who would be interested in strut braces?, guaging interest Options

[TRD_Ian]

ok so like the title say's...... i am looking to see who would be interested in custom strut braces? i sucessfuly constructed my own a few months back and every one i show them too says i should build more!.... i made my own rear 3 point brace thats works great and i beefed up my stock gt brace.... i will be going back to the drawing board tho and construct my own 3 point brace for the front for the gt/gts and will hopefully get one made for gt4/ gt swapped cars (in the air right now) i am also going to throw my celi on a lift today and am gonna look at consturcting a rear tie bar and hopefully a front brace aswell (gonna take time to fab these) and im also debating c pillar bars/ x brace for inside the car for those hardcore guys..... so if you would be interested in any of these goodies pls post up and if you have any good ideas aswell on things i could construct....all comments are welcome......negative or positive.....i just wanna be able to help our community and hopefully get some money towards my swap!....... and before it gets asked i am a welder/fitter by trade and have my own fully function shop....this isnt a back yard deal with braces held together with bubble gum and twist ties....
link to OP- http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=66029

any who i wanna know what you guys think of this idea.....don't be shy

thanks in advance
Ian

This post has been edited by TRD_Ian: Sep 10, 2009 - 2:01 AM

[TRD_Ian]

well i am glad i have some interest.... im gonna spend the next couple days here running around pricing out material and such and look at were i can buy good mounting hardware as i would really like to make a rear tie bar available to us.... but i bet there is a real good reason why there isnt one on the market...like the fact of how our rearend is designed....the production of the bars i already have made will be easy as il just have to make a jig and im set.... as for ST's and coupes... i am pretty sure my front bar will clear a 7A but i am not 100 percent certain.....and coupes will be an issue as i have none around me to work with...il have to do some research and find out how much of a difference if any there is for the rear 3 point.......

is there any one out there with TRD our Cusco braces who wouldnt mind weighting them or might know how much they weight?
i plan to use steel for these prolly 3\16 pipe or so....i dont have the tools to weld aluminum yet and i don't do alot of it....so it would have to be sent out to be welded....i don't wanna put my name on other ppls work....and don't wanna be held responsible if there weld broke.. so steel it is and im gonna build them as light as possible