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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:15 AM
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Strut brace for F56?

Anyone know of any? If so, could you share a link(s)?

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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:18 AM
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wiechers-s...item58ba80b85b
 
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:20 AM
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I heard strut bar doesnt improve very much on our cars.
NM Eng have the rear sway bar already.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:22 AM
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:22 AM
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Hmm, interesting. Thanks!
 
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:29 AM
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Save your money and spring for something else that really impacts the performance of the car.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:34 AM
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Yeah, I'd prefer the chasis braces to strut braces
 
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 11:14 AM
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No opinion on whether or not this would be worth having but I personally doubt that there is one available yet for the F56, despite what Ebay claims.

Reason being that if you look at the F56 engine bay, the strut towers are outside the weather stripping of the hood. This is departure from every other Mini so far. So, in order for there to be a FTSB that fits, you would have to either cut the weatherstripping or somehow crush it and still not allow the hood to run whatever bar there might be.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 12:20 PM
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Save your money and spring for something else that really impacts the performance of the car.
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Helix13mini
Save your money and spring for something else that really impacts the performance of the car.
Glad to hear it. Nothing about that product made the least bit of sense to me. Like someone said if you want a car with a stiffer/reinforced chassis get the Roadster (soft top), or Coupe (hard top but same chassis as Roadster).
 
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 03:05 PM
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There is this one. Made by Blues Garage.

http://www.blues-garage.com/search.p...=48&y=4&id=427
 
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