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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #120 on: July 10, 2012, 10:27:29 am »
I will install an XB for £80 :happy2:
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #121 on: July 10, 2012, 08:22:08 pm »
on a tight left hand bend tonight car definately felt more planted than it was previously.

i think, in terms of suspension mods the UNIbraces seem more worthwhile than TT wishbones and maybe even the WALK??
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #122 on: July 10, 2012, 08:24:41 pm »

Who's done the geometry on your car? Mine felt amazing with Walk and tt arms  :driver:

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #123 on: July 10, 2012, 08:26:27 pm »

Who's done the geometry on your car? Mine felt amazing with Walk and tt arms  :driver:

It's just you haven't felt the benefits of the XB and UB  :P
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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #124 on: July 10, 2012, 08:28:15 pm »

Who's done the geometry on your car? Mine felt amazing with Walk and tt arms  :driver:

It's just you haven't felt the benefits of the XB and UB  :P

Of course  :laugh:

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #125 on: July 10, 2012, 10:23:44 pm »
on a tight left hand bend tonight car definately felt more planted than it was previously.

i think, in terms of suspension mods the UNIbraces seem more worthwhile than TT wishbones and maybe even the WALK??

That's good to know...'note to self' must find someone to fit these as want to try them for myself. Feel like I'm missing out here..

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #126 on: July 10, 2012, 10:35:33 pm »

Who's done the geometry on your car? Mine felt amazing with Walk and tt arms  :driver:


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #127 on: July 10, 2012, 11:51:42 pm »
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I can't comment on the TT wishbones mod other than to say that they do a completely different job than the UNIbraces do which stiffen the chassis.


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #128 on: July 17, 2012, 05:43:13 pm »
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Just to add that I drove over 280 miles yesterday with my daughter and the car up to the roof with her Uni belongings and the XB was extremely useful in restraining all her stuff such that I could drive as enthusiastically as normal when the conditions allowed. I just slung a blanket over the XB to protect its paintwork.


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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #129 on: July 18, 2012, 03:58:23 pm »
Still waiting for those shots of the under-brace, proving that it does pull the chassis straight...

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #130 on: July 18, 2012, 05:13:23 pm »
It wont pull it straight, but it will help stop it flexing.

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #131 on: July 18, 2012, 05:14:17 pm »
It wont pull it straight, but it will help stop it flexing.

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #132 on: July 18, 2012, 05:35:06 pm »
Not sure I'm getting what you're saying. Stopping flex is one thing, pulling it straight is another.

Here's a link to the Golf MK6 forum's groupbuy page with some pretty pictures for you.

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #133 on: July 18, 2012, 05:40:30 pm »
^^ not what im after but thanks  :happy2:

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Re: UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 18th June)....
« Reply #134 on: July 18, 2012, 08:57:08 pm »
^^ not what im after but thanks  :happy2:

Exactly what are you looking for?
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