MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Performance Modifications => Topic started by: gillm on January 13, 2010, 08:49:07 pm

Title: strut braces !
Post by: gillm on January 13, 2010, 08:49:07 pm: anyone got 1 fitted ? im trying to find the weichers carbon 1 that is fitted on the regal car but having no luck in finding it ?
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: yin on January 13, 2010, 08:52:02 pm: This one

http://www.orange-tuning.de/shop/product_info.php?language=en&currency=GBP&utm_source=google&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=google_uk&products_id=16755
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: xxx_mojo_xxx on January 13, 2010, 09:50:40 pm: I'd be interested to hear about existing owners with strut braces... how do these complement uprated ARBs... do these make a noticeable difference....
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: Janner_Sy on January 13, 2010, 11:39:33 pm: read somewhere that unlike the mk4 shell which was made of jelly and the strut brace made a big difference

they made the shell of the mk5 chassis nearly 200% stiffer negating the need for the upper strut brace.
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: RedRobin on January 13, 2010, 11:49:31 pm: Quote from: vRSy on January 13, 2010, 11:39:33 pm
read somewhere that unlike the mk4 shell which was made of jelly and the strut brace made a big difference

they made the shell of the mk5 chassis nearly 200% stiffer negating the need for the upper strut brace.

....I've heard the same - The Mk5 is far more rigid and doesn't really need them.
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: Jaywoo-GTI on January 14, 2010, 10:15:36 am: I have got a omp strut brace on mine made absolutly no difference at all as the the front bulkhead braces the struts already.
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: xxx_mojo_xxx on January 14, 2010, 10:23:32 am: Thanks Jaywoo, I'll put the money towards something else.
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: tony_danza on January 14, 2010, 10:51:40 am: If for whatever reason you do want one, as I'm not convinced they're needed myself, I know a UK agent for Sandtler (http://sandtler.de/inhalt_index.htm) (Like the German Demon Tweeks) who do Weichers stuff.

The website takes some translating, but pretty much everything you'd ever need is on there - shame the Euro is so poop now, as it was dirt cheap in the past.
Title: Re: strut braces !
Post by: danishmkvgti on January 18, 2010, 11:51:45 am: Quote from: tony_danza on January 14, 2010, 10:51:40 am
If for whatever reason you do want one, as I'm not convinced they're needed myself, I know a UK agent for Sandtler (http://sandtler.de/inhalt_index.htm) (Like the German Demon Tweeks) who do Weichers stuff.

The website takes some translating, but pretty much everything you'd ever need is on there - shame the Euro is so poop now, as it was dirt cheap in the past.

I'm sorry to say that it's the Â£ that is poop atm, the danisk krone is the same compared to the euro but against the Â£ it's a lot stronger :jumpmove: :booty: (teasing)