strut brace - worth it just to stop the dash creaks!
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:26 am
I fitted my strut brace on Sunday, was a mission to squeeze round the turbo box thingy on the driver's top mount, but got there in the end and I love it.
I always was sceptical that these made much of a difference. I'm an mechanical engineer by degree so obviously it makes sense to me, but I thought some cars would be strong enough without these, and really how much did they flex anyway?
The dash has stopped creaking! it's worth £100 alone just to stop that bloody plastic from driving me mad. There's still the creaks when the heater heats it up, or when I go over vicious bumps, but round the twists and turns and generally there's now no noise.
Steering wise, the initial turn in is ever so slightly heavier and more responsive. At high speed I can really feel a difference, a couple of corners I take every day to work felt a lot safer at speeds I only ever used to do at the uppermost limit, and I even had to correct myself after turning too soon in a couple of places - the car has a much nicer feel to it.
it's not a huge difference, but it is definitely there without a doubt.
I wonder if it will effect tyre wear at all. currently my tyre wear is very even.
I always was sceptical that these made much of a difference. I'm an mechanical engineer by degree so obviously it makes sense to me, but I thought some cars would be strong enough without these, and really how much did they flex anyway?
The dash has stopped creaking! it's worth £100 alone just to stop that bloody plastic from driving me mad. There's still the creaks when the heater heats it up, or when I go over vicious bumps, but round the twists and turns and generally there's now no noise.
Steering wise, the initial turn in is ever so slightly heavier and more responsive. At high speed I can really feel a difference, a couple of corners I take every day to work felt a lot safer at speeds I only ever used to do at the uppermost limit, and I even had to correct myself after turning too soon in a couple of places - the car has a much nicer feel to it.
it's not a huge difference, but it is definitely there without a doubt.
I wonder if it will effect tyre wear at all. currently my tyre wear is very even.