Many people ask me if XXXX strut brace will work with XXXX intake. So I thought I'd start a reference thread for people that are using an aftermarket strut tower brace and aftermarket intake together.
So please post:
Which brand/style strut tower brace your using?
Which brand/style intake you have?
and any issues with the combo or not?

I think this could be very helpful for people looking to do a certain combo to know if it will work before they buy.

 

Great idea WAY.

On my R53, I have the M7 brace and Alta intake, It fits great but the underhood padding needed to be removed to close the hood properly.

 

NM Engineering tie bar/strut brace with a DoS intake.

 

The NM intake does not work with the older M7 strut brace.

http://www.m7tuning.com/parts/produc...roducts_id=135

 

All well and good, but this is really for R56 cars...

JCW brace, stock intake. (sorry that doesn't help much.)

 

JCW Brace, DDM Intake, perfect fit

 

Which DDM intake? Street, PFB, or Race?

 

Its this one

 

Thats for a Cooper.

 

yup

 

M7 standard strut tower brace works fine with my DOS intake.

 

I'm assuming nothing fits with the Race DDM Intake right? At least without taking the Ram Air off...

 

bump

 

I have a street DDM intake with the JCW bar and working through a clearance issue. Attempting to adjust the bar so it doesn't rub.

 

To anyone running he ddm intake for the cooper, does it sit lower than the stock airbox? I have the nm engineering strut brace but it rubs on the stock airbox causing shuddering. I need about 1/4 in more clearance, from the pictures it seems to be lower but want to be sure before spending the money.

Thansk

 

I just installed the JCW brace last night and i already had the K&N Typhoon intake

 

MinaMania alloy strut brace and NM Engineering CAI.

 

I just installed the NM Strut Brace. Quick and Easy. I have stock Air box, so that will be something to look into options for soon. But no clearance issue with stock Air Box.

 

Looks good. Also, noticed you have a turbo line heat shield installed. Does it work or seem to work? I just installed one yesterday.
Car already has 66K on it but I guess it's never too late. LOL

 

I have the JCW Stage 1 intake, with the M7 J-Brace. Works quite well.

 

This is by no means complete but based on previos posts here is what I see so far for CAI / Strut brace fitment

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, or add as needed.
When I get a chance I will add part numbers for clarification.

Updated 5/16: Added VIP parts braces.

 

 

Had the NM Engineering tie bar/strut brace with the stock MCS intake on my R55s. Fit is ok

Replaced the stock intake with the OEM / JCW / Stage1 intake and still ok with the NM Engineering tie bar/strut brace

 

Agreed; I had to remove some padding from the bottom side of the hood, and slice the rubber surround where the bar overlaps it, (optional). You can see in the picture below, (especially since the m7 bar was powder coated red), where the black rubber surround of the Alta box runs into the red bar, seemingly stops, then continues on the other side. The rubber surround still actually continues on underneath the bar. After slicing the top part of the rubber surround, the bar then squishes that surround down, for perhaps a nicer look.

 

VIP Customs intake and M7 strut bar fit fine