OMP front strut brace to a Calibra Turbo

**chip** · by **chip** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:19 am

Assuming thats ally like it looks (could be stainless potentially i guess)
Thats a purely cosmetic mod, it will do almost nothing for rigidity.

If you took that off and rested one strut top on the ground and leant on the other, you would visibly see it bend.

ally with bends in like that just doesnt have enough strength.

<div class='quotetop'>(Fostersice17)</div><div class='quotemain'>Well here is mine,you can see their is a bolt on the top,but you can't see their is also one around the other side,on a metal tab that is lower than the rest of the ring.

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**mwcav** · by **mwcav** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:45 pm

Thanks chavtastic. [img]/smile.gif[/img]

Chip, mines steel.

**chip** · by **chip** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:48 pm

Might be slightly less useless then, but not a lot if its shaped like that, lol

LE16 · by **LE16** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:59 pm

What is the point in having a strutbrace? Unless the connect the top mounts they cant do alot. I have heard that there is chassis flex but they dont seem to be attached to the chassis at all.

**chip** · by **chip** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:03 pm

Its to stop movement of the top suspension mounts, as the whole turret flexes where it joins the wings etc, so anywhere on the top of the turret is an acceptable location to help.

**chunkylover** · by **chunkylover** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:21 pm

That is what i got in the picture Animal has posted now how the hell are you ment to fit that without drill into to top mounts??? I just dont think it can be done. I removed the leg today to look and the is no room to nut and bolt it anywhere on the inside of the turret once the strut is back in place!
I think this omp strut is ****e to behonest.

Chavtastic · by **Chavtastic** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:02 pm

There are no holes in the suspension turret, you do have to drill them on any strut brace.

**daddycool** · by **daddycool** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:40 pm

<div class='quotetop'>(se5)</div><div class='quotemain'>they dont seem to be attached to the chassis at all.</div>Mass produced cars don't have a chassis as such anymore. They are all a monocoque design. The strut tops/turrets ARE part of the monocoque which carries all the stress.

**BlackKnight** · by **BlackKnight** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:58 am

i have a strut brace that fixes on the outsides of the turrets. between the wheel arch bit(the screws that hold the front wheel arch) and the turrets there is a flat 1 inch wide flat spot that goes along the turret and it just fits on that flat spot and drills in with two nuts.

**philly** · by **philly** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:52 pm

i got one of them omp ones the same as yours,ive been trying to sell the damn thing for ages,i got it two years ago from demon twats i was gonna fit it but as you say it dont seem to look right,they give you some self tapping bolts in the fitting kit but no destruction manual on where to fit the thing,am gonna cut me losses and get a sparco polished one..the omp is nasty and the only thing id use it for is to give the local chav t.w.o.c squad a good hiding with...

**chunkylover** · by **chunkylover** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:24 pm

Thank **** for that i'm glad to hear its not only me struggling to fit this.

**jaybv6** · by **jaybv6** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:55 pm

So no one has mentioned that it's pointless fitting one if you aren't going to drive the car hard enough to warranty it, let alone feel the difference on the road. I'm fitting Front upper, Front Lower and rear upper strut braces to my Golf Mk2 GTi, however that's being used as a track car so warrants the fitment of such items. It's a waste of time on a road car and purely a cosmetic mod in my opinion.

**chunkylover** · by **chunkylover** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:10 pm

Yeah i agree mate but i'm converting to a track motor aswell but its a work in progress project.

OMP front strut brace to a Calibra Turbo

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