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

[tc-rolla]

- General fender bracing discussion



hey guys was just trowling ebay n that just wondering if anyone has used this "ultra racing" brand bars n that?
same as jasma. i've heard the name thrown round a bit. in particular the pulley kit.

just want to know if its utter shit or not?

cheers guys.

[Andy San]

jasma is a japanese national standard not a brand

while i have not used ultra racing gear n that it looks like all other brace type of stuff and it's not made from toothpicks glued together so it should serve it's (apparently useful) purpose.

there is a thread on this here:
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[assassin10000]

Ultra Racing? Uhh... not useful. And those that might be seem to be, have crap bracketry where it attatches to the chassis. IMO.

Andrew

[Gunner]

from what I can gather, some one has taken JASMA, and used it as a "company" name, to sell shithouse parts to confused JDM "enthusiasts" on ebay.

[mild seven]

lol at the copy logo.... i usually defend chinese products due to the fact i cant stand "JDM faggots" (people outside of japan who are MORE JDM than people in japan) but, well, this is just shit lol.

[Sam-Q]

don't buy anything from that discrace of a company

[LittleRedSpirit]

I had the misfortune of a head on accident in a car that was equipped with Ultra racing fender braces. they did a great job of stopping the front end collapsing back. With those and the strut brace, it allowed the towers to stay more or less where they should be, despite having th battery driven into the strut tower so hard that it pancaked the fuse box. I think they did a great job protecting all the nice suspension and steering gear in my car, as well as the engine. I believe they literally saved me thousands of dollars, and what's more, I have thoroughly inspected the fender braces, and they have no damage and still have perfect shape, Ill be fitting them to my next car soon.

Obviously there are some bars that have dubious levels of effectiveness, but I think tarring all bolt in braces with the same negative brush says a lot more about the people saying the negative stuff, than it does the products that are being ripped on.

Once I had the rear 4 pint brace and the fender braces installed, my car as a whole unit flexed a lot less, especially noticeable backing out of the driveway where my car was popping a wheel all of a sudden. I think the majority of these products are worthy of use, especially considering the fact that all bolt in structural reinforcements are legal to do.

Its not like any of the people saying bad stuff about the products have actually bough or owned and used any of the products or furthermore done any scientific testing, for flex or for crash safety.

What harm can it do?

One thing about crashing a car that you may not realise, there are certain areas that will flex or fail upon impact built into the car, so that more impact can be absorbed. Sometimes stiffening things too much in the wrong places can result in more impact being transferred to the driver or the hardware in the car. For example your wheel gets a hit from the side as you spin. If anything the diff and the steel mounts on it are much stronger than whats on the body, so if you go and brace the shit out of all the places the car attaches to the diff control arms, then you risk braking the mounts off the diff and ruining more equipment than you otherwise would have. Whereas normally the floor under the links will twist to accommodate any movement beyond what the bush can allow. This is just a small example anyhow but its not something thats ever considered by people bracing up their cars.

[assassin10000]

Glad yours worked decent then... on the other hand:



Same guy, page 3

[LittleRedSpirit]

I dont think this person was buying a genuine product by the sounds. Theres a few wierd thing there.

- he paid $2.67, which sounds bogus. He also says he bent it with his knee, which could never happen wih the braces I have, they are light but quite stiff.

Considering he makes it sound like he knows how to fab with this talk of reinforcing them, but then he has a cry about tapping down the one little metal edge thats in the way.

I have serious doubts about the legitimacy of that information. He posted no pics so who kows what hes got/had/done to it.

I have pics of my car...

[Sam-Q]

hey assassin post a pic of the awesome one you came up with