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Review: GarageStar Fender Brace

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#1 ·
GarageStar released their fender braces last August, providing an alternative to Boss Frog's Frog Arms and Tuckin 99's fender brace. The company has been teasing us with pictures on Facebook with what looked to be pieces of a puzzle:



In reality, they turned out to be shiny brace mounts:



The brace itself is austere in design, the steel-tubing framework exudes utilitarian:



Installation was painless and took under an hour per side, which included the removal of the fender. The fitment is perfect, all the holes lined up with no problem. Just make sure to not overtighten anything, the stainless grade-8 hardware included CAN snap.

After tightening everything up and reinstalling the fenders, the car was tested on CA-99 in Sacramento, notorious for its noisy bumps and girders. A significant improvement in front end stability and noise, was perceptible. Before where the car would suffer from front end cowl shake, was replaced with just a barely noticeable thump as it was driven over the bumps. Turn-in was improved as well, as the steering response suddenly became more neutral and instantaneous. For the last three weeks since they have been installed, every drive is much more enjoyable, all thanks to these braces.

Much appreciation goes to Ken of GarageStar for making another solid, quality product.

Fender braces: http://garagestar.com/shop/fender_braces.html
 
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I figured no reason to start a new thread but here are my thoughts on the GS fender braces.

First noticeable difference is the turn in response from the fender braces which is very noticeable, where as before you turned the steering wheel and there was a delay between input and response but now it is essentially instant! The reduction in road irregularities felt is also apparent and the "icing on the cake" is that "65 mp shimmy/cowl shake" is essentially gone. Granted I also have FM frame rails w/ butterfly brace prior to these but cowl shake was only slightly reduced by the aforementioned braces.

I have only made 3-4 different purchases from GarageStar but each time Ken is quick to reply to correspondences and gets out the product very quickly, it is truly a pleasure doing business with vendors/businesses like GarageStar! :icon_cheers:
 
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