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found a new toy i wanna get
well its an inner fender brace was lookin for a j's racing one but aj-racing doesnt carry it for the ep3 or dc5 but they do carry one made by mr.alex which looks to have good stuff heres a pic of what it is exactly
thinking itll fit from the ep3 or dc5 right?
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Just curious as to the point of re-inforcing the fender...
I don't see much point. The strut towers can be tied together, then they're hooked up to the subframe on the bottom... that makes a box.... so I don't think that will help the suspension.The fenders are just aero parts... they're not really load bearing, Looks like you're hooking the door frame up to the fender. Just doesn't look to make much sense... it doesn't look like it'll stiffen anything useful. I suppose if you can completely compress the suspension, it'll keep the fender from bending, but if you do it right, your suspension shouldn't hit the bumpstops.
I don't see much point. The strut towers can be tied together, then they're hooked up to the subframe on the bottom... that makes a box.... so I don't think that will help the suspension.The fenders are just aero parts... they're not really load bearing, Looks like you're hooking the door frame up to the fender. Just doesn't look to make much sense... it doesn't look like it'll stiffen anything useful. I suppose if you can completely compress the suspension, it'll keep the fender from bending, but if you do it right, your suspension shouldn't hit the bumpstops.
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theres many people who have been using this sort of brace for a long while j's makes it for the EF(88-91) ....it stiffens up the front end more ive ridden in my buddies hacth with them in it and it was alot more stable than my hacth without the braces....makes the front more rigid....
also its not the fender being supported its the frame rail being supported
also its not the fender being supported its the frame rail being supported
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im workin on ordering it from aj-racing we'll see tomarrow....with that the tanabe underbrace, spoon upper tower bar my front end will be pretty stiff now if only the spoon rear tower bar would get here to go with the progress sway/tiebar
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ok ive been searching around and the hinges on our cars the coupes that is mount with 2 bolts that are side by side unlike the brace in the pic...which is from js site for the ep3 however after looking on a japanese racing site i found this
this is what i would need and am itrying to get my hands on it says its for the ep3 but i duno for sure i emailed aj-racing to get the low down on the ep3 brace and weather it is like that and if itll fit the coupe wish me luck
this is what i would need and am itrying to get my hands on it says its for the ep3 but i duno for sure i emailed aj-racing to get the low down on the ep3 brace and weather it is like that and if itll fit the coupe wish me luck
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Good luck! I've been thinking of that mod for a long long time now. Maybe half a year or so... I'de love to know which one fits our cars (with or without some modification).
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i'll let u know what i find out maybe theres one for the RS that would surely fit our car if not maybe make one ive seen one made....just a 2 point brace though....
any word on the endlinks also?
any word on the endlinks also?
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ok ok ok i think ive found what ive been lookin for found this on honda-tech.com my other favorite site archived
and its for an dc5r and it looks like the one up top in my first post is for the dc2r which does fit the ek so im thinking im in luck and the rsx ones will work gonna call aj-racing monday to order them i think
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i think they did i went and compared what u showed me with mine and it looks exactly the same
i found a good way to see the upper hinge though if u open ur door and look from above u may be able to see into the fender area and see how it mounts
i found a good way to see the upper hinge though if u open ur door and look from above u may be able to see into the fender area and see how it mounts
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