BRZ/FR-S Strut Tower Brace - Any Interest? - Page 10 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

stockysnail · 04-23-2013, 02:50 PM

Textured red please. Put me on your list for red if you do it and second choice would be textured black.

boredom.is.me · 04-23-2013, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by stockysnail

Textured red please. Put me on your list for red if you do it and second choice would be textured black.

ditto

Is there an estimated price as of yet?

mottor · 04-23-2013, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

ditto

Is there an estimated price as of yet?

Yes, it was mentioned earlier in this thread.. The thread is only like 6 pages long and this took me 2 minutes to find..

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Originally Posted by GrimmSpeed

Price. We really want this to MSRP at or below $150. As always, we will maximize performance and minimize price, but not at the sacrifice of quality or aesthetics. Sometimes it makes our job very difficult, but that's when we do our best work. I'd like to use the hood struts as a reference; we were able to produce a product that is higher quality (fit, finish AND function), entirely American made, substantially outperforms the competition, and at a similar price. It sounds impossible, it really does. But we did it, we do it, and we're going to keep doing it.

wootwoot · 04-23-2013, 04:10 PM

I would prefer black. But I may be bias because I'm a ninja.

boredom.is.me · 04-23-2013, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mottor

Yes, it was mentioned earlier in this thread.. The thread is only like 6 pages long and this took me 2 minutes to find..

That's a price goal, not an estimated price so don't be a smart ass.

GrimmSpeed · 04-23-2013, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

That's a price goal, not an estimated price so don't be a smart ass.

Since no portion of the strut tower brace has been decided on or finalized it would be impossible to provide a price for it yet. I assure you that I am working very hard to make a $150 MSRP happen, and so far it looks like I am making it!

Chase
Engineering

GrimmSpeed · 04-23-2013, 05:45 PM

Too excited not to share, even though it's not much. Just got back from putting some hard miles on our most recent prototype and although I don't have much for quantitative data at the moment, I can absolutely feel a difference, even in regular driving on the street. Car feels noticeably more solid over pot holes and cracks in the road, not to mention when when you're beating on it. Got some funny looks with no hood and the gopro, too.

Before you say it, you don't have to take my word for it. We'll share whatever data we collect and as soon as these are in your hands, they'll speak for themselves. Happy Tuesday!

Matt
Engineering

Lee358 · 04-23-2013, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GrimmSpeed

Too excited not to share, even though it's not much. Just got back from putting some hard miles on our most recent prototype and although I don't have much for quantitative data at the moment, I can absolutely feel a difference, even in regular driving on the street. Car feels noticeably more solid over pot holes and cracks in the road, not to mention when when you're beating on it. Got some funny looks with no hood and the gopro, too.

Before you say it, you don't have to take my word for it. We'll share whatever data we collect and as soon as these are in your hands, they'll speak for themselves. Happy Tuesday!

Matt
Engineering

i think you messed up taking the picture the important stuff is out of focus!

Jayde · 04-23-2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by GrimmSpeed

Too excited not to share, even though it's not much. Just got back from putting some hard miles on our most recent prototype and although I don't have much for quantitative data at the moment, I can absolutely feel a difference, even in regular driving on the street. Car feels noticeably more solid over pot holes and cracks in the road, not to mention when when you're beating on it. Got some funny looks with no hood and the gopro, too.

Before you say it, you don't have to take my word for it. We'll share whatever data we collect and as soon as these are in your hands, they'll speak for themselves. Happy Tuesday!

Matt
Engineering

It seems you have a smudge on your lens.

GrimmSpeed · 04-23-2013, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee358

i think you messed up taking the picture the important stuff is out of focus!

Haha, really not trying to be secretive or anything, just don't wanna get anybody too excited about or critical of one specific design. What we're using here is a functional prototype, but it's not as pretty as the real deal and we'd hate for anything but our very best to be stuck on the internet forever and ever! It's in context in this thread, but you never know where these things end up...

Matt
Engineering

Mr.Jay · 04-23-2013, 06:08 PM

Nice! Need strut and your brake brace soon

Btw what coils are you guys on?

ZetaVI · 04-23-2013, 06:18 PM

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onefitz · 04-23-2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

That's a price goal, not an estimated price so don't be a smart ass.

Looks to be as good as your gonna get considering it's not in production yet.

GrimmSpeed · 04-23-2013, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Jay

Nice! Need strut and your brake brace soon

Btw what coils are you guys on?

These are just Tein Flexes, we got these back when the available choices were quite slim. However, I really can not complain about em!

Chase
Engineering

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