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Upper or Lower?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:43 am
by grant_day
This may have come up before but which is better?
Upper or lower strut braces, I currently have a front upper, but nothing at the rear.
Opinions please :)
Thanks all

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:26 am
by indigolemon
I'd stick with upper for a daily driver. Seem a few pictures of what happens to lower braces if they get snagged on something :?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:39 am
by lewd lude lover
go for both rears and the back will feel more part of the car when you turn in. The lower front, as IL says will get caught on speed lumps etc. the rears seem ok. i have a custom upper and an ebay lower. both ebay jobs will do you a grand job for the cash...

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:44 am
by grant_day
You have no trouble with clearance for the rear at all?
Thanks guys

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:04 am
by mercutio
the rear lower doesnt drop below the subframe so wont cause a problem the front lower drops below the subframe and isnt a good design really

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:06 am
by lewd lude lover
^^^^^^what he said :)

its easy cash and you will feel the difference over stock.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 4:28 pm
by bristol_bb4
lewd lude lover wrote:go for both rears and the back will feel more part of the car when you turn in. The lower front, as IL says will get caught on speed lumps etc. the rears seem ok. i have a custom upper and an ebay lower. both ebay jobs will do you a grand job for the cash...
how was the fitment on the egay lower rear bud?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 7:41 pm
by RattyMcClelland
What so rear lowers work? I though they were just for bling.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:13 pm
by lewd lude lover
the holes needed taking out a little but it was ok.

the lower is not going to do that much but performance modification is so rarely a huge gain. any gain is a gain :lol:

Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:09 am
by Merlin
RattyMcClelland wrote:What so rear lowers work? I though they were just for bling.
I think the rear lowers make much more of a difference when you have OEM bushes, I dont think the difference is as noticable when you have polybushes.