Chucks' Strut Tower Bar

[Chuck Pierce]

Alan here is what went out a bit earlier this month.
Hopefully we should have the price fixed next week.
Chuck


Ok Guys
Attached are a some pictures of the bar we made.
It is made out of 1" thick wall tubing ( mild Steel).
This is a case of severe over kill, but it will not ever flex when in 
the car.
I have asked my friend to price out the material costs.
The last round of bars was $159, but my friend that does the
actual work felt that was a bit low in comparison to the other bar out 
there.
So I am figuring they might end up at $189. I will try to keep the cost 
down as best I can.
A bit pricey compared to 2B on their bar, but ours is much stronger and 
infinitely adjustable to differences in the distance between the strut 
towers.
also when it comes time you will need to get the strut tower caps that 
this bar bolts on to.
When we did the first set Chris Semple at Force 5 Automotive, 223 South 
Main St, Concord NH 03301, 603-223-6700,
had some pulled off of crunched Urs 4's and 6's.
When it comes time I will see if I can find a way to get a deal on new 
ones from Audi.
May be tough my hook up moved to another job at the local dealer.

4A0 805 635            Retainer for connecting rod, left
4A0 805 636            Retainer for connecting rod, right

This web page shows the tower caps and how to trim the passenger side one.
On the 200 20v the drivers side will not need to be trimmed.

http://www.quattro123.com/Audi200StrutTowerBraceMOD.htm

This mod is for the 10v cars, I know I bought the parts and it did not 
work on the 20v.
That is why we built the killer bar.

A friend of mine was able to push his towers out to correct his 
alignment. (See Ted Fishers comments in first message)
I would like to think that it will work for everyone, but I do not want 
to nor can I guarantee that will happen for some one else.
I hate to promise something I cannot control.
For those that have lowered their cars, We also built a jig to do the 
Igor mod to the top spring plates.
This mod moves the plate outward by 4mm. That can also help with 
alignment problems.

http://www.elektro.com/~audi/alignment/

It is well documented that lowering these beasts makes it tough to not 
have a ton of negative camber.
That is just the design of the front suspension.
I will try to group emails so I do not forget to tell someone something.
I guess that is enough .
I will try to keep everyone informed

Chuck Pierce

alan cordeiro wrote:

>Is there an approximate price? I ddi not see one in the
>discussion so far, thanks,
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>Alan
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