205 Rear Strut Brace?

[hatemgti 4]

I want to know what brands do brace like this?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peugeto-205-gti-rear...e-/190454976617

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Never seen these before! Also interested.

[gtmotorsport 0]

To be honest most I have seen have been made by the car's owner and only really used as a harness bar. I don't see any other advantage in truth due to the rear suspension setup.

[Henry 1.9GTi 36]

umm, there are no struts in the rear.

 

It says it fits between the arches, you would be better off bracing between where the beam actually bolts to the shell.

Edited November 18, 2010 by Henry 1.9GTi

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Total waste of time and effort. Will achieve nothing.

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

I was talking to an AA chap who had one of these rear arch braces in his back in the day. he said it stopped the rear of the shell flexing. But I cant see it doing much its not attached to the rear beam.

[hatemgti 4]

I was talking to an AA chap who had one of these rear arch braces in his back in the day. he said it stopped the rear of the shell flexing. But I cant see it doing much its not attached to the rear beam.

 

That is the same i was told too by some one in my country.

Edited November 18, 2010 by hatemgti

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

On something like a Golf GTI with turrets then I see the point. On a 205 absolutely not. Look under the boot floor- there is already a crossmember which makes the beam mounting points quite stiff already.

[McDude 33]

Fashion accessory.

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

i had one of those a few years ago, cant remember the name of the company that made it though.

 

[Batfink 201]

it bolts on to a non structural part of the car, so is pointless. The arches are also not very strong and its also not a great idea so attach harnesses to either.

The rear beam probably would stiffen the chassis more..

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

I know Spox did them, but as said complete waste of time and quite dangerious to attach any harness's to due to the thin'ness of the metal there

[gtmotorsport 0]

I certainly wouldn't use one as harness bar, I just made reference to what I have seen. I prefer to see rear harness straps go to a roll cage bar if possible, they are then generally at a nicer angle and mounted to the most solid part of a 205!

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

I know Spoox did them, but as said complete waste of time and quite dangerious to attach any harness's to due to the thin'ness of the metal there

+1 I think you may fail your MOT if your standard seatbelt was mounted to the inner arch at the back as I would not class it as a secure mounting point. The metal is about as thick as the roof there! Also you cannot really run a strengthening plae and big bolts on the outer part of the arch due to the close proximity of the wheel and the tendency for these to gain neg camber over time