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Old 07-01-2009 | 05:10 PM
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Strut tower brace w204??

Anyone know where I can find strut tower brace for my w204?

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Old 07-01-2009 | 05:20 PM
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Old 07-01-2009 | 05:23 PM
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Old 07-01-2009 | 05:33 PM
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I tried to search, but didn`t find something :S
(Sorry, know I am a noob)

A link would help if somone have?
Old 07-01-2009 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Esm86
I tried to search, but didn`t find something :S
(Sorry, know I am a noob)

A link would help if somone have?
Actually, I retract my post. There was a long thread about strut brace, but the mods recently removed it because the creator came on to sell it, but since he's not a sponsor, violated the TOU. My bad

Manufacturer: MB Arts. Made of 41XX high-strength low-alloy steels, with alloying elements include chromium and molybdenum also known as chromoly. This is one of the better strut designs out there, much better than crap hinged or multipiece...this brace was designed for function. I've got one that's getting CF wrapped.

Here are some pics of the brace in before finish.





It's for sale on Ebay, or through Sonic Motorsports which are the only company I know of that's carrying it. Comes in the unifinished raw you see in the pics or satin black.
Old 07-01-2009 | 09:42 PM
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the mods recently removed it because the creator came on to sell it, but since he's not a sponsor, violated the TOU.
Ooops. I didn't realize it had been removed.

AZN, is it as simple to install as it looks? Are those the original tower bolts in your pics? I'm interested, but doubt I can convince my wife it's worth the money...
Old 07-01-2009 | 11:30 PM
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Comes with bolts. And yes, it's as easy to install as it looks. 3 bolts on both sides, put on, screw back in. Simple.
Old 07-04-2009 | 04:54 AM
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Hey Azn_C300

How good is the strut brace though? As in is there a ntoiceable difference?
Old 07-04-2009 | 12:26 PM
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It's race quality material. Noticeable difference will depend on your driving and personal sensitivity. For everyday conservative driving to work, probably not much, but if you take it on twisties like I do or take the occasional hard corners, yeah.
Old 07-09-2009 | 09:59 AM
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I own 1 bought it from mbarts.. Good product I noticed a lil diference when driving aggressive.. With shiping it was like 485 soo that's not cheap.. The fitment was a tiny bit off soo it took a lil longer 4 me to put on..
Old 07-09-2009 | 10:13 AM
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I own 1 bought it from mbarts.. Good product I noticed a lil diference when driving aggressive.. With shiping it was like 485 soo that's not cheap.. The fitment was a tiny bit off soo it took a lil longer 4 me to put on..
Old 07-09-2009 | 10:37 AM
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Michael did you install yours yet? If so how about some pics.
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I own 1 bought it from mbarts.. Good product I noticed a lil diference when driving aggressive.. With shiping it was like 485 soo that's not cheap.. The fitment was a tiny bit off soo it took a lil longer 4 me to put on..
On your own opinion by making the holes 1 drill size up will fix the problem?
Old 07-09-2009 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron Jr
Michael did you install yours yet? If so how about some pics.
My CF fab 1 guy is ridiculously slow on the wrapping this unfortunately cause my other CF fab 2 guy is leaving the business and running off to join the military, dumping all his work on my CF fab 1 guy. He's swamped, but I've been promised it back next week.
Old 07-09-2009 | 07:59 PM
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On your own opinion by making the holes 1 drill size up will fix the problem?
yea def would solve the problem.. it was only off by 1/8 of an inch
Old 07-09-2009 | 08:18 PM
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I have addressed the fitment issue. I originally had smaller holes which worked well on 8 out of 10 204's, so I made the holes larger which worked well until bigigg's ride. I now have the holes a little bigger and should not have anymore fitment problems.
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Old 07-15-2009 | 04:46 PM
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Finally got some progress pics. Should be shipped back to me end of this week. Shape of the brace made the wrapping extremely difficult.

Old 07-15-2009 | 06:25 PM
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you're too baller Azn. will you sponsor my car if i put an AznC300 sticker on my car?! LOL
Old 07-15-2009 | 06:54 PM
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Old 07-15-2009 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Azn_C300
Finally got some progress pics. Should be shipped back to me end of this week. Shape of the brace made the wrapping extremely difficult.

HOT!!!
Old 07-15-2009 | 10:26 PM
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I'm going to need to see a better pic. From that pic I like the raw look better (and I love CF).
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Old 07-16-2009 | 01:12 AM
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Cool. Can't wait till you get that installed on your ride
Old 07-22-2009 | 12:12 AM
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Here are some quick pics I took. These were taken before I could find an allen wrench to tighten the bolts all the way down so excuse that part. Also I didn't have the proper MB Arts logo on yet, just half the logo quickly printed out temporarily.






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