Control arm brace

Dec 25th, 2002, 09:05 AM

Can anyone tell me where to find a lower control arm brace like the Nu-tech piece I've tried stillen and only found them for a B14 sentra 200SX do they have them for a B13 sentra ?????????????

PhattyB13 · Dec 26th, 2002, 10:32 AM

I think there was someone a while back that had made a custom bar for us.. that was just like the N-Tech bar.. although i cant remember who it was...does anyone remember who this guy was??

Hawaii_SE-R · Dec 26th, 2002, 01:17 PM

Shigspeed:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/shigspeed...tos.yahoo.com/

Dec 27th, 2002, 07:28 PM

Thanks Do you know if he still makes them or has any ??
The only thing I would possibly do different is to make
the center piece bigger and use U-bolts.

not to diss anyones ideas though it's great the way
it is.

Hawaii_SE-R · Dec 27th, 2002, 07:45 PM

Contact (PM) SHigSpeed . He's a moderator on these boards.

The old N-Tech design with the larger center piece and u-bolts has a small design flaw. It hangs too low. I have these on my cars right now and just a few hours ago I raked a raised portion of asphalt with the bolt ends. Definately not the best feeling in the world.

The SHigSpeed design is supposed to improve on the original design.

PhattyB13 · Dec 31st, 2002, 01:38 PM

how much was that bad boy.. and was it a noticable difference??

Hawaii_SE-R · Dec 31st, 2002, 01:52 PM

Forgot how much they were. Couldn't have been too bad for me to buy them and I was lucky as it was one of the last N-Tech batches. I don't auto-x or road race enough to give you a full summary of any improvements but it does seem to firm up the front end. Just have to watch out for little animals that you normally would be able to drive over.

bahearn · Dec 31st, 2002, 06:46 PM

Get out your handy-dandy Dremel rotary tool and cut the U-bolt ends. Worked for my bent ones. Now the bar just glides over the dead cattle instead of hooking the rotting carcass with the u-bolts.

gottabfast · Jan 1st, 2003, 02:50 PM

ha ha ha...that's sick dude...there should be a salt shaker on the other end to preserve the meat after you slice it?

Hawaii_SE-R · Jan 2nd, 2003, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BiH
Get out your handy-dandy Dremel rotary tool and cut the U-bolt ends.

Already did that. Granted I don't hit too many critters now, just on rare occasions.

cranium · Jan 2nd, 2003, 02:17 PM

question (i don't know if it will work)

why couldn't you just weld an spot on the cross member to attach the brace. i'm just thinking that the clamps he uses would "flex a little"

Hawaii_SE-R · Jan 2nd, 2003, 02:26 PM

The reason for the design was for ease of installation. The minute you tell someone that they will have to cut or weld to install a part, you loose a majority of your customers (unless it's a CAI).

As for the flexing, I do hear occasional popping from what I think is the movement of the u-bolts on the cross-member (not during turns). At least I hope that's what it is.

cranium · Jan 2nd, 2003, 03:25 PM

i was asking not so much for resale but for my personal use

Hawaii_SE-R · Jan 2nd, 2003, 03:58 PM

Well, I don't see why you can't spot weld the N-Tech brace onto the cross-member rather than using the u-bolts. That would be your call. I bolted mine on in the event that I didn't like the clearance problems. The jury is still out on that decision.

cranium · Jan 2nd, 2003, 04:49 PM

i only brought it up because of the preceived clearance problems, thats all. it may work, it may not (cause of the flexpipe) we'll see.