and-m
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Seen them advertised (OMP ones) for £50 a pair from www.raldes.co.uk
The front one seems easy enough to fit...but, can you keep the seats in with the back one fitted? 
Cheers
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dousey
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I am sure you can keep the back seats can't you? The rear strut brace would just fix onto the rear suspension mountings and would go across the boot? Might be a bit of a problem if you had a sub though.
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Kris TD
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yes can keep seats in, im redesigning my boot too incorparate one.
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miles
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Unless you want them for looks I wouldn't bother tbh.
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MattyB
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quote: Originally posted by Kris TD
yes can keep seats in, im redesigning my boot too incorparate one.
coz ur taking my old one 2moz But the answer is definately yes, u can keep ur rear seats. However, U need to modify the plastic covers next to the top mounts and it does limit any room for subs etc or luggage! 
Matt
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Kris TD
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quote: Originally posted by miles
Unless you want them for looks I wouldn't bother tbh.
main reason, my rear suspention travel is no existant anyway so i doubt it will make any difference, lol. just look nice
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Adam-D
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ive got front and getting rear brace
fk rear brace £21 pvd
and u can keep ure rear seats
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and-m
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Ah, I see, but the front ones are worth getting? The car is dropped about 40mm on Bilstein Streetline kit with 195/50/15 Toyo Proxes.
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Adam-D
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definatly worth getting
mine handles a bit better and my setup is standard
but be warned in the wet it makes for some under steer but you should be ok with 195's ive got 165's so thats probly why it understeers so much
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miles
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On a road car which isn't driven to the limits you will stuggle to tell its there.
If it does make a big difference then that suggests you have a sloppy shell!
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Adam-D
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my tyres ans susp is standard i noticed it's
there ps it is driven hard thou.
cant wait till december wohoo wheels suspensin and windows tints
bucket seats yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy
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Adam-D
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luca2020
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where did u get that strut brace from adam? how much?
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Adam-D
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i got it 2nd hand off here
demon tweeks sell for bout £45 i think
01978 664466 give em a ring tommorow
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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Here's a momo adjustable available for £65 from demon tweeks.
Non-adjustable is available for £45 but didn't find out till a month after id bought it.

Ive also got the OMP rear upper, needs to be air-gunned on due to its design though.

£50 for the two is a bargain!
The roll bar padding is £10 for the metre length from demon tweeks again!
Loads of colours available.
[Edited on 14-07-2003 by Wolf In Welsh Clothing]
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miles
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LOL @ £10 a metre, its about 79p down B&Q
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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Cold air ducting is cheap too!
And bolts, cable tidies, sound proofing......
Was one of those impulse buys while i was in tweeks once.
Ive wasted loads of money doing that!
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Adam-D
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eh up wolf.
does ure sub box move around in there?
i was thinking off attaching mine to the brace??
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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Not that ive heard, either that padding does its job or it just sits in the corner well.
There's no velcro or owt holding it.
Its about 3" from the brace.
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luca2020
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mate ur engine looks sweet as!
50 for front and back, im guessing thats the non-adjustable front
anyway whould it really matter if it was adjustable or not? i wouldent of thought so
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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With all the pipes in the way (mainly the stiff brake servo hose) its easier to put on in 2 bits.
With the adjustment you can make the suspension worse by lenghening the brace which gives loads of understeer and slides like mad under acceleration like your driving on ice!
But after a bit of fun its best off just setting to the normal distance between the turrets.
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Kris TD
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just got a rear one, no cutting is required, has loads of space round the plastic.
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