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 DylanTheDubber
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 01:46 PM |
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Where do i buy a Beetle Strut Brace?
Where would i get one? New or second hand?
and how much would i expect to pay for one?
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 02:22 PM |
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$39.96us excluding shipping in a raw finish (un-painted) Christmas sale price..on CIP1..Go to checkout and calculate postage to your postcode to get
a total..Or try George or Vintage VW..
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 02:24 PM |
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Theres a minimum spend required for shipping..I think its $50us so you may need to buy an extra item..
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DylanTheDubber
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 04:20 PM |
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Thanks Heaps Mate!
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 05:08 PM |
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posted by DylanTheDubber
Where would i get one? New or second hand?
and how much would i expect to pay for one?
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I forgot You had a 1302 Dylan..
that is the cheapest I've ever seen a strut brace...
usually $150+++ for anything..
LEE
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 05:26 PM |
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Hi Dylan
They are not hard to make yourself.
I've attached a pattern that you can take to a shop that can profile cut steel plate.
Just use some thin wall 25 mm tube.
This way you can custom make it to fit your car, you don't need adjustment
Steve
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 09:08 PM |
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Even adjustable ones aren't hard to make.
I knocked up that one of mine out of a bunch of scrap metal laying around.
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 11:33 PM |
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mines from a silvia that had the ends redrilled.
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| posted on December 30th, 2011 at 08:34 AM |
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Hi
You can even make one from angle iron and use the 2 rear most bolts.
Steve
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| posted on December 30th, 2011 at 12:07 PM |
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Whats the Advantages of a adjustable one Joel?
I Think i'll make one up myself. Or use a silvia one.
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| posted on December 30th, 2011 at 01:49 PM |
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Just allows the strut tower alignment to be fine tuned if they are slightly out.
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DylanTheDubber
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| posted on December 30th, 2011 at 02:08 PM |
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That seems like a good idea, Cause it it is'nt 100% right it may be out and even after welding it it may be out so i think ill use the design of
steves he put up the attachment but ill make it adjustable.
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 10:14 PM |
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Also allows to preload the towers a little to help hold everything ridged, I imagine it would also reduce resonance/harmonics on hard cornering.
Why not chuck in some adjustable strut tops from K-mac. mmmm extra caster  plus a little extra neg (1-2o) camber for those days when you feel like a fanging. 
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| posted on January 5th, 2012 at 08:44 AM |
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Volks Conversions on the Gold Coast used to do one. But be aware that it will not be the nice fully chromed one that was seen in the pictures, it may
just be unplated steel.
Doesnt matter how you get one though, its probably one of the cheapest and easiest handling upgrades you can do to a super bug.
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