Help Needed With Front Strut Brace Fitment

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Sun May 31, 2015 10:19 am

mercutio wrote:ooooooooooookaaaaaaaaaay you dont know what a spoon brace is

Of course I do matey, I was being jovial,

I've actually got my eye on a DD Racing FRONT Strut Bar but its £75.00 so I'm going to wait for the £££ fairies to bring me some money

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:46 am

USDM or not, it should fit. The generic EBay braces are the same.

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:54 am

Merlin wrote:USDM or not, it should fit. The generic EBay braces are the same.

Well you would have thought so eh!!, but it just won't go round the clutch res bracket, but its going back now, the seller has accepted a return, and tbh, I didn't want to start hacking lumps off the car, just to get the thing to fit to my satisfaction.

so i'll have to get a decent make which will be a few more pennies

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:56 am

hondaman wrote:but it just won't go round the clutch res bracket

You bend it out of the way, make a bracket for it, remove the OEM bracket and cable tie the reservoir to the foot of your brace, or simply relocate the clutch reservoir on one of the bolt holes further down the shock tower (there is a nice bolt hole available for it). I have done all of these at some point.

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:58 am

Clutch reservoir relocation bracket I made for my 5th gen. I bent the original bracket out of the braces way and bolted my new bracket to that.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:04 am

Merlin wrote:USDM or not, it should fit. The generic EBay braces are the same.

Certainly not a direct fit if you want your engine bay to remain as Honda intended it though

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:06 am

very good Merlin, I'm afraid my patience ran out on Saturday for that, It started persisting down, and I just thought "Ahh sod it" or something along those lines

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:10 am

NafemanNathan wrote:
Merlin wrote:USDM or not, it should fit. The generic EBay braces are the same.
Certainly not a direct fit if you want your engine bay to remain as Honda intended it though

Well I'm not adverse to a bit of bling under the hood, but I'm a bit past relocating parts just for bling sake these days, and tbh, it was supposed to be for the car so my thinking is, well it should just bolt straight on

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:12 am

Honda didn't intend for people to put strut braces in there though

I am pretty sure that even my Spoon brace on my 4th gen does not go in without some bending of brackets. I think that Nuspeed braces go on without modification though, as they attach almost vertically.

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:14 am

hondaman wrote:but I'm a bit past relocating parts just for bling sake these days, and tbh, it was supposed to be for the car so my thinking is, well it should just bolt straight on

It is no concern of Honda to make make provisions for space for aftermarket parts. If that is your thinking you will need to spend the time and cash to find a direct fit brace.