BRZ/FR-S Strut Tower Brace - Any Interest? - Page 25 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

GrimmSpeed · 05-21-2013, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Fascist Fish

can you add me to the contact list. Thank you.

I certainly can, and you're welcome!

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Originally Posted by rodmoe

Can you add me to the contact list. Thank you.

Love the simple factory look .. Great Work ..

Thank you very much, and I've added you to the list.

Happy Tuesday morning folks, its a heck of a lot better than Monday morning

Chase
Engineering

Ingen · 05-21-2013, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GrimmSpeed

Done!

When Chase uses the term 'solid', he's talking about a single weldment, not an actually solid bar. We'll be using round tubing. No sense in using chromoly though; it'll likely be 1020 cold rolled steel.

Matt Beenen
Engineering

Ah, well in that case, of course - I never really understood the hinged ones.

Also, on to other recommendations! Do you think you can make your flange thickness thinner but the footprint larger to engage a greater number of the OEM studs / fasteners?

sure74 · 05-21-2013, 12:42 PM

Thanks for posting the pics on fb, almost forgot about this.

Please add.

Chee-Hu · 05-21-2013, 01:21 PM

Very interested. May I be added to the contact list please? Thanks in advance.

GrimmSpeed · 05-21-2013, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ingen

Ah, well in that case, of course - I never really understood the hinged ones.

Also, on to other recommendations! Do you think you can make your flange thickness thinner but the footprint larger to engage a greater number of the OEM studs / fasteners?

We certainly could, but the trade-off that we would have to make would make the brace substantially less effective. If we make the flange thickness thinner it forces us to make the entire bracket thinner, which would require a substantial re-design to even attempt to get back to the equivalent stiffness of the current design. Not to mention adding additional material, cutting, bending, and labor = more expensive. More expensive is just fine if it makes a better product, but in our testing we deemed the additional mounting to be unnecessary. I like the recommendation though!

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Originally Posted by sure74

Thanks for posting the pics on fb, almost forgot about this.

Please add.

Ah yes, the power of facebook! I'll get you added right now!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chee-Hu

Very interested. May I be added to the contact list please? Thanks in advance.

Absolutely! You are welcome and added to the list!

Chase
Engineering

ZetaVI · 05-21-2013, 02:49 PM

The prototype on FB looks quality.

chimera118 · 05-21-2013, 03:34 PM

interested. please add me to the list. thanks.

oso_25 · 05-21-2013, 04:56 PM

Add me also have your oil cap, missed out on the battery tie down, but I am in on the front strut

GrimmSpeed · 05-21-2013, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZetaVI

The prototype on FB looks quality.

It is

Interested in being on the list?

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Originally Posted by chimera118

interested. please add me to the list. thanks.

Will do, you're in!

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Originally Posted by oso_25

Add me also have your oil cap, missed out on the battery tie down, but I am in on the front strut

Awesome, thanks for the support, and at least you know you won't miss out this time! (I'm not even going to mention the hood struts

) You've been added!

Chase
Engineering

ZetaVI · 05-21-2013, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GrimmSpeed

It is

Interested in being on the list?

I believe I'm #33 on the list already.

chanomatik · 05-21-2013, 08:48 PM

Thanks for adding me! Been out of town for two weeks on a road trip from Alaska to southern California back up through Denver and Alberta to home. I wish you could've used my car for product testing! hahahaha I ran into a lot of twisties!

GrimmSpeed · 05-22-2013, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZetaVI

I believe I'm #33 on the list already.

Sorry about that, I should have looked before I asked! Thanks again

Quote:

Originally Posted by chanomatik

Thanks for adding me! Been out of town for two weeks on a road trip from Alaska to southern California back up through Denver and Alberta to home. I wish you could've used my car for product testing! hahahaha I ran into a lot of twisties!

Of course, no problem! And you and I both know there will always be more twisties. Maybe this will be a good excuse to go revisit them

Chase
Engineering

GTM_Challenge · 05-22-2013, 12:41 PM

Looks great guys! Simple and effective! Love it.

sierra · 05-22-2013, 12:47 PM

Did anyone get around to weighing it yet?

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sure74 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 2016 Toyota 4Runner Trail Premium Location: NY Posts: 189 Thanks: 65 Thanked 160 Times in 41 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for posting the pics on fb, almost forgot about this. Please add.

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Chee-Hu Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 964 Thanks: 360 Thanked 323 Times in 221 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Very interested. May I be added to the contact list please? Thanks in advance.

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