strut brace question

[Jeff GTi]

cant decide betheen the forge brace and the seat one

does anyone have a pic of the forge one mounted in place

also what kind of clearence does it give the airbox? enough to allow engine flex without it hitting?

and is it polished or just silver painted

[MateyGuv]

I got a forge fitted, i will post pics tomorrow. Only thing i'm not too keen on is that on passenger side strut there is a cut out to allow for damper on other vag vehicles. There are two finishes polished or brushed, i went for polished. Same finish as your forge valve. Loads of clearance but as i said before when an air filter change is needed you will need to take brace off. Think with momo item filter change can be done without removal. Forge one is more direct from strut to strut though

[MateyGuv]

Jeff gti
Have you found a company that actually makes a front lower strut brace? If not do you know of a company that would consider making one as you mentioned getting one. I would be well up for one!

[Jeff GTi]

cheers guv yeah, pics would be good mate

and as for the lower one, i was under the impression one was already in production for the 9n, so assumed that would fit?

[MateyGuv]

I been looking for a lower and keep being told no. Any1 know of a company that does? Pics of forge on way

[Jeff GTi]

bit of an interesting morning
rang seat and they say theirs is £52 + VAT - thought it was cheaper than this?

and rang forge and they say they dont make one for the gti????

strange, as its on their website

[shanethb]

Any news and pics of the forge strut brace on the polo would like to see it before my money departs my hands.

[Jeff GTi]

i have just ordered forge front and rear braces in mirror polished finishes, ill post pics when i get them fitted tuesday

[abdnmoh]

Heres a link to Dinos guide for fitting the strut brace http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... trut+brace

[Jeff GTi]

i have already read it, but thanks again for being helpful

jeff

[shanethb]

thanks abdnmoh for the link, im specifically after pics of the forge one, so Jeff that would be great if you could post some pics mate. front and rear. As im doing a group buy in my Oz VW forum and they want to see pics . especaily as im ordering 17 or so.

[Jeff GTi]

yeah no worrys, i hope they come tomorrow but doubt it as its saturday and i only ordered them yesterday haha not forgetting no post on monday as its a bank holiday

so im guessing at tuesday mate, but ill put up pics once i can rest assured, front and rear

[kc]

Jeff matey

only just seen this thread... so might be too late but..

i looked into the front strut brace for our cars, and they dont fit cos the ecu is in the way next to the nearside suspension turret, so nothing fits under the bonnet unless you re situ your ecu!

hope this helps

...but on the other hand... if you can get it to fit... then ignore my post haha

[Jeff GTi]

oh gutted

but on the other hand, from looking at the photos of it and how it fits, and looking directly across the 2 most frontal strut top nuts it should clear the ecu i cant see it having clearence problems

i guess ill just have to wait and see,

this was not mentioned to me on the phone and i did state i was fitting it to a 9n3 gti, so if it dont fit, it can easilly go back i guess

hope it does fit tho

strut bracer now also sells the lower brace by omp, ao im gonna be getting that too in a few weeks time

[shanethb]

How did you go Jeff, Did you recieve them? Did they fit?