Fender braces- Ultra-racing & Jasma. any good?

[ke70dave]

For the amount of cash they charge for those ultra racing brace things....you could do a better job of just welding up a bit of 20mmx20mm SHS......cost you bugger all, for the same, if not better result.

they are definately worth it though to install, but i sure woudlnt be buying them. just make them.

[LittleRedSpirit]

Buy or build choice is more about what your time is worth. If you can make more than the bars cost in 2-3hrs of your job, then you'd be silly to spend 2-3hrs to make them. But yes David I think that DIY is always preferable if you know what you are doing, and yes you could design something really elegant too.

[assassin10000]

As requested






Andrew

[LittleRedSpirit]

LOL those are not ultra racing ones now are they.

[assassin10000]

LOL, I was posting those at sams request.

I asked Grant if he had some pics on club4ag.


Looking at your pics, I'd say the lower frame rail had much more to do with how it crumpled without much done to the strut towers/upper area than the UR braces.

Andrew

[LittleRedSpirit]

Yes I know you were, I realise they are not the ones the other guy was talking about, just the laughable example that gets posted as soon as Sam starts this discussion off every 6 months or so.

I'm real keen to see what's happening there with the bloke who said he can bend them by applying his weight. Does he weigh 550kg? Unless all of a sudden Ultra Racing started making absolute crap to save money... Hope he comes through with the pics.

[Sam-Q]

those pics would be good, I will hastle him.

What I don't get with the Ultra-racing one is why they made use of a bent pipe to go from the body end down to the bottom and then weld the other bar to the back of the bend. Now I am unfamilar with the specifics but I do know it's a bad practice to weld to any side of a bent pipe, just look at the trouble the companies go to to avoid this in making the BMX handle-bars. I just can't see why they didn't run a straight pipe to the top hinge mount and then weld the other pipe to the middle of that. Also it probably wouldn't make that much of a difference but they should of also put a gussets in the middle of the L shape brackets.

edit: looking at assassins brace makes me question why the UR one has the bend in the middle at all when it can be at the end? or atleast that's what it looks like from my angle.

[ke_70]

those braces look weak as shit.

its almost as if they've gone out of their way to make them weaker?

these are mine. probley not the best out there though.


Andrew's are sweet. bit thick and heavy for me mabey? could just be the pictures? are they 10mm?

[Sam-Q]

do you have a closer pic for us?

I am going to rename this thread

[ke_70]

na thats all i have i think sam.
if your that interested i could rip a guard off tomorrow?