How effective are strut braces on Cabriolet

As my title is asking i'm interested to know of real world experience of people when at least using upper front and rear strut braces on their cabriolets.

Stating the obvious then of course there will naturally be more flex in the chassis from a cabby but do these strut braces help negate this? With these kind of mods will it bring the cabby more inline with how a tin top chassis handles?! Appreciate the cabby has more weight to start with.

I'm just intrigued..

I've got this OMP on mine. Seems to be a little tighter than my last cabby without a brace but that was older.



old pic sorry. I would be interested to know if a rear make much difference. I still need the option to drop the rear seats though.

Fitted this on mine made a real difference stopped a lot of scuttle shake also fitted a Trimsport rear brace.

What about lower? Will the standard K-Bar fitted to the later cabby's be enough or are upgrades available?

Hello Guys,

Back again on this topic. I've just won a Einach upper strut brace on eBay which will hopefully reduce some scuttle shake. The cars also got an original K-bar fitted to the lower front.

First question: Are there any upgrades over the K-Bar?

Also, i've seen this: http://www.ultraracinguk.co.uk/ultra-racing-rear-strut-brace-re4978_p26386093.htm

Looks like a 4point brace for the boot of a cabby. I can't tell if this is worth while or not? Any thoughts?

the k bar is the best design you can get, it not only ties in the lower wishbone bolts but back to roll bar fixings too. all i had on my cab was a cheap omp lower brace and it handled like it was on rails! didnt feel any of that scuttle shake people speak of at all

rear brace im not sure if it'll add much, since the cab already has a massive lump of steel between the turrets