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Polo6n1600i:
With my Fabia I had an upper front strut brace, and an upper rear one. Now I'm not sure how much flex the mk5/jetta shell has, but are these worth doing?

I've seen the Tomas rear ones which look pretty cool - I have a jetta, but its still got the same rear seats, so in theory it should still fit?

And I've seen the lower subframe & centre bars. What's the deal with all these?

sub39h:
Have a search for the Unibrace. RedRobin has done some good reviews on both.

There is no point in a strut brace on PQ35 chassis cars. The bulkhead is so close to the struts they're not meant to add any additional rigidity

Bignod00:
I'm currently looking at purchasing the UNIbrace UB & XB, they're amazing bits of kit and so well made its untrue! :happy2:

RedRobin:


Review on the UNIbraces:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,48722.0.html

 :happy2:

the bruce:

--- Quote from: Polo6n1600i on December 24, 2012, 11:32:11 am ---With my Fabia I had an upper front strut brace, and an upper rear one. Now I'm not sure how much flex the mk5/jetta shell has, but are these worth doing?

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Take a look at the engine bay and you'll see a similar 'connection' between both struts.
If you feel a need (track the car, run a super stiff suspension) then on a hatch consider
a rear brace. The Jetta won't even need this as its glued in rear window stiffens the rear.

BTW, there a 100 other things to do first.

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