strut brace...wrong way? :S

[woody813]

Hey guys, not long had my vtr but looking at it and comparing it to everyother omp strut brace fitted... it looks like its on back to front ha!

Basically it bows back towards the windscreen... in rubs on the bonnet when it shuts... everyone elses omp strut bows out to the middle of the engine bay.... :S can anyone advise?

[J222JRA]

get a pic up mate

[Lew_C]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OMP-Front-Upper-Strut-Brace-CITROEN-SAXO-VTR-VTS_W0QQitemZ390059685691QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Car sParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item5ad15e773b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|293%3A1| 294%3A50

do you mean like that but bending the other way? hmm

[woody813]

yep! thats exactly the one... but bending so it gos the other way... ha :S

[Maxamus]

I had to remove the sound proofing on the underside of the bonnet to stop my brace rubbing and to sit flush. pics would greatly help you out.

[cj_99]

you cant put it on back to front lol get a pic up :y:

are you sure its not the other version that goes behind the cut off switch?

[VTS_16v_Boy]

This is the normal OMP brace I wouldnt have thought you could have put it on the wrong way to be honest

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i277/turpin2000ad/SaxoVTS16v42EnginePic.jpg


If you didnt buy the item or fit it are you sure its an OMP item? Just cos it may have an OMP sticker on it dont mean to say its an OMP item

[Raz]

you cant put it on back to front lol get a pic up :y:

are you sure its not the other version that goes behind the cut off switch?
I think it might be...

[readie]

ive seen a few mounted like this i think isnt it more like the ones where you have to move the fuel cut off switch?

i could be mistaken but they bend back towards the screen

[woody813]

lol, in work atm so cant get a pic... dont look like it as it rubs and the omp sticker is upside down... i really think he put it on back to front or is it physically not possible? ha

[Raz]

Maybe he means upside down Christopher? I havent got a clue what the Original Poster means LOL

[Raz]

lol, in work atm so cant get a pic... dont look like it as it rubs and the omp sticker is upside down... i really think he put it on back to front or is it physically not possible? ha
Look at the pic that Chris posted...it isnt possible to put the brace on backwards...

[woody813]

it looks just like that in the picture ut is bending the othe way.. ha :S weird....

[woody813]

lmao basically the strut brace bows towards the car..... lol

the opposite to the picture above.....

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Maybe he means upside down Christopher? I havent got a clue what the Original Poster means LOL

Hows it going Raz :y: PT still not up so Im blasting Saxp instead :hug:

I can see how you could put it on wrong (not the thread starter - the previous owner) but like I said could be a other branded item with a sticker on it.

Ive just fitted a OMP item on the Alfa, MOMO items where a rare factory option but I could find a MOMO sticker and rebadge it as so, get the drift?

[Spanky]

get a picture tbh

[readie]

is the brace more like a single bar it does not have the second rod like the pic above its jus one piece that runs along the back of the engine bay

like this

http://tuningevolution.com/eshop/catalog/images/RR%20SAXO.JPG

[VTS_16v_Boy]

If the brace is the same as the one I had on mine but its not the same way round then remove it and turn it around, its that way around for a reason mainly to clear certain items, even if it clears everything under the bonnet Id still turn it around

[woody813]

lool its exactly the same as the one pictured above with the other rod going across... but it faces toward the windscreen so sits sort of over and round the brake fluid bottle etc... mad!? :S

[Ashleyp]

just turn it around?

the omp brace doesnt fit under mk1 bonnets anyway

[woody813]

so thats probably y its the other way round? to bodge then... ha!

if i tried turning it round it wont fit are you saying???

[unreal106]

just turn the brace so it looks like the brace in the picture in a previous post in this thread and this shoudl cure your problem!

[Ashleyp]

so thats probably y its the other way round? to bodge then... ha!

if i tried turning it round it wont fit are you saying???

its suposed to face the other way

if you turned it around the bolts would screw on as its a square (symetrical etc)

but they omp braces have clearance issues on mk1 vtrs

[D--R--E--W]

only one way to find out, take it off and turn it round lol

[woody813]

well the omp brace is under my bonnet as it is... its a mk1... so if i turn it round.. it wont fit will it...?

[woody813]

o ryty... i shall try and see what happens then i suppose... ha

[Ashleyp]

its only 6 bolts

not hard to turn around ;)

[VTS_16v_Boy]

I fitted my Alfa one this week in under 15mins most of that was finding the right socket, dont forget to used alittle WD40 and check the bolts after driving to make sure they are ok afterwards

[woody813]

haha i suppose, but 10mins of my life wasted.. ha :)

[Lloydie]

Thoes strut braces have bonnet clearance issues on a mk1

[moxy89]

my omp fitted my mk1 fine didnt touch my bonnet at all

[dan-vts1]

neither does mine mate have a mk1 and the exact same brace as in pic and not a problem at all cannot see how it will physically fit opposite way round though.

[Ashleyp]

only on mk1 VTR does the issue occur ;)

[Junaid]

u cant put tht OMP brace on a MK1

they only fit on a mk2 VTR n VTS

[Steve]

just turn it around?

the omp brace doesnt fit under mk1 bonnets anyway

yes it does :p


although you normally have to take the bonnet stay off.

[salty-pink-xsi]

yes it does :p


although you normally have to take the bonnet stay off.
correct
http://surfnfree.com/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zYXhwZXJpZW5jZS5jb20vZm 9ydW0vLi4vaW1hZ2VzL2Vtb3RpY29ucy9zbWlsZXkxNC5naWY% 3D

[salty-pink-xsi]

[QUOTE=salty-pink-xsi;3584593]correct (y)

[MR_N]

u cant put tht OMP brace on a MK1

they only fit on a mk2 VTR n VTS

urrr you can, i have.
just need to remove the bonnet stay, even then the bonnet may rest on it. still works though.

[Junaid]

dunno been told they wont fit mk1s for some reason