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I was thinking about making some uprated front fender braces for my STi... the web is awash with claims that the stock brace is as flimsy as "an overcooked noodle".

So I took mine off to have a look... and sure... if you tried to twist it or bend it in half in the right direction, you could do so quite easily... but if you tried

to bend it in the direction it's supposed to have strength... I doubt you'd have much luck.

Anyone have experience with uprated fender braces... and think the are actually worthwhile?... without trying to justify the spend/effort taken.

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I've always thought that they were something that companies made just to fleece a bit of extra cash out of people.

If your chassis is twisting in the direction where these are flimsy, then you've got bigger issues!

In general, as a gusset, my opinion is that the factory bits are plenty stiff enough.

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I have seen a few cars in japan that use rivets in place of weld bead, as a form of chassis seam stiffening.. perhaps a sparing application of light gauge rivets along the seams would be the answer?

they should pop out in the event of a crash, avoiding major damage?

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