, the brace will rust (I know, my prototype lower brace was mild steel too, and it looked extremely secondhand after two winters and a few arguments with speed humps and kerbs rusty and dented and not very straight OK - my original design has worse ground clearance than the Alfa brace, but not by much, and only in the centre - as you can see from the piccies, an awful lot of the damage was at the ends I'm not saying that you shouldn't bother with the Alfa brace (in fact unless someone "persuades" me to do some more stainless ones, its your only option), but I'm just saying that they won't be as robust as the admittedly more expensive adjustable stainless type. If you could be persuaded into producing some more, how much green would we be looking at?? Tom

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #670170 28/08/2008 19:12 28/08/2008 19:12
S sprintsteve Unregistered
sprintsteve Unregistered S	i would be interested in one too wink wink .... $\:D$

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #670183 28/08/2008 19:37 28/08/2008 19:37
J jbomb Unregistered
jbomb Unregistered J	and me $\:\)$

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #670212 28/08/2008 20:23 28/08/2008 20:23
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,252 Windsor/ Reading knight7660 Competition Level
knight7660 Competition Level Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,252 Windsor/ Reading	put a price up, i think people are interested but not saying, id like one LE53 (452BHp & 389ftlb's with Quaife) Wine red VIS FOOFY Audi RS4 B7

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: ] #670216 28/08/2008 20:29 28/08/2008 20:29
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst Begbie Ex El Presidente
Begbie Ex El Presidente I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst	Originally Posted By: ActionHank Originally Posted By: Nigel the problem will happen soon after you eventually ground the brace - the Alfa brace is mild steel, and as soon as the plastic coating is breached, the brace will rust (I know, my prototype lower brace was mild steel too, and it looked extremely secondhand after two winters and a few arguments with speed humps and kerbs rusty and dented and not very straight OK - my original design has worse ground clearance than the Alfa brace, but not by much, and only in the centre - as you can see from the piccies, an awful lot of the damage was at the ends I'm not saying that you shouldn't bother with the Alfa brace (in fact unless someone "persuades" me to do some more stainless ones, its your only option), but I'm just saying that they won't be as robust as the admittedly more expensive adjustable stainless type. If you could be persuaded into producing some more, how much green would we be looking at?? Tom About an ounce or 28g $;\)$ But if your talking money, would be around the £120 +/- £10 Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: Begbie] #670226 28/08/2008 20:42 28/08/2008 20:42
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,252 Windsor/ Reading knight7660 Competition Level
knight7660 Competition Level Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,252 Windsor/ Reading	around 120 on a group buy thats not bad but how many to get it started LE53 (452BHp & 389ftlb's with Quaife) Wine red VIS FOOFY Audi RS4 B7

Re: Front Lower Brace [Re: knight7660] #670262 28/08/2008 21:47 28/08/2008 21:47
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire	Begbie is pretty close - will be about £125, plus a tenner P&P Would need around ten to make it worthwhile

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