Fender Support Brace Installation Manual
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Fender Support Brace Installation Manual
Been searching around for two weeks to find if anyone has some sort of installation manual for the front fender brace.
I've bought a set of FEED's version that's not installed, tried looking around on the internet, send emails to the USA distributor of FEED, and also emailed FEED in Japan... no responses from both. Just want to know if I'm missing any of the small hardware.
Would appreciate very much if anyone has something, or some leads.
I've bought a set of FEED's version that's not installed, tried looking around on the internet, send emails to the USA distributor of FEED, and also emailed FEED in Japan... no responses from both. Just want to know if I'm missing any of the small hardware.
Would appreciate very much if anyone has something, or some leads.
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This is a photo of what I have, bought it off from a forum member.
Might be missing a few little things so I sent email to both the FEED distributor in the States, and also FEED in Japan. No response whatsoever.
Might be missing a few little things so I sent email to both the FEED distributor in the States, and also FEED in Japan. No response whatsoever.
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I would just pull your fender off and try to figure out how it mounts. There is only 3 parts per side.
Edit. A quick Google image search for nagisa fender brace provided several pictures of how these are typically assembled. While the car and mounting points may vary, the pictures provide insight as to how they are put together.
Never understood the purpose of these.. You're adding bars to an area of the car that's already pretty rigid and has no effect on handling. To each their own though. I like duck tail wings. Useless but I like them.
Edit. A quick Google image search for nagisa fender brace provided several pictures of how these are typically assembled. While the car and mounting points may vary, the pictures provide insight as to how they are put together.
Never understood the purpose of these.. You're adding bars to an area of the car that's already pretty rigid and has no effect on handling. To each their own though. I like duck tail wings. Useless but I like them.
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I would just pull your fender off and try to figure out how it mounts. There is only 3 parts per side.
Edit. A quick Google image search for nagisa fender brace provided several pictures of how these are typically assembled. While the car and mounting points may vary, the pictures provide insight as to how they are put together.
Never understood the purpose of these.. You're adding bars to an area of the car that's already pretty rigid and has no effect on handling. To each their own though. I like duck tail wings. Useless but I like them.
Edit. A quick Google image search for nagisa fender brace provided several pictures of how these are typically assembled. While the car and mounting points may vary, the pictures provide insight as to how they are put together.
Never understood the purpose of these.. You're adding bars to an area of the car that's already pretty rigid and has no effect on handling. To each their own though. I like duck tail wings. Useless but I like them.
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i would just put it on, and see where things go. the bottom is bolted to/with the door hinge. the top i think requires drilling, and the plate with the nuts in it is probably slid in, so you can actually bolt the thing down.
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no first hand experience but i've got two thoughts.
number one is that they can't hurt, they strengthen the A pillar to the shock tower, so that should help.
the second thought is that, maybe making that stronger, focuses the bending force in the area between the A pillar and B pillar, which is the weak part of the car, structurally, which is not ideal.
bonus trivia, FEED used to have a bar that went across the floor behind the seats in addition to these fender braces
number one is that they can't hurt, they strengthen the A pillar to the shock tower, so that should help.
the second thought is that, maybe making that stronger, focuses the bending force in the area between the A pillar and B pillar, which is the weak part of the car, structurally, which is not ideal.
bonus trivia, FEED used to have a bar that went across the floor behind the seats in addition to these fender braces
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I'm not installing these just yet.... working on other things with the car first. Will get some photos going so that would help others down the road.
What I know is that these help to strengthen the front chassis for better response of the front end during cornering. Especially when a front strut tower bar and an underbody brace are also installed, it creates a caged-like reinforcement to the front chassis.
What I know is that these help to strengthen the front chassis for better response of the front end during cornering. Especially when a front strut tower bar and an underbody brace are also installed, it creates a caged-like reinforcement to the front chassis.
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I'd also take my statement with a grain of salt though as I have angled exhaust pipes on my FC. Super duper functional. (functional as in I can launch beer cans out of my exhaust)
j9fd3s- Do luck also made a similar bar for the WRX. Almost bought one when I had an sti but decided to spend my money on POWAA.
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The fender braces pictured are for an FC. Every tuned Subaru in the world has a set on it. My 2.5 RS actually has a flimsy one added stock.
Your whole car is sitting on the strut towers which isn't actually terribly rigid. It triangilates that whole area nicely.
I have a set that I never installed because they're not class legal. I do have a set on my corolla though and it improved braking noticeably.
Your whole car is sitting on the strut towers which isn't actually terribly rigid. It triangilates that whole area nicely.
I have a set that I never installed because they're not class legal. I do have a set on my corolla though and it improved braking noticeably.
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The nagisa ones are aluminum btw. I think the feed are steel but not 100% certain. Regardless they are supposed to help with braking for the front which helps transfer weight to the front tires allowing better turn in.
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Here is another thread in the rx7 community which describes it's benefits:
http://*************.com/rotary_foru...ead.php?t=9057
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