strut brace

cruisin_chris · Post by **cruisin_chris** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:10 pm

looking at strut braces for my 6n 1.48v, iv seen few on ebay, but will the 16v ones fit my 8v?? surely they the same??

spot_on_jon · Post by **spot_on_jon** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:57 pm

yea i thought that.....

JarnoVWPolo6N · Post by **JarnoVWPolo6N** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:35 pm

Nope, 16v won't fit 8v, and 8v won't fit 16v

DScape · Post by **DScape** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:06 pm

I had an 8V strut brace a while ago that I bought from ebay.....then sold it on ebay cause I couldnt be arsed to drill holes to fit it

cruisin_chris · Post by **cruisin_chris** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:28 pm

hhmmm, so i definetly need 8v one?? any ideas where best to get, Venom motorsport be good??

http://www.venommotorsport.com/shop/Sus ... index.html

wils0n86 · Post by **wils0n86** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:02 pm

Ive got FK front and rear struts

spot_on_jon · Post by **spot_on_jon** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:17 pm

whats the difference between a lower front strut brace and a upper front strut brace??

not so good wid this stuff

Tigz · Post by **Tigz** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:27 pm

On the Lupo the washer bottle is in the way so if you fit a strut braceyu have to remove it every time you want to fill the bottle up

Is this not the same with the Polo?

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:20 am

Tigz wrote:On the Lupo the washer bottle is in the way so if you fit a strut braceyu have to remove it every time you want to fill the bottle up
Is this not the same with the Polo?

only for the 6n2 it gets in the way i think

-Ben-

wils0n86 · Post by **wils0n86** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:37 pm

I had to had a bottle relocated when i had mine fitted, its not the washer bottle but i cant remember which one it was off the top of my head, ill check later though. in with the FK strut there was a mounting plate, which attatched tot he same fixing in the car, it just held the bottle further down.

JarnoVWPolo6N · Post by **JarnoVWPolo6N** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:03 pm

spot_on_jon wrote:whats the difference between a lower front strut brace and a upper front strut brace??

not so good wid this stuff

simple said the lower front strut brace is the only one you will notice in a Polo while driving on the road. Upper one will only be noticible on race-tracks (during real curbe-bending etc.)

spot_on_jon · Post by **spot_on_jon** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:24 pm

JarnoVWPolo6N wrote:
spot_on_jon wrote:whats the difference between a lower front strut brace and a upper front strut brace??

not so good wid this stuff
simple said the lower front strut brace is the only one you will notice in a Polo while driving on the road. Upper one will only be noticible on race-tracks (during real curbe-bending etc.)

so in normal terms as a normal road user i would used a lower front brace, kool any1 know any sites where 8v braces can be found??

jeci26 · Post by **jeci26** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:07 pm

not sure if this will help, but i have a 1.6 8v 6n and will be fitting a strut brace to it next week, got it from bigboystoys or volksbits, cant remember. From the look of it will have a to take some stuff out then drill the holes, but nothing too complicated. Anyway will put up the pics and all

phat6n16v · Post by **phat6n16v** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:21 pm

the front upper isnt realy needed even in racing issues as it siffens the top truts of the supension when the body flexs alto very hard in most cars as they arnt bluit out of soft metal plus you need certen anmout of flex in the car for turning even in track cars.
the front lower is to stop the front wish bones from moving which is the most needed for road use it would stop tyres from wearing easy as there is no movement allowed, and for track use you can still use your steering at high speeds.
If any ones after a 8V upper i have one for sale in red made by FK open to offers.