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240
Strut Brace
Introducing our brand new line
of strut braces!
This model will fit just about
all Volvo 240's out there, including flathoods (my 242 has a flathood). The only
engine parts that this straight bar will not clear are the B21/23 long neck
valve cover and the B21F non-turbo plenum style intake manifold, both of which
are pictured here.
I am working on designing a slightly bent bar to get around these issues, so
if you have these parts on your car and still want a strut brace, please let
me know!
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"A strut brace is used to reduce
chassis flex and increase stability in corners. It connects the
top of your two strut towers with a bar that keeps them from flexing in
towards each other. Steering response is also improved because the car
will twist a lot less before actually turning. The improvement is most
noticeable during long sweeping corners, like a freeway on-ramp. Your
vehicle will seem so much more stable and planted to the ground instead of
squirming all over the road."
- John |
 The plates are waterjet cut out of 3/16" 3003
aluminum, then I bend the brackets and weld it all together. The bars
are 1" 6061 aluminum tube, .125" wall thickness (nice and beefy). In the
center is a jack screw which is threaded right hand on one side and left hand
on the other, and I'm including a pair of thin stainless steel nuts with
every set. This allows you install the bar onto your vehicle then extend
the jack screw to take up any slack, and even pre-tension the suspension a
little bit. All the included hardware is stainless steel (except the
jack screw) for corrosion resistance and beauty. That hardware includes
two SS bolts, four washers and two locknuts for attaching the bar to
the plates, as well as 6 SS nuts and washers for attaching the plates to the
top of each strut tower. Absolutely everything needed for
installation is included (except tools of course).
 I have 5 color options available for you, listed
below. I don't send these out to get powdercoated, I do it here at the
shop myself. That way I can pass the savings on to you, and supply you
with a lot of different colors to choose from. You are welcome to mix
and match colors too, red and chrome look great together, or black plates with
a chrome bar, just let me know.
$175.00
- Click here
for installation instructions
I've put together a few flash images so you can
see all the colors installed on some different vehicles. I know it's
tough to choose the perfect color bar for your car, I spent a long time
swapping them all back and forth on my car before I finally decided to keep
the chrome one. Hopefully this will help make your decision a little
easier. Once you've opened the image, roll over the color choices to
swap them.
Click here to see all the colors installed on my red '83 242 with B23F+T
 Click
here to see all the colors installed on Sean's black '91 244 with B230F+T |
