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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #90 on: June 19, 2012, 05:28:45 pm »
Certainly there's no doubt that adding what is effectively a shear web in (the approximation to a box section that is) the car's body will stiffen things. I'm purely curious to try and get some handle on what % improvement is being felt by the driver.

Does anyone fancy clamping a laser pointer to their car and attempting the crude relative assessment?


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #91 on: June 19, 2012, 05:51:21 pm »

Certainly there's no doubt that adding what is effectively a shear web in (the approximation to a box section that is) the car's body will stiffen things. I'm purely curious to try and get some handle on what % improvement is being felt by the driver.

Does anyone fancy clamping a laser pointer to their car and attempting the crude relative assessment?


....I don't have a laser pointer.

All I can say is that overall the car feels and behaves very substantially more flatly planted in any kind of corner whether at slow or fast speed according to the nature of the bend. It's as if anti-roll bars are fitted which allow no roll whatsoever.


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #92 on: June 19, 2012, 08:02:57 pm »
It's just making your suspension set up do the work more effectively... ;-)
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #93 on: July 03, 2012, 10:17:18 pm »
for those, like me, who missed the GB there is now a UK distributor in RLine from Warwickshire, contact David Houghton  :happy2:
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #94 on: July 03, 2012, 10:50:50 pm »
And how much are they charging...??

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #95 on: July 04, 2012, 12:19:26 am »
and do you have contact details? my google searches are coming up fruitless...
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #96 on: July 04, 2012, 12:24:15 am »
^^^^
I left him a message days ago on his Rline facefook page as well as on here and have had zero response. I might email Bruce @ UNIbrace - He needs better representation than that, IMO.


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #97 on: July 04, 2012, 12:34:57 am »
david@rline.co.uk

has been in constant contact with me  :happy2:
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #98 on: July 04, 2012, 12:36:48 am »
^^^^
That's good to hear  :happy2: - But why hasn't he responded to me? I'll emial him tomorrow.


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #99 on: July 04, 2012, 10:27:17 am »
^^^^
That's good to hear  :happy2: - But why hasn't he responded to me? I'll emial him tomorrow.

I think you'll need to be patient as afaik he's just setting up the business and hasn't even uploaded his web page yet.

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« Last Edit: July 04, 2012, 10:39:30 am by bacillus »
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #100 on: July 04, 2012, 10:31:14 am »
And how much are they charging...??

I think it comes out at £285 for the brace.
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #101 on: July 04, 2012, 10:32:06 am »
Lets hope he's prepared to work hard for it, especially on the group buys!  :booty:
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #102 on: July 04, 2012, 11:17:09 am »
Let's hope he's selling other bits, as I think this is a very limited market...

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #103 on: July 04, 2012, 11:33:42 am »

Let's hope he's selling other bits, as I think this is a very limited market...


....Agreed. Mr UNIbrace Bruce has the advantage of his products being extra to his profession as an architect and engineer.

I guess it's only the slightly more hardcore modders amongst us who buy UNIbraces and furthermore, only those who are into handling mods. I wish I had bought mine to enjoy when I first saw a group buy on R32OC a couple of years ago. But perhaps they didn't offer red ones then.


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #104 on: July 04, 2012, 12:27:15 pm »
I wish I had bought mine to enjoy when I first saw a group buy on R32OC a couple of years ago. But perhaps they didn't offer red ones then.

More than that, I think the UB only came out about a year ago and the XB has had several revisions since it first appeared.
« Last Edit: July 04, 2012, 12:31:08 pm by bacillus »
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