UNIbraces XB & UB - Review (UPDATED 23rd Oct)....

[alackofspeed]

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?

[RedRobin]

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.

[E30Dom]

It's just making your suspension set up do the work more effectively... ;-)

[berg]

for those, like me, who missed the GB there is now a UK distributor in RLine from Warwickshire, contact David Houghton 

[simonp]

And how much are they charging...??

[sub39h]

and do you have contact details? my google searches are coming up fruitless...

[RedRobin]

^^^^
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.

[berg]

david@rline.co.uk

has been in constant contact with me 

[RedRobin]

^^^^
That's good to hear  - But why hasn't he responded to me? I'll emial him tomorrow.

[bacillus]

^^^^
That's good to hear   - 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.

http://www.rline.co.uk/

[bacillus]

And how much are they charging...??

I think it comes out at £285 for the brace.

[E30Dom]

Lets hope he's prepared to work hard for it, especially on the group buys!  

[simonp]

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

[RedRobin]

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.

[bacillus]

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.