I'm looking for a strut brace for solely for the purpose of bracing the strut towers (not for show)
Are there any specifics i should know about strut braces? i found one on american muscle for about 114. is that decently priced? or could i find one cheaper?
thanks in advance!!
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2006 V6 Mustang Ext. Vis: Mineral Grey w/ Yellow Stripes, Tinted windows, Shorty Antenna, Brake light chrome outline, Custom installed Fog Lights (work in progress). Int. Custom Vis: Yellow/Black Carbon fiber kit, 7 color LED ambient lights, Shaker 500 with PIE module connected to a Belkin Ipod Charger cradle. Pref Mods: Bamachips 91 race+torque tune, C&L CAI, Custom dual exhaust w/ MAC stainless steel axle back mufflers, Front and rear GT sway bar, Shelby strut tower brace.
I'm looking for a strut brace for solely for the purpose of bracing the strut towers (not for show)
Are there any specifics i should know about strut braces? i found one on american muscle for about 114. is that decently priced? or could i find one cheaper?
thanks in advance!!
you can take a chance on that brace, but i ordered one and it wouldnt clear the plenum. i tried it on both our cars. so thinking i just got a bad one, that was bent wrong, they had me return it and sent me another one just last week. same thing. shame too, it was a nice looking brace and a good price. they show one on a v6 motor in the customer pics too. the people making them need to do some redesigning or qaulity control work. you might want to hold off on that brace for a while.they will probably get it straightened out. i`m returning the 2nd one tues and i have the shelby brace coming tues also.ive seen cheaper ones on ebay, and ive heard ford has one for aorund 50.00 but i dont know the details. in this pic its sitting in place on the pass side and you can see how far up its sitting on the bolts on the dr side. the motor has to have a little room to move.
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goina hundred in a 55, and i dont know why..
some things were just meant to be..
05 V6 auto, torch red, basic,:cool: a few mods
06 V6 stick, vista, premium (g/f`s car)
Had the same exact problem last week. Told me to shim it with washers. Still didn't fit. Sent mine back too.
ya, washers would not have worked. i looked at any way i could to fabricate it to make it work, but there wasnt any way to do it. that bar needs to go back to the drawing board.
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goina hundred in a 55, and i dont know why..
some things were just meant to be..
05 V6 auto, torch red, basic,:cool: a few mods
06 V6 stick, vista, premium (g/f`s car)
I got mine inexpensively off of Ebay and it works just fine. The one thing I discovered though it that is was not symmetrical fore and aft. The fist time I put it on the hood would not close right. I swapped it around 180 degrees and it works perfectly.
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well a mechanic i know really well, says that i should probably get the sway bar at the same time as the rear sway bar. he said the shocks will ware differently and can cause future problems.
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2006 V6 Mustang Ext. Vis: Mineral Grey w/ Yellow Stripes, Tinted windows, Shorty Antenna, Brake light chrome outline, Custom installed Fog Lights (work in progress). Int. Custom Vis: Yellow/Black Carbon fiber kit, 7 color LED ambient lights, Shaker 500 with PIE module connected to a Belkin Ipod Charger cradle. Pref Mods: Bamachips 91 race+torque tune, C&L CAI, Custom dual exhaust w/ MAC stainless steel axle back mufflers, Front and rear GT sway bar, Shelby strut tower brace.
The auction you posted is for a strut tower brace not a sway bar.
If you have the pony package, you have front and rear swaybars. If you don't, you have a front only. Adding a rear sway bar will not cause any shock problems. The strut tower brace is an appearance mod unless you open track your car.
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JBA duals with an H pipe, Roush rear springs, Che K member brace with torque limiters, Cervini's quarter window deletes, Canton polished expansion tank, Roush scoop, Street Scene Elenor grille, custom GT500 chin spoiler, PJ rear louvers, Black rear spoiler, BSM custom stripes, Hurst shifter, Billet interior trim, custom door welts, Autometer dash pod, AEM wideband, Autometer boost & Fuel pressure gauges
The auction you posted is for a strut tower brace not a sway bar.
If you have the pony package, you have front and rear swaybars. If you don't, you have a front only. Adding a rear sway bar will not cause any shock problems. The strut tower brace is an appearance mod unless you open track your car.
after just adding a strut bar, i totaly disagree this time. i`m doing a post on it.
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goina hundred in a 55, and i dont know why..
some things were just meant to be..
05 V6 auto, torch red, basic,:cool: a few mods
06 V6 stick, vista, premium (g/f`s car)
Looking for strut brace. need help 
Still didn't fit. Sent mine back too.
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